I think when we moved into our house in 1970, there were some small pricker bushes growing in front of the latticework under our front porch. I don't remember the details, but we eventually pulled them out and planted three small evergreen bushes. They were only 18 inches tall.
Well... It turns out I was not aggressive enough in my trimming and over 50 years they just got taller and taller. So we found a gardener who takes care of a couple of our neighbors. He is a relatively young guy, but he really knows his plants. So we asked him to trim these way back, which he did today.
Quite a difference, huh? He couldn't cut them any lower, which would have been nice. The hope is that in a year when they have filled in, we can cut them lower. Or if not, pull these out and start with small bushes all over again. Maybe the front porch with the relatively new latticework we had replaced about 5 years ago is pretty enough by itself, and we don't need any plants at all.
4 comments:
Nice work. How did you ever replace the lattice with those huge hedges?
If you ever decide to replace, go with azaleas or rhododendrons as they do not need to be trimmed with hedge clippers several times in summer.
Joan
Ooh, Joan, two beautiful suggestions!
Mom was telling me about this hedge trimming. I’ll be curious to see how it grows in… we had a tall tree trimmed in our front yard, and it was done in a similar way: the tops left in place and all the lower branches trimmed.
The porch, on its own, is really nice but I love the bushes in front of it as long as they're trimmed low.
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