Posts Tagged ‘trees’

Paring Rooftop Trees with Euphorbia, Heuchera

We added small trees — some might call them shrubs — to our roof garden early this spring. We’ve been experimenting with plants we can grow with our trees without insulting the trees. How do you think we’re doing? The first photo shows our Emerald Green Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis ‘Emerald’) planted with Diamond Frost Euphorbia. [...]

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Adding three shrubs to our roof garden

We went to Chelsea Garden Center in Red Hook, Brooklyn this afternoon. Our mission was to pick out two or three small trees. R* wanted the shrubs to give our little roof garden height and definition, plus a sense of seperation. $170 plus cabs later, we ended up with two Emerald Green Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis [...]

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Evergreen Container Gardening in Brooklyn

Check out this inspiring new Brooklyn brownstone front garden. This planting just went in a few weeks ago and I stop to admire it on my walk to work every morning. It looks to be all bushes and low-maintenance plants in many shades of green. Does anyone know the botanical names for these plants? I [...]

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