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i - FORSYTH COUNTY NfeWS'-Sundty, April 8,1997
SPRING HOME IMPROVEMENT
Landscape with your home
in mind for best results
Have you ever noticed how
some homes blend beautifully
with the surrounding landscape?
Unity between a house and yard is
the result of careful planning.
Create your own harmonious envi
ronment with the help of these sug
gestions from the American
Association of Nurserymen
(AAN).
• One With Nature. The cur
rent trend toward naturalistic land
scapes eschews traditional founda
tion plantings. Landscape to
accent, not obscure, architectural
features. The right plant in the
right place is the key to landscap
ing success. Understand mature
growth characteristics—avoid
plants that will block windows and
require heavy pruning.
• Design a front entry planti
ng with curving lines instead of
one planted at right angles.
Opportunities to establish, a con
nection with nature are greatest in
the backyard. Ground level patios
are gaining favor over decks as
landscapers create large beds
encompassing these outdoor living
rooms. Back yards are a calm
retreat in the busy lives of many
homeowners—proof that landscap
ing can be so much more than just
plants in the ground.
• Style Options. Formal homes
require structured landscaping.
Achieve this by planting ever
greens and dwarf varieties inter
spersed with four-season color
from bulbs, perennials and fall
blooming grasses.
Formal landscapes can be less
labor-intensive than cottage gar
dens, but informal architecture
lends itself to color and activity.
Parental
guidance
required
It seems like just about every
thing carries a rating these days...
movies, television shows, toys...
what’s next? Riding mowers and
lawn tractors? Not really, but if so,
they’d be rated PGR: Parental
Guidance Required.
Most children think that these
big powerful machines look like
lots of fun. While mowing and car
, ing for your lawn can be a lot of
See PGR, Page 24D
Cherish diversity but don’t dismiss
pruning, mulching and planting
requirements when planning your
landscape.
• Groups of Three. Take a tri
angular approach— using groups
of three— for color, texture and
quantity of plants. Try grouping
three colors, shapes, textures or
numbers within a four-season
blooming schedule.
• Complementary color
schemes like yellow, pink and
blue play off each other when
they bloom in the same tonal gra
dations. If your house has a strong
accent color, use it to give structure
to your landscape. Echo a red cast
in bricks or trim by adding a plant
with vibrant red leaves.
Complement gray with crimson
barberries or accent it with silver
edged plants.
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* Follow a triad method with
texture as well. You might group a
broadleaf shrub with a blade
shaped perennial and low-leafed
fuzzy plant.
* Plant in odd numbers—
threes orfives, for example. Don’t
plant in pairs unless you want to
draw attention to a feature in the
landscape.
* Hardscape Harmony. Many
landscapers avoid choosing a hard
scape that draws attention to itself.
When natural stone isn’t practical,
they select pavers or concrete in
colors that blend with the land
scape.
Through thoughtful plant and
hardscape selecting, you can devel
op sense of belonging to nature that
anchors your home in the land
scape. For expert advice contact
your local landscape professional.
BLUE from 19D
The leaves are small, medium
green and inconspicuous. They’re
overshadowed by the dime-size
blue and white flowers radiating in
clusters from each node.
As the stems branch they over
lap, forming a solid carpet of blue
flowers. The effect can be dramat
ic when combined with other
annuals with more coarse-textured
foliage and complementary flower
colors, such as white or pink petu
nias.
New Wonder does best in full
sun. It thrives in moist, well
drained soils high in organic mat
ter. It does particularly well during
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hot, rainy times. But it doesn’t tol
erate drought. Be sure to water it
during times of limited rainfall.
One plant of New Wonder can
spread three to four feet by
September, so space plants 18 inch
es apart. It rarely needs trimming,
but it recovers quickly if cut back.
Fertilization should be kept on
the low side. Too much fertilizer
will encourage vegetative growth
and reduced flowering. Broadcast a
complete balanced fertilizer such
as 10-10-10 (one pound per 100
square feet) over the bed at planti
ng. Repeat every eight weeks
throughout the growing season.