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Curving lines can be emphasized for greater effect.
Country Crossroads, Other

Using curves in your garden landscape

Now’s the time to assess the yard and see where you could add some curves


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This is a good time of year to assess the state of the landscape because the “bones” of the garden are fully exposed. Gone is all the colour provided by flowers and foliage, as is the texture provided by all plant material except evergreens and the bare trunks and branches of deciduous trees. The real
The large, quilted, scalloped leaves of Big Betony provide a contrast in texture to the smooth grassy leaves of a nearby daylily. 
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Creating texture in your garden landscape

This can be done through touch or visual texture

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You may have heard the phrase, “Use texture to create interest in the garden,” but what exactly does that mean? Many relate to texture by the sense of touch — is the surface rough or smooth? If you run your hand over a leaf of lamb’s ears you get the sensation of a fuzzy warm
Bishop’s goutweed looks effective along a north-facing foundation in a raised bed, and a wagon wheel adds interest.
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Foundation plantings — an important part of the landscape

There are a few considerations before deciding what you may or may not want to use

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Foundation plantings are an important feature, and as they are located near a house, help to transition the house into the landscape. Typically shrubs and pyramidal trees have been used as foundation plants, but some homeowners may be reluctant to use these, fearing that the roots will harm the foundation or the constant watering will
Conical blue junipers and vertical Karl Forrester feather reed grass serve as anchors, adding variety in this mixed border.
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Using ‘anchors’ in the garden

These features will hold the look of a landscape together and provide substance

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In landscaping, the term anchor means a feature in the landscape that holds it down, holds it together, and provides form and substance. Anchors provide a framework for the other elements of the garden. If all the plants are about the same size, the landscape becomes boring; there is a lack of structure; and there
A view of the 100-year-old Morden Research Station from its southern plots. Although the station is renowned for its horticultural research, it has developed many flax, sunflower, corn, buckwheat and pulse crop cultivars. Last year its mandate expanded to include cereal research after the closing of the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg.
Editorial, News & Opinion, Opinion

Editorial: Beauty and the farm

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The shifting sands in agricultural research were apparent last week as the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Morden Research Centre celebrated 100 years of innovation. Anyone who has visited the picture-perfect grounds on the east side of town is familiar with its reputation as one of the most beautiful in AAFC’s network. Not only has it

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