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rebuilt walls but lots of work left here.

new beds in front with filler plants and tiny conifers and
lots of work to do.
Ron

You could do what Whaas did and delete this post and repost it in discussion. That way you'll have more of a social media reception for your pics.

But anyway my tuppence; your garden looks already very good and complete in many places, good work! The rest has so much pending potential there's no doubt at all that we'll see a wonderful panoply before long. Not an ounce of your effort wasted there. Thanks for posting.

Looks great! Thanks for the tour.

Nah,give some body on this side some thing to look at.
Besides all these shots are from last year.
not very topical....ha
you should see Burkes red ver. today Yuck
Thanks for kind words
ron

Nice job, Ron, even if they are last year's. That makes them even more judicious than I expected!

tj

That's one heck of a Korean pine. Place looks great.

Dax

In pic#2 what is the blue conifer. Pungens?

In pic#3 what is the big blue conifer? Lasiocarpa? (and is that Lavender to the right of it?)

In pic#5 what is the low blue spreader?

Thanks

That's quite a big 'Helmond Pillar'. I've never seen one that big but of course I haven't seen many in my parts. looks great with the crawly pungens. I'll take a shot at guessing 'Procumbens' maybe?
Thanks for taking the time to share your great hard work.

some of you guys are kidding me.....right ?
Dax,no Korean.....ponderosa species,densiflora burke's red variegated,or tanyosho compacta ?
or maybe you're seeing tomato plants in pic 2
2---pungens glauca globosa
3---Fat albert...Russian sage (really,really like Russian sage)
5--garen wins glauca procumbens
I like the guessing game
another helmond pillar peeking out in pic 2
thanks ron

This post was edited by plantkiller.il.5 on Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 20:11

The Desiflora is a glowing showpiece, really stands out. Huge Fat Albert.

What's the low pine you have in pic#2 between the globosa and the h.pillar?

And it has to be asked, what's the big Norway spruce looking tree vieing with F.Albert for size?

severn, Burke's red is a great plant,when it opens, the bands are almost pure white ,turning darker fall & winter
That's pinus strobus minuta.....pic follows
Ya, species Norway ,32 ft. is gone now. Hated to do it , but while I knew better than to plant away from power lines,I didn't know what a Norway was.....100 ft tree...in 10 yrs, would be maybe 50 , and power co. would start hacking

before you ask....Daubs frosted
ron

,,,and Densiflora in front of F.Albert?

Gonna pester you for the smaller borders inhabitants next.

And anything else...

P densiflora tanyosho compacta.....yes, I know
ron

This post was edited by plantkiller.il.5 on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 20:37

severn, ok,,pic 4, starting back,clockwise;
black hills spruce,,T plicata zebrina (lost this year to winter,replaced with nice free omorika aurea from con. kingdom[hope it doesn't get too wide],,,P thun.Banshosho,,,P.orientalis Shadow's broom(in lambs ear),,,P.abies Fritche,,,P glauca Pendula(Morton),,,Chief Joseph,,,P.omrika nana,,juniper Grey Owl,,,J comm. Compressa(sulking in spot for years, older than Burke's Red, don't know what to do with it) this is hard using 1 finger.
sev from you're 1st follow up, does that Panoply come in dwarf sizes?
ron
ps."they" say, plant Russia sage in rocks,it will live forever
did that in front yard,,we are having record rain,,the stuff is rockin

This post was edited by plantkiller.il.5 on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 21:28

Great stuff all looking very good Ron.

Panoply certainly does come in dwarf sizes. I live with an extensive view so can't grow single specimen above 6'. I have all medium, dwarf and mini plants and love sedums and alpines everywhere creating carpets in a macro riot.

Wow wow wow great pictures I have two wee little Burk's Reds hoping they will be happy here in the hot humid mid Atlantic. Your gardens are inspiring. Love to see what people plant with their conifers. Russian sage is a lovely choice, definitely in my top 10 sun perennials. I have playing around with yuccas this past year planting them with my conifers. Been interesting and painful! Wish I could grow Agaves here.

Thanks beigestonehill,
for best color,I understand cold winter is good
but our winter turned whole tree brown,it's better now
hope you have better luck
LOVE yucca, had 8 different kinds,,,and agave,,,and cactus
outside Chi.,,,,,put in serious dranage,,,serious digging
check out High Country Gardens
ron

Oh my goodness gracious this is marvelous Ron!!! I can't WAIT til I can post updated pics of my own in what, 20 years? More? I can't even fathom right now how long it'd take to get something like this vibing... Beautiful. And what great resources for plant names : ) Thanks for sharing!

Nicole

Plantkiller,

What a great garden that you built there.

Thanks for the pics.

J.N

p.s. the rebuilt wall... are those railroad ties? And did you stain them? I love the way that looks and we ironically have some in our backyard that are old and weathered and not so nice... hubby thinks they need to be replaced but I know that won't happen for a very long time so I wonder if I could just stain them in the meantime...

Nah , Nicole , it won't take that long,,5 yrs. stuff will be filling out , 10 yrs you'll be moving plants out into the undulating beds , the other side of the sidewalk

those are 6x6 pressure treated timbers from menards,,,don't use dip treated

over the years I've built over 230 ft. of retaining wall,,,timber is easy to work with,

r.r.ties,,,cheaper,,way heavier,,,but weight has it advantages for taller walls,,my wall coming out of basement is 6.5 ft.tall,,,but the old one was 56 yrs. old,,,not bad !

ron

injudicious shot,,,please excuse the weeds and the mess and the weeds and the

I can be patient and excited for the5-year mark.

I'll say, not bad! This info is getting passed on to the hubs. He's gotta handle the heavy stuff. ; )

Here's what I did with pressure 4X6 treated timbers. The picture was taken in May while under construction. It landscape looks a little different now and it's still under construction. I have a lot of little jobs going most of the time.
mike

Like what I'm seeing , Mike,,,timber & stone is good

ron

Wow, epic grandeur is beginning!

Wow yes that looks very cool; can't wait to see progression pics