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This was the inspiration for the exterior color palette - cool, soothing, natural tones.
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I jokingly call this the 'Duck Garden'. The Japanese maple is the Mother Duck, with the little Thuja ducklings in tow. The rounded form of the maple inspired this planting. The Thujas are underplanted with Saxifraga 'Maroon Beauty' which will send up frothy waves of white blooms in spring.

Sometimes the results of plant trials in part shade can be quite satisfying.
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A strip of Astroturf was removed, and a berm of swordferns installed to soften the black fence.
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We ended up with two different plant palettes which were artfully blended as we went from sun to shade.
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A decorative steel screen adds privacy as well as a safeguard, preventing the grill from blowing over the edge.
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Plants are filling in...
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The barely visible red brick entrance set the color scheme for these front plantings, echoed with red maples, barberry and more. In winter, the deciduous, variegated red twig dogwood alters its cool persona, and provides a cheerful color echo against the conifers.