Hallson Gardens

Hi! I talked about adding pictures in a couple of posts I done here, but sadly real life has crossed my path :) Here are some pictures, and details for further discussions: 1) The tsukubai http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9816/101lowsv0.th.jpg When I made this small scene several years ago, it loo...

Hi! Sorry about the pictures, I will add them as soon as I can. About the Pieris, what kind did you try? I noticed that the "Mountain Fire" are the best and hardiest, and also the prettiest. And there is something "asian/japanese" about this tree, that I can't seem to put my finger on. I really love...

Hi! That looks great, but I need to be able to open it from both sides. As far as I can see, this can be opened from only one side. This week I made some minor improvements * Bought some water plants for the pond * Added some fresh fern to the tsukubai This area is getting seriously overgrown by the...

Hi there Herb! Long time agio since I visited this site... real life has taken too much of my time. But now I have some days off, and I decided to poay some attention to my garden. Very nice gate, last week I managed to finally add a proper wood shingle roof on my gate as well. I will post some pics...

Hi! Im here, dont worry. This summer I have been relaxing because tehre has not been anything to do in the garden except basic maintenance. I have fixed my bamboo fence, but thats about it. Been relaxing... I have a few ideas but nothing I can put on the table just yet. Nice to see your other posts ...

That looks really nice!
Do you have any idea what kind of reference they are using? Please update with all the pics you can!


kind regards
Henrik

Yeah I get the same performance of my bissetti. A week ago, I saw about 3 shoots, the day after 6 shoots and now one week later I counted 15 shoots, the tallerst about 40 cm taller than the original bamboo from last year... Very impressive plants, and thank god this bamboo is clumping rather than sp...

Hi!

Can someone advice me on this topic? Are there any evergreen azalea, or are these just the decidious memebers of the rhododendron family?

/Henrik

Thanks Herb for you kind effort! I wasn't thinking about using gravel, but leave the grass as it is, and just add some cement steps from the deck to the pond. And perhals a rock or 2 next to the deck step. I dont like to overcrowd scenes, I prefer polishing what I have :) And this deck is in despera...

Hi! Thanks for your effort, but it was not what I was looking for :oops: If you look at my original pic I have added some black lines where the new step will be. My plan was to add some cobblestones around it to keep the grass away (moulded in cement like a path), and perhaps a few bigger stones (no...

When I do my work in my garden, I try to find a style that pleases me. There are a number of items in my garden that Im not pleased with., but have remained as they are due to a number of reasons: * lack of time * lack of money * lack of inspiration etc When this happens I will retreat, find inspira...

Hi! Now the garden is really explosing into life, with all the azalea in full bloom. A beautiful arrangement of colors, sadly it doesnt last very long. I made a really bargain today when I visited a nursery I never been at. They had a very nice speciment of pinus parviflorus which was way back among...

Hi! Yes you are correct, it was a pine I pruned, and not a maple. Here are some pics of todays effords. Im not sure what to do with this pine since it lacks branches in the middle. Either transplant a branch or try to bend down some of the top and bottom ones... http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5464...

Hi! Yeah George, the maple is an aureum, it was extremly hard to come by! My speciment has a very dense foilage, which I think makes it unnessesary to prune.. perhaps later. But I dont think this type of maple has the weeping style growth pattern that many palmatums have... Yesterday I pruned one of...

Hi George! I suspected pretty much of what you said... the pine Im thinking about pruning have wayy too many needles in their clusters.. Please have a look at these pics, the first three show my pinus nigra species. http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4752/nigrafrontnp8.th.jpg http://img373.imageshac...

Hi! Now I have also ordered a signed copy of the book. Im inpretty desperate need of guidance when it comes to pruning my pines. I know there is a big bonsai even in my trees, but I lack the skills to find it :( In most books that show how to prune usually rhe tutorials are sketches that show a simp...

Hi George! Yes I will cut them in a slope, but should I treat the cut with something to prevent moist to enter the tree and kill it? This place is rather shady... Thanks for your design ideas... Im not sure I want to make such radical changes... I was think perhaps removing or adding a shrub or two....

Hi! Now I finally started to do some work in my garden... and as usual I find new problems to solve. I noticed that a big branch of my acer palmatum had died during the winter, so I had no choice but to cut it off :( I made a temporary cut, and I figured I ask teh experts here, what additional steps...

Hi I know that George is skilled in the art of pruning pines. I have tried once, but I didnt have enough knowledge on how to "start" pruning, because at first most pines look like christmas trees. And I have not yet found a description or tutorial that is comprehensive enough to get me started. In m...

Yeah I have been around here a few years and have checked out his garden... Its really inspiring! I would love to see a photo of your garden george, when it has rained and its all wet. Usually that gives a real boost in picture quality. When I go on photo safaries the best weather is when it is mist...