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Garden Design Ideas fromStephen Suzman is big time. He owns Suzman Design Associates, a landscape design firm started 20 years replica van cleef green bracelet ago that keeps 30 professionals, including architects, landscape architects, designers and horticultural specialists, busy year round. They work around the world, from Paris to Dubai, from New England to the Napa Valley, designing residential estates, resorts and corporate projects.A native of South Africa, Suzman graduated from the , in Johannesburg, South Africa, studied at London's , received his MBA from Stanford University's and has a master of arts degree from Oxford. OK? Enough said he's big time.Sitting in Suzman's gorgeous flower filled home garden in the Castro District, I decide to make like a sponge and soak it all in. Ready to learn from a master, I ask him what he'd like to teach we do it yourselfers about garden design.Suzman, speaking thoughtfully and deliberately, with the air of a statesman, says in his crisp South African accent that he would encourage us amateur garden designers to "realize our fantasies." Dream freely, he adds, and let your imagination run during the earliest stages of your planning. (And, yes, it's bad news for us impulsive types, but Suzman emphasizes that planning is crucial.)To assist in discovering what your dream garden is, visit existing gardens, peruse books Suzman suggests a leisurely visit to the library at Golden Gate Park's Strybing Arboretum and wander through nurseries. Once you have a dream in mind, you'll need to bring it down to earth and begin to modify it to meet your budget and the realities of your garden. You can't re create the garden at the Alhambra, for example, if your plot is the size of a dime and deep in shade. But you can make an infinite number of adjustments in your plant selections and your choice of hardscape materials to create your own unique dime size, shady, Alhambra esque environment.Suzman also mentions that experimentation is key: You can neither succeed nor fail if you don't experiment, he says. It's not a tragedy if you decide you don't like a plant once it's in your garden, and keep in mind that what works today may not fit in your garden three to four years from now, as your garden matures.He also encourages neophyte designers to consider all their senses when planning a garden. Emphasis is typically placed on the visual in gardens, but Suzman urges us to remember fragrance, sound and touch as well.According to Suzman, fragrance is key. The sense of smell, he says, is the most primitive of our senses and evokes primal memories; the scent of gardenias in his family's Johannesburg garden is one of his earliest imitation vintage alhambra bracelet memories. Fragrant plants add a sensuality to the garden, Suzman adds, creating depth by adding another layer of interest.Some of Suzman's favorite fragrant plants for San Francisco include the shade tolerant Daphne odora and Rhododendron fragartissima. As for sun drenched gardens, he mentions lemon verbena and scented geraniums and freesias, all very easy to grow.Although he is a rose lover, Suzman now has far fewer rose bushes in his home garden now that his trees have matured and created a shadier garden. He highly recommends the fragrant climbing 'Royal Sunset,' a beautiful yellow rose.Suzman also suggests planting aromatic herbs such as thyme or chamomile alongside pathways where they can be inadvertently stepped on, thereby releasing their scent.As for touch, Suzman recommends using plants with contrasting textures say, something with fuzzy leaves, such as plectranthus or salvia, with the very smooth leaves of a succulent. And incorporating stone in the form of stepping stones, benches or ornamentation also provides a tactile complement to plants.And, finally, Suzman says to integrate sound in your garden design. Although acoustics is not often considered when planning a garden, it is a subtle but delicious element to focus on. Little can slow time as readily as pausing to simply listen. You can add intriguing aural layers to your garden with plants that move freely in the wind, such as bamboo.Suzman points out, too, that there is nothing like the sound of water to mask the roar of traffic and other city noises and soothe our nerves. Including a fountain or a small pond in your garden can make a huge difference in the sensuality department.Senses, dreams and fantasies: Quite frankly, I can think of nothing more important to base a garden on. No wonder this guy is so successful.A Paean to the Lion's Tail ShrubIn keeping with our South African theme, allow me to rave a moment about the lion's tail (Leonotis leonurus) like Suzman, a South African native. How do I love this plant? Let me count the ways: It produces a long lasting cut flower, draws hummingbirds and is jaw droppingly gorgeous. It replica van cleef sweet alhambra bracelet thrives on neglect and can happily go months during the summer without water.This rapturous beauty grows honking big, fast. In three years, I watched a lion's tail grow from a puny six inch high stick to a robust five foot by seven foot monster. It's a fairly dense shrub with a thick chunky shape, and it needs full sun. An evergreen, it's a handsome shrub throughout the year, but when summer arrives, it bursts into great balls of brilliant orange fire that deserve all the attention they draw.Leonotis leonurus (which translates roughly from the Greek as "lion's ear, lion colored," though it's mistranslated into the vernacular name) grows as beautifully in dense clay soil or the loose sand of the Richmond District it even loves a container. And, once again, this is one of those plants that thrives in our moderate maritime climate. In snowy climes, however, this plant won't survive winter.This plant is from the Lamiaceae family one healthy, hearty clan of plants. More than 6,500 species of Lamiaceae are found worldwide; the Mediterranean Basin, where they've got long, dry summers just like we do, serves as home to the largest concentration.Other members of the family include rosemary, lavender, salvias, oregano and the mints, all plants that need very little interference from us to keep looking good and growing healthy. I'm a big fan of this group. Yes, there are some needy members, just as there are in every family, but if it's a Lamiaceae, it's typically one stalwart, independent grower.Like the herbs named above, the lion's tail has a long history as a medicinal plant: Its leaves have been used to make tea to treat everything from stomach ailments to sore throats. (It doesn't have much of a culinary history, though it's not very tasty.)While it is entering its bloom cycle right now, you'll be able to find this plant at most nurseries. Ironically, however, the best time to plant your lion's tail and many, many other plants is when our winter rains begin so it can soak up all the water to withstand our six month summer drought with ease. But good luck finding this plant at a nursery come December. Nurseries typically stock plants when they're blooming, because if it ain't got a flower on it, the public won't buy it.Alas, let us all hope for the day when we'll all be in synch, with nurseries stocking plants when they like to be planted and gardeners having the wherewithal and the oomph to plant during the wet winter.For now, put your lion's tail in and keep the soil slightly moist for the first two to three weeks, depending on the weather, until it gets established. After that, water throughout the summer every few weeks or so. Next summer, you can take advantage of the drought tolerant nature of this regal beauty. (The Cape Province garden at Strybing Arboretum has several mature specimens you can check out.)Check This Out Tomorrow:Mycorrhizae, soil born fungi that have a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of many plants, supply nutrients that are otherwise unavailable, among other benefits.
Garden Design Ideas fromStephen Suzman is big time. He owns Suzman Design Associates, a landscape design firm started 20 years replica van cleef green bracelet ago that keeps 30 professionals, including architects, landscape architects, designers and horticultural specialists, busy year round. They work around the world, from Paris to Dubai, from New England to the Napa Valley, designing residential estates, resorts and corporate projects.A native of South Africa, Suzman graduated from the , in Johannesburg, South Africa, studied at London's , received his MBA from Stanford University's and has a master of arts degree from Oxford. OK? Enough said he's big time.Sitting in Suzman's gorgeous flower filled home garden in the Castro District, I decide to make like a sponge and soak it all in. Ready to learn from a master, I ask him what he'd like to teach we do it yourselfers about garden design.Suzman, speaking thoughtfully and deliberately, with the air of a statesman, says in his crisp South African accent that he would encourage us amateur garden designers to "realize our fantasies." Dream freely, he adds, and let your imagination run during the earliest stages of your planning. (And, yes, it's bad news for us impulsive types, but Suzman emphasizes that planning is crucial.)To assist in discovering what your dream garden is, visit existing gardens, peruse books Suzman suggests a leisurely visit to the library at Golden Gate Park's Strybing Arboretum and wander through nurseries. Once you have a dream in mind, you'll need to bring it down to earth and begin to modify it to meet your budget and the realities of your garden. You can't re create the garden at the Alhambra, for example, if your plot is the size of a dime and deep in shade. But you can make an infinite number of adjustments in your plant selections and your choice of hardscape materials to create your own unique dime size, shady, Alhambra esque environment.Suzman also mentions that experimentation is key: You can neither succeed nor fail if you don't experiment, he says. It's not a tragedy if you decide you don't like a plant once it's in your garden, and keep in mind that what works today may not fit in your garden three to four years from now, as your garden matures.He also encourages neophyte designers to consider all their senses when planning a garden. Emphasis is typically placed on the visual in gardens, but Suzman urges us to remember fragrance, sound and touch as well.According to Suzman, fragrance is key. The sense of smell, he says, is the most primitive of our senses and evokes primal memories; the scent of gardenias in his family's Johannesburg garden is one of his earliest imitation vintage alhambra bracelet memories. Fragrant plants add a sensuality to the garden, Suzman adds, creating depth by adding another layer of interest.Some of Suzman's favorite fragrant plants for San Francisco include the shade tolerant Daphne odora and Rhododendron fragartissima. As for sun drenched gardens, he mentions lemon verbena and scented geraniums and freesias, all very easy to grow.Although he is a rose lover, Suzman now has far fewer rose bushes in his home garden now that his trees have matured and created a shadier garden. He highly recommends the fragrant climbing 'Royal Sunset,' a beautiful yellow rose.Suzman also suggests planting aromatic herbs such as thyme or chamomile alongside pathways where they can be inadvertently stepped on, thereby releasing their scent.As for touch, Suzman recommends using plants with contrasting textures say, something with fuzzy leaves, such as plectranthus or salvia, with the very smooth leaves of a succulent. And incorporating stone in the form of stepping stones, benches or ornamentation also provides a tactile complement to plants.And, finally, Suzman says to integrate sound in your garden design. Although acoustics is not often considered when planning a garden, it is a subtle but delicious element to focus on. Little can slow time as readily as pausing to simply listen. You can add intriguing aural layers to your garden with plants that move freely in the wind, such as bamboo.Suzman points out, too, that there is nothing like the sound of water to mask the roar of traffic and other city noises and soothe our nerves. Including a fountain or a small pond in your garden can make a huge difference in the sensuality department.Senses, dreams and fantasies: Quite frankly, I can think of nothing more important to base a garden on. No wonder this guy is so successful.A Paean to the Lion's Tail ShrubIn keeping with our South African theme, allow me to rave a moment about the lion's tail (Leonotis leonurus) like Suzman, a South African native. How do I love this plant? Let me count the ways: It produces a long lasting cut flower, draws hummingbirds and is jaw droppingly gorgeous. It replica van cleef sweet alhambra bracelet thrives on neglect and can happily go months during the summer without water.This rapturous beauty grows honking big, fast. In three years, I watched a lion's tail grow from a puny six inch high stick to a robust five foot by seven foot monster. It's a fairly dense shrub with a thick chunky shape, and it needs full sun. An evergreen, it's a handsome shrub throughout the year, but when summer arrives, it bursts into great balls of brilliant orange fire that deserve all the attention they draw.Leonotis leonurus (which translates roughly from the Greek as "lion's ear, lion colored," though it's mistranslated into the vernacular name) grows as beautifully in dense clay soil or the loose sand of the Richmond District it even loves a container. And, once again, this is one of those plants that thrives in our moderate maritime climate. In snowy climes, however, this plant won't survive winter.This plant is from the Lamiaceae family one healthy, hearty clan of plants. More than 6,500 species of Lamiaceae are found worldwide; the Mediterranean Basin, where they've got long, dry summers just like we do, serves as home to the largest concentration.Other members of the family include rosemary, lavender, salvias, oregano and the mints, all plants that need very little interference from us to keep looking good and growing healthy. I'm a big fan of this group. Yes, there are some needy members, just as there are in every family, but if it's a Lamiaceae, it's typically one stalwart, independent grower.Like the herbs named above, the lion's tail has a long history as a medicinal plant: Its leaves have been used to make tea to treat everything from stomach ailments to sore throats. (It doesn't have much of a culinary history, though it's not very tasty.)While it is entering its bloom cycle right now, you'll be able to find this plant at most nurseries. Ironically, however, the best time to plant your lion's tail and many, many other plants is when our winter rains begin so it can soak up all the water to withstand our six month summer drought with ease. But good luck finding this plant at a nursery come December. Nurseries typically stock plants when they're blooming, because if it ain't got a flower on it, the public won't buy it.Alas, let us all hope for the day when we'll all be in synch, with nurseries stocking plants when they like to be planted and gardeners having the wherewithal and the oomph to plant during the wet winter.For now, put your lion's tail in and keep the soil slightly moist for the first two to three weeks, depending on the weather, until it gets established. After that, water throughout the summer every few weeks or so. Next summer, you can take advantage of the drought tolerant nature of this regal beauty. (The Cape Province garden at Strybing Arboretum has several mature specimens you can check out.)Check This Out Tomorrow:Mycorrhizae, soil born fungi that have a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of many plants, supply nutrients that are otherwise unavailable, among other benefits.
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