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Discussing the Plantings on the Property

Bob joins Tom Strangfeld of Weston Nurseries and landscape architect Kristian Fenderson to walk the property and discuss the planting selected for the Medford home. They begin at the rock garden situated on a 2-foot grade transition from the street and the driveway. The plant material chosen for the gardens provide seasonal interest and when it grows up will offer a buffer to the street. Species include Scintillation Rhododendron, Hinoki Cypress, Dwarf Blue Arizona Fir, Stewartia (an Asian tree with bark like a Sycamore and Camellia-like flowers in July and August), Blue Star Juniper (a disease and pest resistant variety that grows 2 � 3 feet across but no more than 6 inches tall), Asiatic Paper Bark Maple, Viburnum Bowden Intensely (which blooms in February with fragrant pink flowers), a hemlock on the corner, and some ornamental grasses. Careful plant selection for pest and disease resistance can significantly minimize the amount of maintenance required. Latticework from BrattleWorks will camouflage the A/C compressors on the side of the house. In the Boston area, planting can take place right up till mid-November. Kristian left room for a lawn off the back deck and then planted Norway maple and Hydrangea Quercifolia (Oak-leafed Hydrangea with huge white blossoms) for privacy in front of the back latticework fence.

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Discussing the Plantings on the Property

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" Out this is a Little Rock garden feature that you've planned here at the almost at the edge of the street what's the idea here it's two on. To serve as part of it and do this is actually the defective front entrance of the property yes it's to give the homeowner something really interesting to look at as they. And her and and also serves. To make a grade transition because you've kind of mound it'd been created about a two foot grade transition. From the street and the whole garden on this side of the house has to deal with a relatively busy street right then what's what's some of the plant material that's been chosen here. Mr. Simpson only through dinner on it really given the homeowner a lot of seasonal interest. Well these plants are all gonna grow up pretty intimate garden in here wanted them with one I would think that you wanted to have plants that are going to give you a real buffer against seeing the black top and seeing cars going on these will do that well within a fairly re. I do notice that -- chose some lawn for this backside of the house -- what's the thinking here. Wanted to give them in some on cluttered opened on area to either dine in or entertain. On. Just a little relief to be all right so they have a lawn party where they've got some lawn now you've put in three or four large trees. Along the barrier back here what what kind of trees are this is an interesting and good I think an appropriate choice for a small property. This is with this digit form all of the Norway maple. I didn't want anything that would intrude on the long I wanted to give them as much. Light and sun as possible. But yet I wanted privacy from the adjacent house and this is an interest in planet what is this hydrant of course the Foley of the -- type ranger. It's a native American plant. Many seasons of interest huge. Colorful leaves you know once it becomes matured puts out these enormous leaves and these big wonderful white. Blossom in Iraq and it also gets six bullying bark again in the wonder very interesting. Multi season plant. Very trouble free gentlemen great job."

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