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The Gingko Biloba Tree in Cold Climate Asian Gardens This brief synopsis of the Gingko (Ginko) Biloba (Ginkgo biloba ‘Magyar’) tree is a reference article for landscaping in modern asian inspired gardens. (Zone 4) The Ginkgo Biloba Tree is considered a “living fossil.” It is the only living member of the Ginkgoales family dating back [...]
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Creating Your Own Dry Landscape Zen Garden. Let’s discuss how you’d create a kare-sansui, a small scale dry landscape garden and integrate it into your existing home gardens. The history of Japanese gardens and the Chinese influences require a life-time of study and the design of these gardens follow strict cultural traditions. However, my goal is for [...]
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Japanese Shrub Willow Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’ (Nishiki Willow) Thin, delicately arching branches are cloaked with long, narrow leaves of pink, white and green. The new growth is often solid shell pink. This is a fine hardy shrub for containers because it can be sheared for form or a close-up spot in the shady garden. [...]
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Japanese Tree Lilac – Syringa reticulata “Ivory Silk” Japanese Tree Lilacs come in many forms, sizes and shapes. I’ve planted two in the last few years. The first one was part of a Japanese garden and needed to be in tree form but low growing to the ground. I found this specimen tree in a [...]
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