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landscape idea under Tall 50+ft Pine tree
I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow
there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. |
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landscape idea under Tall 50+ft Pine tree
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samurai sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote: I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. Land mines. Blows the pinecones to bits when they fall. Seriously, the needles and cones are going to fall no matter what you plant. They'll just be harder to rake up. But make sure it's something that doesn't need full sun, and doesn't need much water, because that will kill the tree after a few years. Check your local nursery. You could go for hardscape. Maybe a circular bench or stone wall around the tree. |
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On Oct 21, 11:13 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article , samurai sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote: I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. Land mines. Blows the pinecones to bits when they fall. Seriously, the needles and cones are going to fall no matter what you plant. They'll just be harder to rake up. But make sure it's something that doesn't need full sun, and doesn't need much water, because that will kill the tree after a few years. Check your local nursery. You could go for hardscape. Maybe a circular bench or stone wall around the tree. A rock garden, groundcover, and Hostas, ferns, etc grow under my pines. You need shade tolerant plants. Take a photo to a good nursery to help you pick plants |
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samurai wrote:
I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. Why? its natural and looks nice. Why try to grow grass where it naturally doesn't grow. Why not build a rock garden in the area and add plants that would normally grow near pines? |
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landscape idea under Tall 50+ft Pine tree
I have a gorgous hosta garden under mine. Every fall the hostas die off and
until they resprout in the spring you are free to rake up any pine cones or whayt not. I give my grandson a big bucket and pay him a penny a pine cone he picks up and than we play basket ball with the shredder. "samurai" sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote in message ... I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. |
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:21:57 -0400, George
wrote: samurai wrote: I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. Why? its natural and looks nice. Why try to grow grass where it naturally doesn't grow. Why not build a rock garden in the area and add plants that would normally grow near pines? Thinking of pines, a large one grew next to the house I used to live in. I decided to leave the needles and cones there. They looked a lot better than the mud that would be visible otherwise (it was too dark for grass). -- 64 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has no place in the curriculum of our nation's public school classes." -- Ted Kennedy |
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landscape idea under Tall 50+ft Pine tree
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:56:17 GMT, "jmagerl"
wrote: I have a gorgous hosta garden under mine. Every fall the hostas die off and until they resprout in the spring you are free to rake up any pine cones or whayt not. I give my grandson a big bucket and pay him a penny a pine cone he picks up and than we play basket ball with the shredder. Pine cones are useful if you have a wood-burning fireplace. They're good for starting fires. My parents used to keep an old washpot full of them next to the fireplace. "samurai" sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote in message .. . I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. -- 64 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has no place in the curriculum of our nation's public school classes." -- Ted Kennedy |
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Mark Lloyd wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:56:17 GMT, "jmagerl" wrote: I have a gorgous hosta garden under mine. Every fall the hostas die off and until they resprout in the spring you are free to rake up any pine cones or whayt not. I give my grandson a big bucket and pay him a penny a pine cone he picks up and than we play basket ball with the shredder. Pine cones are useful if you have a wood-burning fireplace. They're good for starting fires. My parents used to keep an old washpot full of them next to the fireplace. And lots of people want them to do all of that Martha Stewart stuff. "samurai" sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote in message ... I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. |
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:09:05 -0400, George
wrote: Mark Lloyd wrote: On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:56:17 GMT, "jmagerl" wrote: I have a gorgous hosta garden under mine. Every fall the hostas die off and until they resprout in the spring you are free to rake up any pine cones or whayt not. I give my grandson a big bucket and pay him a penny a pine cone he picks up and than we play basket ball with the shredder. Pine cones are useful if you have a wood-burning fireplace. They're good for starting fires. My parents used to keep an old washpot full of them next to the fireplace. And lots of people want them to do all of that Martha Stewart stuff. One time I was collecting pine cones and a relative assumed they were for that. I knew they were actually for starting fires. "samurai" sammer003 @ yahoo.ca.spam wrote in message ... I hate the pines and cones under the trees, and sod will not grow there. Anyone have a good idea, low maintanence landscape idea for under a pine tree?? I live in a northern climate, Alberta Canada, here it gets snow, freezing temperatures for 4-5 months. samurai. -- 63 days until the winter solstice celebration Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com "Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has no place in the curriculum of our nation's public school classes." -- Ted Kennedy |
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