The Jewel Box Garden pg 45
heather
dwarf conifers
kniphofilas
phormiums
cortiaderias
yuccas
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Thomas Hobbs
[About artificial light on garden objects at night] For me, gardening has become theater. Don't waste space on dull, blobby-shaped plants. I cannot stand heathers or dwarf conifers. The spikes and spears of kniphofilas, phormiums, cortiaderias and yuccas exude drama. Garden lighting penetrates their open-leaf fountains and travels like neon up to their spiky tips. Roundy-moundy shapes just look like blackened footstools. Leave them for the gas stations.
The Jewel Box Garden pg 45
heather
dwarf conifers
kniphofilas
phormiums
cortiaderias
yuccas
The Jewel Box Garden pg 45
heather dwarf conifers kniphofilas phormiums cortiaderias yuccas
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Yew.
Couldn't agree more. I was leafing through some very expensive landscape design book once and the lady who wrote it said that the branching pattern of the Black Walnut makes it the most prized garden tree of all, despite its readily apparent inconveniences. I found that a remarkable thing for an Englishwoman to say.
But she's right. And so are you.
Openess and gesture is transcendent in the garden, IMHO.
Post a Comment