{"id":3422,"date":"2015-02-13T16:50:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T00:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2024-01-24T06:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:49:38","slug":"plants-en-masse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/plants-en-masse\/","title":{"rendered":"plants en masse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mass planting has its place, as evidence by the Hakonechloa<\/a> shown above in my previous garden. People couldn’t resist petting it when they walked past. It was a such successful grouping, mentioned by Ms. Nestmaker way back when. I actually put that together, and then loved it. Isn’t that the greatest thing about gardening? You plant things, and often get even more spectacular results than imagined. It still surprises me no end, the great things plants do.<\/p>\n

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Sea of Juniper at Flamingo Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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And then\u00a0there’s a sea of Juniper at our new house, stretching far and wide\u00a0along top the\u00a0lava-rock\u00a0wall, that plant selection, maybe should have been\u00a0cause for reflection.<\/p>\n

Thusly, I\u2019ve started operation Juniper removal project, a few branches\u00a0at a time. I know you’re laughing. But I got a couple bids, all in the thousands, so I thought it a worthwhile undertaking. Just think of the improvements I could make with that kind of dough–tell Jabba I don’t have the money with me–the plants I could buy, the compost, the rocks. Pitter patter says\u00a0my heart. Plus\u00a0this one-branch-at-a-time business is all I can manage with my current state of shoulder rehab. And besides, it’s an old family tradition. My hummingbird-loving dad, Poppy, was forever cutting yard debris into itty bits to fit it into the bin. (Come to think of it, maybe that’s how he found\u00a0time away from the\u00a0thundering herd. He was as only child, yet father to six. My mom was from a big family, so I don’t think she found us quite as alarming.)<\/p>\n

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\"Juniper<\/a>
Juniper removal, branch by branch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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pile O’branches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So the Juniper caper. I\u2019m still not sure what I\u2019m doing on\u00a0the removal portion of the program. I thought if I started nibbling the edges, it\u2019d give me an idea of what I\u2019m up against. And I thought I\u2019d strike\u00a0a trunk of sorts sooner rather than later. Hah. I\u2019ve put in\u00a0a couples serious sessions, but so far, just piles of dead branch with green foliage at the tips. No trunks in the offing.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the men are eyeing my efforts with visions\u00a0of a chain and the rig. I\u2019m fairly sure\u00a0the wall will come tumbling down upon application of\u00a0their technique, but Megan suggested that might not be such a bad thing. We could alway rebuild a rock garden with pockets for planting, and as I reflect, might be a better idea\u2014except for the pesky part where it connects to neighbors\u2019 wall. But that’s a worry for another day.<\/p>\n

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previous handiwork of men with rig, succulents to follow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I plan to replace the Juniper with fewer plants, and perhaps a namesake Juniper, say\u00a0Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’<\/a>. I don\u2019t want anything that grows over 3 feet or so, because it would block our view of Mt. St. Helens when she decides to put on a show. (The expression, “the mountains are out,” is common enough around the Pacific Northwest, but I read somewhere that it is not a frequently used phrase\u00a0in other parts of the country.) The front staggered corner of the wall, is due a blitz by succulents.<\/p>\n

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Side-by-side beds of Carex in Vanessa Nagel Gardner’s garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Of course, there are many ideal plants to showcase together, and to repeat throughout a garden. Last summer, my husband, Bill, and I visited Vanessa Gardner Nagel’s garden as part of HPSO open gardens. If your’e not member here in PDX, it’s well worth your while. (I’d love to hear about events like this in other cities.) Vanessa’s Carex Circles stopped me in my tracks.\u00a0Gorgeous, enticing, calming: I couldn’t have loved them more.<\/p>\n

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\"Carex<\/a>
Carex Square at Floramagoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I like the Carex Square at Floramagoria too, another HPSO open garden. For\u00a0more gorgeous\u00a0takes of Floramagoria, visit these fine blogs:\u00a0Chickadee Gardens<\/a>, Sprig to Twig, Piece of Eden<\/a>, and It’s not work; It’s Gardening<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\"Juniper<\/a>
Juniper top-side view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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My sea of mass planted Juniper is kind\u00a0of cool in its own odd way. But there\u2019s so much of it, and it\u2019s gotten\u00a0bigger just in the ten months we\u2019ve lived here. Sean Hogan<\/a>, plantsman extraordinaire, mentioned that it’s becoming more unusual\u00a0to see\u00a0Juniper like this\u2014I suppose\u00a0because the 50s and 60s era of planting is long past. I don’t think he was advocating for it, just making an observation. I’d sure love to\u00a0an\u00a0original landscape photo. I bet they were cute little buggers. And maybe it’d be a good reminder to reflect on my cramscaping ways.<\/p>\n

Cheers.<\/p>\n

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