The curve of the iris bed echoes the shape of the supported red pine. The yellow lantern magnolia now has all its leaves. I left the soft-textured lambs’ ears flowers standing in this area, just for height.
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More Front Yard Color
On the other side of the magnolia is a purple smokebush and Scarlet O’Hara andromeda. Dark green rudbeckia foliage contrasts with Rheingold Globe arborvitae, mugo pine and lambs’ ears.
Accurate Felling
My husband miraculously felled these dead red pines, without harming any other plants in the border, all in about 3 hours.
West Side
New additions to the west side, just about all are evergreens. Chamaecyparis pisifera (golden mop false cypress) is the only non-native among bayberry, Eastern redcedar, and white pine.
Fall Color
On the left, variegated red-twig dogwood backed by white pine, in turn backed by quaking aspen. In center are yellow leaves of river birch. Moving right, a shrubby green magnolia contrasts with the brilliant red leaves of Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac). Above the sumac in the background, branches of a Princeton elm can be seen reaching toward the blue sky.
Bringing Out the Reds
A line of red pines had been suffering for a while. Now there’s no question; they are dead. While they await being felled, they happen to pick up on the color of a brilliant purple smokebush. To the left of the smokebush is a gray dogwood in flower; to its left is a Yellow Lantern magnolia. Bearberry, red knockout roses, purple blooms of catmint, yellow flowers of rue and white spikes of lambs’ ears all provide for plenty of contrast in the front yard.
July 2015 – Looking East
July 2015 – West Slope
One pathway still exists, to reach the bench overlooking the pond. River birches and willows have grown to the point where it is difficult to walk through them. That’s exactly what we wanted: multiple trunks, thick foliage, more protection.
