Picture thread...plants, flowers, landscaping, & horticulture

[Baz]

Let's start the thread off in style - with everyone's favourite plant....bamboo!

This pic from a project of mine, taken a little over a year after planting, using Bambusa textilis 'Gracilis' - aka Graceful Bamboo used as a screen & backdrop for this client's backyard. The plants underneath are Microsorum diversifolium - aka Kangaroo Fern.

If you do a little research you'll find there are certain bamboo varieties that work really well in the landscape.

This particular variety maintains a fairly compact foot print and tends to have a nice vertical growth habit making it ideal for smaller planting locations.

[Bill Douglas]

[Scott Douglas]

It is Easter after all.

[Buckterrier]

MarkPark

[Bill Douglas]

[Crowbob]

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Summer:

[Baz]

^^^ Good job there, Bob. I bet the Fall looks really nice too with all the foliage color!

Enjoying your pics, folks....please keep them coming......

Here are some sunflowers I left for a client in their front pot - no charge - just to brighten up their Easter!

[vash]

you should plant some MINT around that bamboo for ground cover.

[vash]

you're killing me BAZ!! haha.

i'm gonna work Bamboo into a sleeve tattoo..to remind myself to calm the eff down with the OCD.

[drkshdw]

Originally Posted by vash

you should plant some MINT around that bamboo for ground cover.

I've heard kudzu is a nice ground cover too. Or train it to a trellis for a trouble free landscape focal point. It requires very little maintenance.

[Crowbob]

Thanks, Baz!

Found a fall pic:

[Scott Douglas]

[vash]

Originally Posted by drkshdw

I've heard kudzu is a nice ground cover too. Or train it to a trellis for a trouble free landscape focal point. It requires very little maintenance.

nah..Kudzu on the ground.

let the Boston Ivy have the fence. it will look Beautiful!!

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Thanks, Baz!

Found a fall pic:

Wow....some nice diversity there, Bob....thanks!

BTW.....having something to sit down on while in the garden is sometimes helpful. Especially if you need a brief break for your back and legs. I have made some simple benches like this one that are surprisingly comfortable for temporary use and can fit into smaller areas too. Just a 2x10 and 4x4's for the legs. Polyurethane/stain on the top and paint for the rest - I also coated the bottom of the legs with some black jack.

[vash]

damn..beautiful!!

i need to let my new yard grow some before i take a pic. it is brand new and the plants are about the size of my coffee cup. they are starting to grow tho..and fast!!

[Crowbob]

Lillies of the Valley, Daisies, Rodgersia, Jacob's Ladder, Holly, Hosta (Sum and Substance), Cinnamon Fern, native granite, Idaho Silver Flagstone, vinyl siding:

[Crowbob]

Roses:

[Laneco]

From our yard yesterday!

angela

[Crowbob]

Campsite out back:

[Crowbob]

Selkirk Flowering Crabapple: