I have had a hard time liking this huge rock from the time my builder sent the excavators away and told me it will be safer to have this rock on the corner of both streets so that a rogue car doesn’t crash thorough your yard or house. I like the safety reasoning. But I wish I had the chance to choose a few rocks that I love and placed them accordingly. There was one in particular that was special, but the excavation company jackhammered it into a million pieces.
So to make a long story longer…I am stuck with this Jurassic cow patty. The exposed part is about 9 feet long x 5 feet wide at the widest point. The one good thing that I actually liked was that it holds a little water in it from the rain like a basin, which I thought was very cool.
I’m starting to pick out my trees at the nursery and I held two 4-foot Japanese Black Pines and one 7-foot Kwanzan Cherry just for that area. Unfortunately I’m under a tight budget and I can’t afford to get expensive specimens for there. I’m trying to save some money for the backyard. My goal is to get traditional in the backyard, which will be fenced in soon. For the continuity of the neighborhood, I want to give this rock a Japanese influence. I was also thinking of planting a couple of azaleas and maybe a mugo pine. BTW, my father-in-law planted that hosta. This is a SE exposure so it gets full sun. I wonder if I should transplant that hosta out back?
Can anyone please help me with the Feng Shui of this rock?
Thanks!
This picture was taken from the second floor window on the side of the house. You can see the window in the second picture. There will be a stockade fence from that Norway maple cutting all the way to the side of the house, to the open side door in the second picture.
This was taken from standing on the little dead end street my house faces. Behind the rock will be the fence going from the Norway maple over to the house.
The gravel is for the temporary driveway. I plan on planting grass around the bed with the rock and along the driveway to the fence. I wanted to edge the bed with wooden posts or maybe with rocks from the site. Then I wanted to place crushed marble or 3/8 pea stone on the bed. I can reshape the bed to accommodate the trees. I can make it bean shaped or more U shaped. Whatever is best for the Feng Shui.
Where should I place the trees and should I space the Kwanzan 10 feet away from the JBP? Maybe 2 JBP would be too much for that space? HELP!
