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contents The Elements of Style
Graphic Design Gretchen Ping, Impressive Print
Technical Editors Debbie Lonnee Jennifer Wilson Jill Engelmann
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Contributing Writers David Sonka Landscape Design Studios Steve Kelley Kelley & Kelley Nursery Eric Watkins Department of Horticultural Science University of Minnesota Amy Levander Linder’s Garden Center
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Advertising Sales Erica Nelson & Betsy Pierre Pierre Productions (952) 903-0505 © 2012 Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association
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Certified & Licensed: The Professionals of MNLA
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Rain Barrels: Saving From a Rainy Day
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Get the Most From Your Garden Center
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Green for Life
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An Arbor Day Contest
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The Colors of Fall
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Green Industry Careers: LandLovers.org
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Fescue to the Rescue for Low-Input Lawns
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Don’t Just Stand There – Plant Something!
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Sophisticated Landscapes Add Value to Homes
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MNLA’s Award-Winning Landscapes
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Advertiser Directory
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ELEMENTS By David Sonka, Landscape Design Studios
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very home expresses a sense of personal tastes and preferences. Today’s professional landscape designers can meld a property’s specific characteristics with a homeowner’s style, creating a personalized outdoor space that soothes, inspires, and adds vibrancy to life. In this feature photo-essay, we take a look at current themes in landscape design, which blend the elements of plants and hardscapes into strikingly beautiful styles.
Sweeping curves and deliberate angles in the landscape bring formal elegance, warmth, and charm to classic homes. These landscapes complement the architectural style of the home and create a welcoming new vibrance. Structure is created in the landscape composition with flowing curves and angles to define and create space, and to provide accents in the landscape. Well-contrived mass plantings of garden classics punctuated with beautiful specimen plants add timeless beauty and create the perfect balance. Top: A formal path leading to a curved seating area in the back yard of a historic St. Paul home that underwent a landscape restoration project. Robust perennial plantings soften the formal hardscape. MIDDLE Left: A split stairway with stone steps and terraces brings the charm of the Tudor style home into the landscape, and creates a grand entrance. MIDDLE Right: A garden path flows into the back yard, as mass underplantings accentuate the mature shade trees. BOTTOM RIGHT: A lovely cove along a pool deck is tucked into a hillside, with the paver design and tumbled block walls carefully contrived in a concentric circle pattern. With formal pillar monuments flanking each side, the combination curves and straight edges flow brilliantly together to create an elegant landscape. 6 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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From the detached garage, the owners are welcomed home by an elegant landscape that leads them along a bluestone path, around curved walls, and up to the terrace where they can sit and enjoy the outdoors with family and friends.
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A new landscape brings a warm welcome and evokes the timeless beauty of a French manor. The entrance monuments and flowing cobble driveway along with the evergreen hedges, drifts of border plants, climbing ivy, and interior lawn space give this home its classic appeal.
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The front walkway re-imagined as a cobble path and stone bridge spanning a babbling freshwater stream.
A beautiful boulderscape, stone patio, and fire pit planted with indigenous groundcovers that seem to have preceded this home. Family campfire time is just steps outside the back door. 8 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
Top: Boulders are deliberately hand-placed to look as though the hand of nature had placed them hundreds of years before. Hand-crafted garden art accentuates the natural beauty. Bottom: A meandering path to a back yard waterfall and dipping pond is an ideal retreat. It saves the time of having to pack up and drive to that special place out in the wilderness, and it is a much more soothing environment than a conventional swimming pool.
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Below: Hardscapes and plants carefully chosen and installed flow together with the natural setting.
Stacked stone walls and rustic steps provide a sense of order and comfort in the landscape, while lush naturalistic plantings spill around it.
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Modern furniture provides creature comfort and visual accent in an otherwise rustic setting.
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Distinctive angles, edges, and curves punctuate the landscape and bring harmony to a contemporary home, or add stylistic flair to more traditional architecture. The unique use of conventional materials, or the introduction of new materials in the landscape, gives the comforting, contemporary feel of the 21st century. It makes you want to sit outside and enjoy a soothing latte while you read the newspaper on your iPad.
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Top: A back yard transformation that makes a pictureperfect contemporary landscape with unique style. The urban landscape is partitioned into areas for multi-functional use, with the mantra that every square foot of space is important. Bottom: A rectangular patterned-cut stone patio and stepping stones balance a well-crafted ashlar-pattern stone wall with a big sweeping curve. A beautiful blend of deliberate curves and right angles for a contemporary flair. 10
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An urban retreat provides plenty of social space in the backyard for entertaining, while a tranquil water feature beautifully contrived into the composition brings contemporary elegance. The mix of paving materials and patterns balance nicely, using reclaimed street pavers and cut patterned natural stone.
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Right: A new, contemporary home addition was enhanced with distinct natural stone walls that frame a rectangular shaped water feature. A contemporary style can be accomplished with rustic natural stone in a creative design with mass monoculture plantings.
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Below: A distinctly circular pool of lawn and compatible circular planting bed designed into the front entry bring style in geometry to this home.
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A new, contemporary patio for outdoor seating has a band of colored glass for a visual accent. It plays nicely off of the large picture windows on the house, while working in juxtaposition to the rustic stone walls which were built with crisp angles to the house.
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Carefully placed stones create a front walkway that leads to the front door or sends you to a private patio for two. Japanese forest grass, Japanese spurge, and creeping thyme are among the mass groundcovers. 12 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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Homes are transformed into a zen paradise with east-Asian influences introduced into the landscape, creating a place to sit and reflect, or to gather with family and friends in a dramatic setting. Formalistic elements and accessories, coupled with naturalistic materials and forms, blend brilliantly together with a palette of imported plants. In carefully contrived designs, these vignettes of Asian inspiration fit nicely into a variety of home settings.
themes of the far east LEFT: Water falls from a square pool, into a circular pool, then into a long, rectangular, plunge pool filled with koi and lilies. It can be enjoyed outside or viewed from all of the windows along the back of the house.
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BELOW MIDDLE: A naturalistic waterfall flanked with a palette of Asian plants brings vibrancy to the back yard along with the tranquil sounds of flowing water.
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BELOW RIGHT: A lovely vignette along the back edge of a pool deck with Asian flair. The boulder sculptures, gravel pool, sculpted pine, and mass groundcovers make a peaceful setting.
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ABOVE: A Balinese sculpture marks the entrance into the back yard from a side yard dining area. Lush woodland groundcovers and a pagoda dogwood make the perfect backdrop for this garden monument.
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LEFT: A stone bridge spans a babbling brook that is flanked with flat-topped boulders, drifts of groundcovers, iris, and specimen evergreens. Themed with Asian inspiration, this water feature gets a distinctive look. 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook 13
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Landscapes contrived with a playful personality can bring comfort and joy to the home. Vibrant accents of plants, stone, sculpture, furniture, and accessories can make your landscape sing and dance, and can certainly raise your spirits. Whimsical charm with a balance of good design is the key to making these landscapes a success, so that they may be enjoyed for years to come.
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RIGHT: Elegant paver details transform this urban back yard entertainment area into a place of whimsical old-world charm within a contemporary setting. MIDDLE LEFT: A flower pattern is delicately cut into a stone path as an accent where it meets the paver driveway. This is a welcoming touch as an entrance to the back yard garden and pool, designed as a tropical paradise.
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FAR LEFT: The vibrant color coordination of these table settings echoes the hot accent of color in the perennials that surround this terrace, and is certain to liven the conversation at the dinner table.
ABOVE: Three Basalt stone spires with gas lanterns flow along the meandering edge of a stone patio, while a complementing pool of three frothy water spouts bring a unique sense of place to this back patio.
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BOTTOM LEFT: The entrance of a twostory brick colonial is given a whimsical personality with its artistic container plantings. BOTTOM RIGHT: Plant accents seem to gracefully dance alongside the stone steps and meandering stone path that flow up to a lovely urban home. Photos from MNA Landscape Award-winning projects. Text by David Sonka, Landscape Design Studios. www.landscapedesignstudios.com
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Certified & Licensed: The Professionals of MNLA GardenMinnesota.com is a web site provided to consumers by members of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA). MNLA companies create and care for the outdoor living environment by growing, planting, designing, installing, watering and maintaining trees, shrubs, flowers and other landscape features such as walkways, retaining walls and irrigation systems. MNLA recognizes companies that hold these certifications or licensures in our member directory on GardenMinnesota.com. Here’s what they mean: MNLA Certified Professional: Individuals who first accumulate either two years of study in an accredited post-secondary nursery and landscape program that includes a structured internship, or a minimum of 2000 hours in nursery or landscape-related employment, and who pass an exam. The first half of the exam covers basic horticultural knowledge and the second half focuses on one of three specializations: Garden Center, Grower, or Landscape.
ICPI Paver Certified Professional: Individuals who are currently employed in the concrete paver installer industry and who pass a two-day course and exam given by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI).
NCMA SRW Certified Professional: Individuals who successfully pass the Segmental Retaining Wall (SRW) Installer Education Program, put together by the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA). ISA Certified Arborist: International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborists have a minimum of three years experience in some aspect of tree care and have passed an exam developed by an international panel of experts.
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MnDOT Certified Landscape Specialist: An individual who passes the training course MnDOT requires for landscape contractors and their crew supervisors who are, or may be, working with MnDOT landscape contracts.
TCIA Certified Treecare Safety Professional: Individuals who pass the Tree Care Industry of America’s (TCIA) Safety Professional program and have three years technical field experience in tree care or six month’s technical field experience and one year in a professional safety position, or a two or four year degree in Arboriculture, Forestry, Ornamental/ Environmental Horticulture, Natural Resources, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety or other related field.
Irrigation Association Certified Professionals: The Irrigation Association offers several certification programs including: Certified Irrigation Contractor, Certified Irrigation Designer, Certified Water Conservation Manager – Landscape, Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, and Certified Agricultural Irrigation Specialist.
EPA WaterSense Partner: An irrigation professional who first becomes certified through a WaterSense® labeled certification program, which trains individuals on designing, installing, and maintaining water-efficient irrigation systems.
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PLANET Landscape Industry Certified: The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) offers several Landscape Industry Certified designation programs including: Landscape Manager, Technician - Exterior, Interior Technician, Horticultural Technician, Lawn Care Manager, Lawn Care Technician-National, and Lawn Care Technician.
Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources Certified Tree Inspector: Individuals who have passed a test in which they demonstrate proficiency in tree disease management, tree identification, firewood identification, and shade tree management. Tree inspectors must attend annual recertification workshops.
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Minnesota Dept. of Labor & Industry Power Limited Technician / Technology Systems Contractor: Individuals installing irrigation systems or landscape lighting who perform low voltage work must be licensed as Power Limited Technicians. Companies that employ Power Limited Technicians must register with the State as Technology Systems Contractors.
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Rain Barrels
Saving from a Rainy Day By Amy Levander, Linder’s Garden Center
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he typical rain storm will deposit 1½-2 inches of rain into a rain gauge, while a monster of a rainstorm will deposit anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain in a gauge. It all adds up to tens of thousands of gallons falling on an average home’s property every year. Can you imagine some of the possible ways we could harness this free resource to benefit our families, neighborhoods, local rivers and lakes? There are increasing options available for homeowners who’d like to put some rain harvesting practices to use.
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Rainwater is better for gardens than tap water because it doesn’t have the chlorine that our municipal water has. It’s not as hard as tap water and it’s warmer.
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Some components that are necessary to have: A screen over the top to keep debris out and mosquitoes from breeding in the water.
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A few years back while living on Prior Lake I received a letter from the watershed district asking if I’d participate in a survey they were doing on lakeshore residents and their landscaping/gardening habits. They wanted to know how people were affecting the water quality of the lake. In return for participating, I was offered my very first rain barrel. I was excited to learn how it could help the lake and watershed become healthier. Here’s what I learned: •
Rain barrels decrease the water that runs down our driveways and streets, picking up and carrying fertilizers, oils and other pollutants directly into our waterways. These torrents of water don’t go to the treatment plant like the waste water from our homes.
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How can rainwater be used? Mostly for watering our plants or washing cars. If you’re feeling ambitious, people have been known to modify their plumbing and use rain water for washing clothes and flushing toilets. Always check your city’s building codes before deciding to take on a project like that, though.
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In the summer, almost half of the water used in the average household is used for taking care of our yards and gardens!
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Before installing a rain barrel, know your measurements. Check the size of your roof. Since one inch of rainfall on a 1,000 sq. ft. roof will give you 623 gallons of runoff and most barrels hold 60 gallons of water, you’ll fill up quickly.
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In some parts of the world, like Australia, people still rely on rain water storage systems to meet the majority of their water needs. Would getting back to the cisterns they had in U.S. farm homes back in the late 1800s/early 1900s be worth considering for our homes today?
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There are a lot of places, like local watershed districts, that offer guides and sometimes financial help to homeowners that want to install rain barrels, re-establish shoreline harmony, install a rain garden or make your space more ‘green’ in some way. Minnesota has over 40 watershed districts, local branches of government that work on preventing and solving problems with water in our lakes, rivers, ponds, and bogs.
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There are many styles of rain barrels from which to choose. As you plan, remember that the water in your rain barrel is not potable. Do not use for drinking, washing, or cooking. It is also general practice to avoid watering edible plants with water from asphaltshingle roofs.
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s the snow melts and the weather heats up, your yard and garden are ready for some extra attention. Those first walks outdoors often generate a trip to a local garden center. Look to your local, MNLA neighborhood garden center for an
assurance of quality and integrity. Local garden centers have horticultural specialists who can help you choose plant material that will thrive in Minnesota. Consider the following ideas for your next garden center visit.
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Plan Ahead. Plant material availability varies seasonally and by region. National magazines feature appealing gardens, but you should only purchase plants that will survive the unique Minnesota climate. Consult with the garden center experts for winning choices.
Garden center professionals can then recommend possible treatments.
Know Your Conditions. How many hours of sun does your garden receive? What direction does the flowerbed face? On which side of the house will that new shrub be placed? How much wind does the area receive? Keep these considerations in mind to ensure that you select the best plant for the intended location.
Drive Sensibly. Bring the proper vehicle. Don’t bring a convertible to do an SUV’s job. For added convenience, most garden centers will deliver for a reasonable fee.
Carry Dirt With You. Don’t be afraid to bring a sample of your garden soil along to the garden center. They can tell if your soil is clay, sandy or loam, and then offer suggestions for plant material and soil amendments. Bag Your Troubles. Got a sick shrub or a buggy bloom? Disease detection and cure recommendations are easier to diagnose if you bring along the affected leaf, twig, bloom or bug (in a sealed plastic bag).
Dress for Success. Leave the high heels and suits at home. For a garden center trip, wear comfortable shoes and clothing that can tolerate a little dirt.
Bring a Visual Aid. Don’t hesitate to bring images of your yard, notes and a landscape plan, if available. Choose the Right Time. If you will need a lot of assistance, shop the garden center at “off times”. Even the busy spring and early summer have quiet moments. Visit on a weekday – during the day, right after work, or during the dinner hour. If the weekend is your only option, come very early or later in the day. Find your local, MNLA neighborhood garden center at GardenMinnesota.com.
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xcept for gardeners in much warmer climates than ours, fall traditionally spells the end of the gardening year. After a season’s labor in the yard, we’re generally more than happy to hang up our tools in favor of quiet nights enjoying the warmth of the fireplace. Aren’t we due for some leisure time after plugging away in the garden April through October? Just think, spring brings with it the chores of uncovering gardens, raking up soggy leaves remaining from the previous year and coping with mouse damage, deer damage, and cold-weather-with-no-snow damage. In addition there might be new gardens to spade up or massive old perennials to divide and replant. With summer comes tasks such as weeding, cultivating, combatting pests, and keeping enough ice in the freezer to provide a steady supply of cooling drinks. Fall sees us cutting down the garden if we’re neatnicks, digging trenches for planting bulbs, and scurrying about to make certain hoses are collected and put away, pipes are drained, and tools are brought in before freeze-up. Sometime and somehow, amongst all this flurry of activity, we’ve also taken time to enjoy the first blooms of spring – especially the early aconites and snow trilliums - and later spring flowers such as Anemone sylvestris and violas. Midsummer we can relax a bit and smile over the crisp blue of campanulas and the jaunty melony-colored heads of heliopsis. But what about the autumn landscape? Do we consider much other than mums and burning bush for color at that time? Ask any gardener when peak seasons are hereabouts and the answer will be anything but fall. Fall just seems to be that time between the last blooms of summer and the first snows of winter. Not too exciting a time as far as the landscape goes. Well, it needn’t be thus. Let’s delve into the broad range of possibilities for extending bloom in the landscape up to and beyond the first frost.
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Most alliums have come and gone long before October comes into view, so little Allium thunbergii ‘Ozawa’ presents quite a surprise with its cloud of strawberry-rose colored drumstick-like blooms that persist from mid-October right through winter. The 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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produced in abundance. ‘Margarette’ is a dark pink while ‘Pamina’ is a double creamy pink. Japanese anemones want light shade, rich soil, and adequate moisture to perform their best. Our North American native, Actaea racemosa (snakeroot), yearly garners rafts of attention in August while abloom with stately, creamy white spires. Two later bloomers are stately in their own fashion. Actaea racemosa ‘Atropurpurea’, about three feet tall, sports arching, ivory-white spikes of flowers above attractive burgundy-tinged foliage. The blooms last for weeks into early October. Actaea simplex ‘White Pearl’ blooms very late in October, sometimes just before freeze up. Creamy, pearl-like buds, arranged around two-foot tall spires are almost as interesting as the flowers themselves. Actaeas prefer dappled shade and rich, moist soil. The orchid-like blooms of Tricyrtis (toadlily) appear so exotic that most people can’t believe they’re hardy to the Midwestern plains. They are, though, and they’ve become indispensable as eye-catchers in September and October. Tricyrtis hirta entrances us with dark green foliage on stems two feet tall smothered with white star-shaped flowers speckled light purple. Other varieties to try might include ‘Miyazaki’, white spotted dark purple and ‘White plants reach 8-12” in bloom, so are easy to Towers’, which lights tuck into the front of the border. Full sun up its spot in the and average soil suit this charmer just fine. garden with pristine white flowers. Plant Japanese anemones have long been stars in toadlilies in light Anemone ‘September Charm’ the fall garden for us. Bold, 2-3’ tall plants shade. Given average erupt into bloom in September with a garden soil and adequate moisture, these unusual perennials will colorful display which continues up til frost. Daisy-like flowers grace the garden and delight the gardener for years. are white, rosy or pink. The variety ‘September Charm’ really does charm us, never failing to burst forth with sweeps of bright Though fall brings us such a delight of color with maples, oaks, pinky-rose flowers atop wispy stems. The varieties ‘Whirlwind’ birches, burning bushes and serviceberries, still we would be and ‘Honorine Jobert’ are both known for crisp, white flowers missing a bet by not completing this more common wealth of 30 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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Fothergilla in the fall Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw viburnum)
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beauty with woody plants a bit less well-known. After a dashing display of white bottle brush-like flowers in spring, Fothergilla major sits quietly unassuming all summer long. Its second season of interest is late fall, when its dark green foliage turns a brilliant cocktail of yellow, orange and rosy red. Absolutely stunning. Fothergilla (no common name), a slow-growing, 3-4’ tall bush, can happily reside as an understory shrub in light shade. The native hazelnut, Corylus americana, is a sadly underused shrub that, like our fothergilla, is also a wallflower during most months of the year, but comes into its own in October, when it colors up nicely with hues of soft orange and yellow. Full sun to light shade suits this gently suckering 6-8’ tall shrub. The nuts of this plant are a bonus, cloaked in curious, crinkly husks, and are quite edible if you can harvest them before the squirrels do (good luck). We favor all hydrangeas, of course, for their good old-fashioned flowers. Aren’t we lucky, then, to be presented with a bevy of new varieties that tout flowers of shades varying from a soft lime to a dusky rose. Twist-n-Shout® hydrangea, in addition to its pink to periwinkle blue lace cap flowers, is also noted for its foliage, which turns a burgundy red once crisp fall days are upon us. A real plus and rather unexpected. Tricyrtis hirta ‘Miyazaki Hybrids’
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Sumac is well-known for its brilliant fall color, but its wildly suckering habit isn’t to everyone’s liking. The tidy Gro-Low fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’) is a horse of a different color. Actually, its color is the same brilliant red of its taller relation, but it is its habit that is different. At 24” tall and slowly spreading, this attractive, finetextured shrub is well-suited to the smaller property. Effective in massed plantings, ‘Gro-Low’ fragrant sumac can be left to naturalize, requiring scant maintenance. Planted in full sun to light shade, this sumac is adaptable to a range of soils and moisture conditions. One out of the ordinary tree worth noting for its fall color is the ornamental pear, ‘Korean Sun’. We admire this tree for the interest it provides across the seasons. This 15’ tall tree is attractive smothered in white spring blooms, glossy, dark green leaves in summer, and stunningly beautiful persistent salmonorange to red fall foliage. Use this pear, whose fruit is the size of a pea and inedible, as you would a crabapple-as a specimen in a foundation planting or as an accent in the perennial border. The old saying goes that fall is for planting. I’d like to add a bit to that good advice by saying that fall is for enjoying the last dazzling weeks of the landscape as well. Do take advantage of that opportunity by assuring your landscape is awash with shrubs and perennials that are interesting and colorful. 32 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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Hard fescue is probably the best option for a low-input lawn in Minnesota, especially in shaded areas. This species provides a nice green color well into drought periods, and has a slow vertical growth rate. Chewings fescue is very similar to hard fescue. A number of Chewings fescue varieties, along with some strong creeping red fescues, have been found to produce compounds in their roots that help prevent the growth of weeds; this characteristic is called allelopathy. Strong creeping red fescue is sometimes referred to as creeping fescue, red fescue, and ‘common creeper’ (this, and any ‘variety not stated’ turfgrass seed, should be avoided). Strong creeping red fescue has shown very good performance in recent roadside salttolerance trials in the Twin Cities. This species has a rhizomatous growth habit, which helps it recover from damage more quickly than other fine fescues. Sheep fescue is not typically suggested for lawn use, but we have found that some of the newer sheep fescue varieties do very well 34 2012 Garden Minnesota Yearbook
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any homeowners desire grasses that require reduced input (water, mowing, fertilizer, pesticides). One of the best ways to reduce inputs on a home lawn is to use a species that is well adapted to a low-input environment. Any of the fine fescue species are excellent choices for lawns in Minnesota. These species grow well in the sun or the shade, grow slowly, have excellent drought tolerance, and have better disease resistance than more traditional turfgrasses such as Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass. Many varieties of these fine fescues are infected with endophytes, which are fungi that live inside the plant and provide many benefits including resistance to some insects and diseases.
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under extreme low-input conditions (no irrigation, very little mowing, no pesticides). This species has also performed well in roadside salt-tolerance trials. Although they provide many excellent benefits, there are a few potential problems with fine fescues including susceptibility to heat stress (especially in combination with prolonged drought stress), high incidence of snow mold disease, and inability to handle high levels of wear and traffic. Turfgrass breeding programs, including the program at the University of Minnesota, are working on improving these traits. Once a homeowner makes the decision to use these low-input grasses, it can be a challenge to find seed or sod. Seed is available from many local retailers, but there is often a limited supply. If a local source is not available, it is possible to purchase varieties of
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fescue to the rescue
Hard fescue cultivars can provide excellent low-input turfgrass for home lawns. This picture shows the cultivar ‘Predator’ mowed at 1.5 inches and 3 inches.
fine fescues online. Fortunately, in recent years there has been an increase in the production of fine fescue sod in Minnesota. Whenever purchasing any type of turfgrass seed, a consumer can examine data from the University of Minnesota turfgrass program, which evaluates a number of fine fescue varieties in turf trials each year. The results are available at www.turf.umn.edu.
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chill out. plants are cool.
Just three properly placed trees can save an average household between $100 and $250 in annual heating and cooling costs. U.S. Department of Energy
Planting greenery and enjoying its beauty have been proven to lower your blood pressure and heart rate. What’s more, they can substantially lower your home’s temperature and energy bill. By carefully positioning trees and shrubs to shelter your house from the sun and wind, you can reduce your heating and cooling energy consumption by as much as 25%, which should lower your blood pressure even more.
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The better the landscaping in common areas of a neighborhood, the more those spaces are used by residents, hence the more opportunities there are for social interaction between neighbors. University of Illinois
Public spaces are like backyards we all own together. So why not make them better places for all of us to play? Shady, green spaces are like magnets. We’ve all seen the story of the rundown urban neighborhood that plants a community garden on an old vacant lot. The place comes alive. People suddenly come out of the woodwork and the neighborhood is socially transformed. Such is the power of plants to attract people—both to public spaces and to each other.
Cleans, freshens & Deodorizes.
One tree can remove up to 26 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually. That’s equal to 11,000 miles of car emissions. Virginia Cooperative Extension
When you plant you get plenty more than just pretty flowers and leaves. While standing there looking gorgeous, flowers, trees and grasses are also busy doing janitorial service on the environment. In urban and suburban settings, vegetation helps reduce stormwater runoff, decreases pollutants and suspended solids in surface water runoff, and reduces sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide and particulate matter from the air.
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Put some new life in the ground and experience what a little green can do. Hop in the car and head to your nearest neighborhood garden center for plants to spruce up your yard, your life and your community.
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nvesting in landscape design, trees and other landscaping features will increase the value of your home and increase your quality of life, according to university-documented research. The following information is summarized from three peer-reviewed research studies. Improved landscaping is associated with higher property values.1
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An improvement from average to good quality landscaping is associated with an increase in sale price of 5.7%. An improvement from average to excellent quality landscaping increases sale price by 10.8%.1 Home value increased from 5% to 11% for homes with a good landscape.2 Overall, survey participants valued the landscape design sophistication most.2 Design sophistication was the most important landscape factor, accounting for 40 to 45% of the value added to the home.2 The most preferred landscape: a sophisticated design incorporating large deciduous, evergreen, and annual
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Trees and other plants are crucial to the sequestration of carbon from the earth’s atmosphere and play an important role in reducing the urban and rural carbon footprint.3 Planting trees and other plants around a building can significantly reduce the sun’s radiation effect on the temperature of the outer walls and lower the associated costs of energy for heating and cooling. Planting trees around a building is not only a positive step towards reducing energy consumption, but it also has a significant financial benefit as well.3 Natural aesthetic beauty is soothing to people, and keeping flowers in and around the home and workplace environments is an excellent way to lower levels of stress and anxiety.3 Sources 1
“Impact of Improved Landscape Quality and Tree Cover on the Price of Single-Family Homes.” Andrea Stigarll and Emmett Elam, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University.
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“Landscape Plant Material, Size, and Design Sophistication Increase Perceived Home Value.” B. Behe, J. Hardy, S. Barton, J. Brooker, T. Fernandez, C. Hall, J. Hicks, R. Hinson, P. Knight, R. McNiel, T. Page, B. Rowe, C. Safley, R. Schutzki, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University.
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Mickman Brothers, Inc. Contact: John Mickman Telephone: 763-434-4047 Email: John@Mickman.com Website: www.mickman.com 14630 Highway 65, Ham Lake, MN 55304 Beautiful Landscapes require a visionary design, great plant materials, top notch hardscaping and dependable Landscape Irrigation. We offer these elements with just one phone call. See our ad on page 2
Lano Equipment Inc. Contact: Rod Lano Telephone: 888-448-5266 Email: rod_l@lanoequip.com Website: www.lanoequip.com Anoka * Shakopee * Loretto Family owned and operated since 1946, serving commercial and residential customers. We carry Bobcat, Kubota, Doosan, JCB, Felling, Load Trail, Toro, Stihl and many more! See our ad on page 26
Northeast Tree, Inc. Contact: Lynn Welles Telephone: 612-789-9255 Email: lynn@northeasttree.net Website: northeasttree.net 2124 Marshall St. NE., Suite 3, Minneapolis, MN 55418 Owner operator tree care firm skilled in fine tree pruning, large tree removal including crane assisted removals, health assessments, tree inventories and hazard tree identification. See our ad on page 26
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ADVERTISER DIRECTORY Otten Bros. Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. Contact: Kari Line, Garden Center Manager Telephone: 952-473-5425 Website: www.ottenbros.com Email: k.line@ottenbros.com 2350 W. Wayzata Blvd., Long Lake, MN 55356 Garden & Landscaping Center located just west of Minneapolis. Family owned since 1953. 11 acre garden center and full service landscape design & installation company. See our ad on page 20 Out Back Nursery, Inc. Contact: Tom Tennant Telephone: 651-438-2771 Email: Tom@outbacknursery.com, Website: www.outbacknursery.com 15280 110th St. S., Hastings, MN 55033 The largest selection of Native Trees, Shrubs & Perennials in the area. Award-winning, Full Service Landscaping. “Where Ecology & Horticulture Unite” See our ad on page 26 R. S. Contracting & Landscaping, Inc. Contact: Russ Schmid Telephone: 952-443-2939 Email: russ@rscontracting.biz Website: www.rscontracting.biz 60 East 8th Street, Suite A, Waconia, MN 55387 R. S. Contracting & Landscaping, Inc. is a landscape design/build company that specializes in landscaping, retaining walls and lawn and ground maintenance in residential and commercial areas. See our ad on page 38 S & S Tree Specialists Telephone: (651) 451-8907 Email: info@sstree.com Website: www.sstree.com S&S Tree Specialists has been taking care of Twin Cities’ trees for over 30 years. We now offer landscape design and installation services! See our ad on page 14 Contact: Colleen Corcoran Sage Landscape Design, Inc. Telephone: 612-379-1747 Email: Design@SageLandscapeSesign.com Website: www.SageLandscapeDesign.com 3338 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 From perennial gardens to entire landscapes, Sage offers full landscape design, installation, and professional gardening services. Dedicated to providing each client with personalized service. An MNLA award winner. See our ad on page 26 Sarah’s Cottage Creations Contact: Sarah Buerkley Telephone: 651-261-6409 Email: Sarah@SarahsCottageCreations.com Website: www.SarahsCottageCreations.com We are the landscapers/gardeners you are looking for! 30 years of combined experience in design, new construction and landscape renovations. This is our passion! See our ad on page 26 Shades of Green Landscaping Contact: Bob or Suzzette Telephone: 763-427-8157 Email: shadesofgreenmn@comcast.net Website: shadesofgreenmn.com 3211 Zuni Street NW, Anoka, MN 55303 A Nursery and Landscape design & build company offering diverse landscape applications from paver patios, retaining walls, rain gardens, irrigation systems, and outdoor living spaces. See our ad on page 27
Contact: Craig Trenary Terra Forma Design Telephone: 612-366-3002 Email: craig@terraformadesign.net Website: www.terraformadesign.net An experienced and trustworthy resource for all of your residential landscaping, we take pride in listening to your needs and suggesting thoughtful yet creative solutions. See our ad on pages 13 and 27 The Mandinec Group Landscaping Inc. Contact: Curtis Mandinec Telephone: 952- 226-1813 Email: mandinecgroup@integra.net Website: www.mandinecgroup.com Providing landscape design and maintenance for commercial and residential customers. We offer cost effective services, unique designs and creative solutions to enhance each client’s property. See our ad on page 39 The Mustard Seed Landscaping & Garden Center Contact: Mark Halla Telephone: 952-361-9954 Email: Info@TheMustardSeedInc.com Website: www.TheMustardSeedInc.com 6055 Hwy 212, Chaska, MN 55318 The Mustard Seed is rooted in integrity and founded on faith in Christ. We combine ideas, products and services, expertly crafted, into unique landscapes that grow and enhance your lifestyle and property! See our ad on page 48 Trio Landscaping Contact: Diana Grundeen Telephone: 612-296-5646 Email: diana@triolandscaping.com Website: www.triolandscaping.com Minneapolis, MN Consultation - Design - Project Management. Talk about what you have, what you want it to become, and how to get there. Outdoor Living, Concept to Completion. See our ad on page 27 University of Wisconsin - River Falls Contact: Terry Ferriss Telephone: 715-425-3345 Email: terry.l.ferriss@uwrf.edu Website: www.uwrf.edu/pes 410 S. Third Street; 306 Agriculture Science Bldg., River Falls, WI 54022 Our BS-Degree in Horticulture prepares students for a dynamic career in commercial horticulture including environmental landscaping, public gardens, garden centers, turf, and sustainable greenhouse /nursery / fruit and vegetable production. See our ad on page 27 Contact: Nola Wagner Wagner Greenhouses, Inc. Telephone: 612-922-1262 Email: nolaw@wagnergreenhouses.com Website: www.wagners.biz 6024 Penn Ave So, Mpls, MN 55419 Wagners has been growing a garden of ideas since 1901. We offer Minnesota grown annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, patio containers and nursery stock too. See our ad on page 21 Contact: Kevin Brandt Yellow Brick Road Pavers & Landscapes L.L.C Telephone: 763-315-9090 Website: www.PaverInstaller.com Email: kevin@paverinstaller.com We are an established quality-oriented company whose main goal is customer satisfaction. Experience why our work is featured in so many magazines and brochures. See our ad on pages 12 and 27
Contact: Karen Filloon Southview Design Telephone: 651-455-8238 Website: www.southviewdesign.com Email: kfilloon@southviewdesign.com Southview Design will lead you through a design experience that makes creating outdoor spaces easy and exciting. Find inspiration and ideas at www.southviewdesign.com. See our ad on page 27 Contact: Jeff & Nicole Nute Stone Creations Landscaping and Design, Inc. Telephone: 612-735-3336 Website: stonecreationslandscaping.com Email: stonecreations@visi.com We are a design/build company who loves to amaze their clients with sincere customer service that demonstrates great quality and value. Let Us Amaze You! See our ad on page 27 Contact: Mike Hurley Sunnyside Gardens Telephone: 612-926-2654 Website: sunnysidegarden.com Email: mike@sunnysidegarden.com 3723 W 44th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410 Sunnyside Gardens is a full service landscape design and gardening company. From patios to custom container design, Sunnyside Gardens has been your gardening source since 1935. See our ad on page 19
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