| Landscape gardening is like the painting of a picture. | | | | are places where a row or double row of Lombardy |
| A good picture often has a point of chief interest, | | | | poplars is very effective. The catalpa is quite lovely |
| and the rest of the points simply forms a fine setting | | | | with broad leaves and attractive flowers. And the |
| for it. In landscape gardening, the gardener has a | | | | seed pods clinging to the tree add a bit of picture |
| clear picture in his mind what the whole will be once | | | | sequences in the winter. The bright berries of the |
| the work is completed. | | | | ash, the brilliant foliage of the sugar maple, the |
| The design of gardening should have a central | | | | blossoms of the tulip tree, the bark of the white |
| element or focal point to catches the eyes - a special | | | | birch, and the leaves of the copper beech all these |
| tree or bush, fountains or statues. Garden gnomes | | | | are beauty points to consider. |
| are very popular in Europe, and it's not a surprise to | | | | If the lower portion of the grounds is a bit low and |
| see gnomes in the states either. Seasonal and holiday | | | | moist, the spot is ideal for a willow. It's important to |
| flags can all be architectural focal points. | | | | group trees together properly. A long-looking poplar |
| A good extent of open lawn space is always | | | | does not go with a nice rather rounded little tulip tree. |
| beautiful and restful. It adds a feeling of space to | | | | A juniper, so neat and prim, would look silly beside a |
| even small grounds. If the lawn space is covered with | | | | spreading chestnut. |
| many trees, and with little flower beds here and | | | | Seasonality is another major consideration in the tree |
| there, the general effect is choppy and fussy. It is a | | | | selection. The forsythia bloom early. The red bark of |
| bit like an over-dressed person. A single tree or a | | | | the dogwood makes a bit of color all winter, and the |
| small group, in fact, is a more elegant arrangement. | | | | red berries of the barberry cling to the shrub well into |
| Do not center the tree or trees, instead let them | | | | the winter. |
| drop a bit into the background. In choosing trees one | | | | Certain shrubs are good to use for hedge purposes. |
| must keep in mind a number of things. You should | | | | A hedge is rather prettier usually than a fence. The |
| not choose an overpowering tree; the tree should be | | | | Californian privet is excellent for this purpose. Osage |
| one of good shape, with something interesting about | | | | orange, Japan barberry, buckthorn, Japan quince, and |
| its bark, leaves, flowers or fruit. While the poplar is a | | | | Van Houtte's spirea are other shrubs which make |
| rapid grower, it sheds its leaves early and so is left | | | | good hedges. |
| standing, bare and ugly, before the fall is old. There | | | | |