I hope she likes it!

This lady needed some drought resistant plants for a bare patch in her garden.

So I shared some Sedum, Mums, Snow-in-Summer, Dead Nettle, Iris and Day lilies.

 Colour scheme Pink and Purple with a splash of white and yellow.

 

https://youtu.be/GPUdEeI_8H0 

 

The Hidden Life of Trees

 

https://www.viewbug.com/photo/69470525?it#behindthelens

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce Kilmer
1913
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer

How trees talk to each other | Suzanne Simard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs

Peter Wohlleben a forester in Germany wrote book about it:
http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/talking-to-trees

 

Forester Peter Wohlleben says trees can communicate with one another. He joins The Agenda to talk about his book, "The Hidden Life of Trees", and the science behind how trees warn each other of danger, live near their family members and even develop best friends.

Intelligent Trees - The WEBSERIES - Episode One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNnKPJYiM-w

Interview - David Suzuki - Tree: A Life Story

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFB5d8Foblk

 

Horticulture meets Ecology

Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
https://www.amazon.com/Planting-Post-Wild-World-Communities-Landscapes/dp/1604695536/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491303730&sr=8-1&keywords=planting+in+a+post+wild+world 

Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious. Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is an inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new nature—a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated—that can flourish in our cities and suburbs. This is both a post-wild manifesto and practical guide that describes how to incorporate and layer plants into plant communities to create an environment that is reflective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.

Thomas Rainer
https://www.thomasrainer.com/about-1/

Thomas Rainer is a registered landscape architect, teacher, and author living in Arlington, Virginia. Thomas, a leading voice in ecological landscape design. Thomas is a specialist in applying innovative planting concepts to create ecologically-functional designed landscapes.

There is a need for a new kind of expertise--a hybrid of horticulture and ecology--to develop the next generation of green infrastructure.

https://www.thomasrainer.com/blog/2017/3/25/green-infrastructure-10-has-failed

Nigel Dunnet
http://www.nigeldunnett.com/about/

Professor of Planting Design, Urban Horticulture and Vegetation Technology in the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield. He has pioneered the use of innovative approaches to landscape planting, and in the multi-functional use of vegetation in the built environment.

Dutch Designer Piet Oudolf:

http://oudolf.com/references

 

 https://www.amazon.ca/Planting-New-Perspective-Piet-Oudolf/dp/1604693703

Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pscoRm8MnRI

 

 

The Process