InAn Architectural Approach to Gardening , author , designer , and gardener Fred Bland explains how he moved from design buildings to be after a garden :
“ Although I am an architect , this was not my horticulture path . Instead , I wanted to produce a landscape where the plants themselves reign supreme — not the hard boundary of geometric cleverness , with the plants playing a implemental role . The Architectural Designer Me continually duels with the Plant Collector Me , neither one ever advance . A balance of the two is seldom achieved in my observations of gardens , but this was my goal : a balance between the insatiable collector and the incurable designer . . . .
“ street , square , piazzas , gateways and portals , spheres and pylons , public streets with public construction , conceal neighborhood with secret dwellings , axial urban vistas and curvilinear suburban geometry . This approach creates in my garden what many refer to as ‘ pearl , ’ and it ensures four - time of year visual interest . ”Read more .
“ I see plant as buildings , and for make a successful and interesting city like New York , you need all types of buildings : skyscraper , residential row houses , and low - slung factories . Thefollowing are some of my favorite plant for each eccentric of computer architecture . ”
Residential row housesare generally medium-height perennials
1. ‘Firetail’ persicaria (Persicaria amplexicaulis‘Firetail’)
Zones:4–7
Size:3 to 4 substructure improbable and wide
precondition : Full sun ; moist , well - drained soil
aboriginal chain of mountains : Himalayas , China , Pakistan
2. Goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus)
Zones:4–8
Size:4 to 6 foot tall and 2 to 4 feet extensive
status : Full sunshine to fond shade ; medium to soused grunge
Native cooking stove : Temperate northerly hemisphere
3. Hellebore (Helleborusspp. and cvs.)
Zones:4–9
Size:1 to 2½ foot tall and wide
Conditions : Partial to full shade ; well - drained soil
aboriginal range of mountains : Turkey , Caucasus
Low-slung factoriesare represented by billowy perennials and ground covers
4. Wild ginger (Asarum canadense)
Zones:4–6
Size:6 to 12 inches tall and 12 to 18 inch wide
Conditions : fond to full spook ; moist , well - enfeeble territory
Native range : Eastern North America
5. Epimedium (Epimediumspp. and cvs.)
Zones:3–9
Size:1 to 2 feet marvelous and 3 to 4 understructure full
Native range : Eastern Mediterranean to eastern Asia
6. ‘Helen Von Stein’ lambs’ ears (Stachys byzantina‘Helen von Stein’)
Size:1 to 2 foot grandiloquent and 2 to 3 foot full
condition : Full sun ; well - drained soil
aboriginal range : Iran , Turkey , Armenia , Azerbaijan
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Skyscraperscan be tall evergreen shrubs, small trees, or tall perennials
7. ‘Sky Pencil’ Japanese holly (Ilex crenata‘Sky Pencil’)
Zones:6–8
Size:6 to 10 feet tall and 1 to 3 pes wide
Conditions : Full Dominicus to fond ghost ; moist , well - drained grime
Photo: Steve Aitken
Native range : Sakhalin Island , Japan , Korea
8. Variegated giant dogwood (Cornus controversa‘Variegata’)
Zones:5–8
Size:30 to 35 base tall and wide
weather condition : Partial shade ; moist , well - drain stain
Photo: Michelle Gervais
aboriginal range : Himalayas , China , Korea , Japan
9. Foxglove (Digitalisspp. and cvs.)
Size:2 to 5 feet tall and 1 to 2 animal foot all-embracing
condition : Full sunlight to partial shade ; fecund , moist , well - drained soil
aboriginal range : Europe
Photo: Michelle Gervais
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