{"id":817,"date":"2014-09-17T08:07:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2024-01-18T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:37:48","slug":"sexy-bark-and-swaying-grass-what-else-do-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/sexy-bark-and-swaying-grass-what-else-do-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexy bark and swaying grass, what else do you need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This simple garden was a chance discovery after grabbing lunch one day.<\/p>\n<p>It features an extremely refined plant selection of golden grasses along with trees and shrubs that have peeling bark, and of there are course multiples of each. Along the public sidewalk there&#8217;s a row of Arctostaphylos, probably <a title=\"A. densiflora 'Harmony'\" href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/14442\/arctostaphylos-densiflora-harmony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A. densiflora &#8216;Harmony&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; they are under-planted with <a title=\"Stipa tenuissima\" href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/8089\/nassella-tenuissima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stipa tenuissima<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160655\/1-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160655\/1-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160655\/1-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe grass sways and the bark curls\u2026<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160653\/4-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony-structure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160653\/4-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony-structure.jpg 844w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160653\/4-Arctostaphylos-densiflora-Harmony-structure-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><br \/>\nThe sculptural form of those branches, makes me week in the knees.<\/p>\n<p>The hell-strip (aka parking-strip) features an <a title=\"Acer griseum\" href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/11\/acer-griseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acer griseum<\/a>, one of the curliest specimens ever seen.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160651\/5-Acer-griseum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160651\/5-Acer-griseum.jpg 948w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160651\/5-Acer-griseum-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><br \/>\nThe driveway is lined with a row of <a title=\"Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster'\" href=\"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/plants\/10225\/calamagrostis-x-acutiflora-karl-foerster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calamagrostis &#8216;Karl Foerster&#8217;<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160650\/6-Calamagrostis-Karl-Foerster-row.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"872\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160650\/6-Calamagrostis-Karl-Foerster-row.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d17vsf20mehj1i.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/01160650\/6-Calamagrostis-Karl-Foerster-row-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nSo simple, so perfect. The trouble is as a maniacal plant collector I\u2019m not disciplined enough stick to a small plant palette like this. Oh that I could, it creates such a peaceful, calming garden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple garden was a chance discovery after grabbing lunch one day. It features an extremely refined plant selection of golden grasses along with trees and shrubs that have peeling bark, and of there are course multiples of each. 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