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Little Water Garden: Next I ordered one white pygmy water lily, one spike rush, ai one dwarf papyrus, from a water garden nursery for spring delivery kept the number of plants low, realizing that with a tub this size it best to underplant.
Upon arrival in mid-May, the water lily went into an 8-ini plastic pot, the type with many openings on the bottom. The oth two plants went into 6-inch clay pots. Either plastic or clay pots a be used. I used 3/4 heavy garden soil and 1/4 composted manui The soil was topped with a layer of pea gravel to prevent escapii dirt from muddying the water. Each pot was then plunged into a p( of water to completely soak the soil.
Timber, brick, gravel and water have been combined to make this Japanese-style garden. The overall design consists of a series of regular geometric shapes in varying colors and textures. Water is used in three ways to produce different textures: there is still water, rippling water and spouting water. Plants are kept to a minimum.
IT'S A LUCKY home owner indeed who has a natural stream or spring just waiting to be landscaped into a pond. Most of us have to start from scratch, but it's well worth the effort. Whether it be a formal, regularly shaped pond set in the middle of a paved patio or an informal, irregularly shaped pool at the foot of the garden, water is guaranteed to add another dimension of enjoyment to your garden. A still sheet of water gives a peaceful air to the garden and provides Mirror images of the surroundings and the changing sky. Moving water gives varying patterns and colors as sunlight plays upon it as well as introducing something that no other garden feature can provide—sound. The well-executed traditional rockery, with its layers of large rocks and colorful plants, can make a very striking feature. It is an ideal way to link the different levels in a garden. It should always be planned in advance as an interesting design feature and not simply plonked there as an afterthought. In this way, it should always be carefully integrated into the overall plan of your garden. The plants in rock gardens, usually :alled alpines, come from the mountainous ar rocky regions in the world and their use in :he garden recreates a rocky outcrop on i mountain or a cliff face. There are literally lundreds of these pretty little water garden plants, which :ogether form a magical miniature world in i corner of the backyard. |
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