Evergreens give a garden structure. They can be immensely valuable. However, white pines grow fast and will get big, and will shade heavily. Depending on how big your property is, you might think how many of them you have room for. Two or three or four in a large back yard will provide the framework for a lovely shady garden, ferns and rhodes and laurels and coral bells-- beautiful! But scattered all over the garden they might mean that your entire place will be too shaded for the flowers, herbs, and vegetables found in a cottage garden.

Plans change; you do not have a moral obligation to keep them all if you don't want them. Considering that they are only 4 feet tall, you may be able to move them, either to a better place on your own property, or give some of them to someone else who could enjoy them.

Rosefolly

angelcub your yard is gorgeous! what a view!
i lived in california (redondo beach) for a short time and nothing beats their views =)
well i do have three white pines, one i can work with since its in the back corner, but the other two i did place in a not so great spot so im seriously considering removing those two.
i will go out and take some pictures :)

i was too lazy to go outside so i took a few pics from my dining room window lol
you can see the small pine tree to the right of the pic infront of the fence. its about 6 feet from the fence i believe, this is the pine i think will cause problems later on with shading the garden?? is it in the way? should i take it out? its kind of funny looking, im not even sure its doing well.
the pine im going to leave is hard to see in the pic because its blocked by the tree in front of the window, but its at the corner of the fence. the third pine not visible in the pic i will def be removing (i think its dying)
to the left of the pic theres a wood picket fence, in there is a 14'x10' pond. i had to fence it off for safety reasons.
the childs playset will be moved. from the way the snow line is that pretty much is the outline i had in mind, and where the playset is i thought of removing the sod in a circle where i can place an antique pedestal and cherub statue surrounded by perennials.
ack im so confused about what to do about that pine out of place, i just dont want it to ruin things down the road :(
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Nice shots here. You have a beautiful view, angelcub!

A note on those white pines..... We have a "grove" of them in our front yard that DH and friend planted about 16 years ago as "babies". They are now over 20 feet tall but they are gorgeous. I just love the sound of wind through pines. I wouldn't place them directly in the garden unless you are willing to cut them down later, vader. They will eventually shade the bed too much. Of course, you could gradually adjust the bed to shade plantings;)

well im such a sucker for tv, QVC just had the gardening show on and i coulndt resist, i bought a cottage farms pink tree hyrangea lol
so there that takes care of that. i'll put the tree hydrangea where the pine is (maybe a little further back?) so the pine is going bye bye
i will still keep the pine at the corner of the fence since judging by the way the sun hits i have a feeling when large it will shade the street and not my garden
i'll post pics of my garden as it comes along, it should be amusing since i have no clue what the heck im doing lol

Beautiful, awesome scenery. Can't believe how blue the sky is.

Oh angelcub your garden ..the view. It is heavenly. You are SO talented ! I had my first appt with a landscape fellow today. We have come up with several ideas and I am really excited. We are going to go slow and solve a bunch of problems w/ some really clever ideas. He doesn't waste anything so we will use my old bricks and the broken concrete sidewalk and some great flat rocks for a wall....more to come . You are an inspiration.