Trees for Smaller Gardens (1497)
There are many trees widely available for smaller gardens, in all shapes and sizes, evergreen and deciduous. Given that many of us have limited space in which to garden, it becomes important that any trees chosen are right for their surroundings, in terms of proportion as well as for their decorative value.
There are many factors to take into consideration when choosing a tree for a small garden. Here are some of the more important ones:
Height and spread: This is probably the most important factor. Even small ornamental trees may, over time, reach a height of 6-7m or more. If this is too much, consider a weeping form, as these rarely increase much in height or even a large shrub. Spread is not normally such a problem, unless in a very restricted area, in this case consider a columnar tree, as these do not spread
appreciably.
Season of interest: Consider when you want your tree to look good, thinking about flowering time, foliage, fruit and bark. If you only have room for one tree ideally look for one with more than one season of interest such as fruit or autumn colour following on from flowers.
Deciduous or evergreen: Both types of trees have their advantages, the obvious one for evergreens being that they keep their leaves. But you don’t get the lovely autumn colours with evergreen trees.
Trees for specific locations: we have also provided the following profiles to help with growing trees in containers and trees for wet soils.
Trees and buildings: many people worry about planting a tree close to a property, and there can be risks in doing so. For more information see our trees near buildings profile.
To help you choose, you may find it useful to visit gardens where a good range of well-established and mature ornamental trees can be seen and evaluated.
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Gardening Secrets(2002)
Announcer:Hello and welcome to today's show, Shirley's Garden. Today, we'll be interviewing Shirley on her amazing techniques at growing a square-foot garden.
Jeff: Good morning and my name is Jeff, and I have a special guest today, Shirley. Shirley you truly have an amazing garden. Could you tell us how you made it?
Shirley: Well, thank you, Jeff. I have tried various attempts at gardening and with different degrees of success. This spring I took a square-foot gardening class, and I decided to try some of the things I've learned. One of the most important things in square-foot gardening is that you choose a good location. You need at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunshine. You also need to choose a location that has good drainage, and it should be a convenient location. A garden is a lot more fun if you are walking by and seeing it all the time. You need to decide what kind of containers you want. In my case, I used wooden boxes, and then I divided them up into one-foot squares. And then just decided what I wanted to plant, and based on what the final plant would look like.
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Jeff: Well, Shirley, I'm truly amazed at kind of the architecture of this garden. I've noticed these vertical beams. I've never seen that before. Could you explain that to us a little bit?
Shirley: Well, for example, right here we have some cantaloupe*, and cantaloupe take a lot of space when you grow them out on the ground, and I don't have that much space, and so I just grow them up. Just grow them vertically. I just made a metal frame, and took some string, I just allow them to grow up, and they will support themselves. And all kinds of different vines you can do this with.
Jeff: This is truly amazing. I noticed a vast amount of vegetation. Can you explain to me what you have growing in this garden?
Shirley: Well, over on the far end, I have tomatoes growing vertically. In front of those I have green peppers, basil, strawberries, beets, green beans, corn, and carrots. All kinds of different vegetables like that. Right here, as I said before, I have cantaloupe. Down at the bottom, I have some Mexican tomatoes. And down at this end, I another kind of pepper called banana peppers, cucumbers, and pumpkins.
Jeff: Well, Shirley, this is truly amazing. I'm so impressed, and I know our viewers will be impressed about this excellent garden. I'd like to thank you very much for having us in today to look at your garden.
*cantaloupe– канталупа, мускуснаядыня. Канталупа — растение семейства Тыквенные, разновидность дыни. Плоды канталупы покрыты полосатой кожурой. В длину, как правило, 15–25 см. Мякотьплодаимееторанжевыйцвет.
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Garden Design: History(919)
Persian gardens are credited in originating aesthetic planting design and used a rectilinear plan. Planting in ancient and Medieval European gardens was often a mix of herbs for medicinal use, vegetables for consumption, and flowers for decoration. Purely aesthetic planting layouts developed after the medieval period in Renaissance gardens, as are shown in late-renaissance paintings and plans. The designs of the Italian Renaissance garden were geometrical and plants were used to form spaces and patterns. The gardens of the French Renaissance and Baroque Garden era continued the 'formal garden' planting aesthetic.
In Asia the asymmetrical traditions of planting design in Chinese gardens and Japanese gardens originated in the Jin Dynasty (265–420) of China. The gardens' plantings have a controlled but naturalistic aesthetic. In Europe the arrangement of plants in informal groups developed as part of the English Landscape Garden style, and subsequently the French landscape garden, and was strongly influenced by the picturesque art movement.
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