Garden Design in Leyalnd Lancashire
We installed this design for clients in Leyland,
Lancashire, just shy of a year ago now. Yesterday i paid a return visit to
carry out a bit of formative pruning and general plants tidy up. The gardens
good condition is a positive testament to the very good care taken by my
clients. The decking is now beginning to colour down nicely giving it a slight
silver hue contrasting well with the slate border paving detail and further
enhancing the geometry of the 60x 90 limestone paving. Best of all though for
me is how successful my pleached Photinia have worked out. I had these pleached
onto a metal frames in Italy, a bit of a risk as i had not seen Photinia used
like this before. It makes a wonderful screen and far more interesting than the
usual Lime (Tilia) or Hornbeam (Carpinuis betulus) pleach due to its evergreen nature and the
subtle changes in leaf and stem and flower colour from spring to summer.
Apparently Alan Titmarsh cannot stand them, most peculiar, i consider it to be
one of the more interesting evergreens! Perhaps these would serve to change his
mind?
Rear
Garden Pictures
A rare treat to see this in flower in the UK and this far north. In fact I am not sure i have seen in flower in the UK before.
Front Garden Pictures
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