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Plant Information Is Step One I can remember taking plant identification courses in school and being overwhelmed by how different each plant is.  Setting aside their cultural differences, like what type of soil and exposure they prefer, let’s just think about the differences in terms of shape and size. How we design and arrange plantings [...]

It’s sometimes difficult to describe a design concept in writing.  I recently talked about why you should use plant groupings in your designs and felt this pool setting gave a nice example of this concept. There is so much to gain by understanding and using plant groupings (or “plant massings” as they are sometimes called).

Plant Groupings Resemble Nature If you think about it, most natural settings you see typically show groupings of similar plants. These plants are indigenous to the area (i.e. living and occurring naturally).  This natural phenomenon gives us an excellent example and point of reference for our designed landscapes.  If you’ve ever seen a mass of [...]

Using Yellow Groove Bamboo over this 270′ border will give us an effective screen in a relatively short time, and at a reasonable cost.  But Yellow Groove happens to be of the “running” type, meaning if not contained its roots (rhizomes actually) will run and invade in all directions. Planting any invasive plant is serious [...]