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Convertible Trees?
I was looking through images of plantings I'd designed for Elysian landscapes, and I happened upon this image of a garden Judy and I did for the Sianai Temple in West Los Angeles. I've been so attuned to the silhouettes of trees this winter, mostly due to Scrappy Girl's tree fetish - and when looking at the tree sculpture by artist Rona Pondick a lightbulb flashed above my head; Why not create a trellis that looks like a tree in winter? (click on the image to get a better view of the metal tree) You could grow the vine of your choice through the bare branches, and change it whenever you like! I was thinking of using a much more brutal material than Pondick's stainless steel (can you imagine how much that would cost!), like rebar. It's very easily bendable, so no prohibitively expensive welding or casting. I'm going to keep thinking about this - I don't want to do anything corny, of course, which something like this might be, if not done right. I'd like it to look like a child's pencil drawing of a winter tree.
Which means I have to start talking to metal fabricators. Nothing really good is ever easy or cheap, is it? Well, maybe Proenza Schouler for Target.
Nice planting, wouldn't you say? Those strange, martian-like chartreuse puffs are the blooms of Euphorbia wulfenii, one of my favorite plants of all time. These plants are truly chic - both stylish and quirky. A lovely addition to any fashionable garden!
Hi Germ, Thanks for sharing this gorgeous garden. I like the fact that it?s so interesting in color, shape, and texture yet seems to include a limited number of plant species.
Keep up the excellent blogging!
What a nice comment, thanks! This is one of my all time favorite plant combos, and it's just four plants, not including the trees - Phormium 'Maori Chief', Euphorbia wulfenii, and Lavandula 'Grosso', underplanted with lime thyme. The other designers I work with are always giving me grief about how comlicated my plantings can get, but see? I can be simple, too...
I'll keep blogging if you keep reading!