Like a carefully crafted sentence, the garden needs proper punctuation to read well, and clearly convey what’s going on. On the November 28, 2016 edition of my public-radio show and podcast, Ken and I discussed design challenges that these tall and narrow things answer; the technical difference between the columnar and fastigiate plants; and some of his favorites.
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columnar tree and shrub q&a with ken druseQ. You got me thinking on our phone call the other morning—we were talking about earthworms and all these other crazy things…
A. [Laughter.]
Q. …and then you started talking about columnar plants, and it really got me thinking. I suppose the classic image when you say “columnar tree” is the so-called Italian cypress. We’ve all seen them in travel posters for a Mediterranean holiday—and paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. [Below, a view of the gravel garden at Ken’s, with some vertical accents.]
A. Exactly, and if you live in a Mediterranean climate you can grow a Cupressus sempervirens, a nice Italian cypress. You see Read more on awaytogarden.com