2022-04-17_pjm.xero_Plant suggestions 1622 rue des Tourterelles.docx

Plant suggestions 1622 rue des Tourterelles

Mandate: Recommend plants for the new flower beds around the house and the pool.

Front, around the entry pathway, an L shaped arrangement. Sunny am until around 13h00.

Boxwood, 60-75cm high, 'Green Velvet' or 'Green Gem', need winter protection as exposed to the winter wind.

Boxwood 'Mont-Bruno’, hardier, QC elaborated variety, if available

Front, next to the main entry, sunny all morning. 2 windows and 3 spaces for taller plants.

3 Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd or Emerald' (Cedar), next to the windows, one left, one right and one between the 2 windows.

Two options possible for pink flowering shrubs under the windows, it can be a mix. Both shrubs have long blooming and only need some trimming after the blooming. Below are 2 ground cover options to fill the space around the shrubs and evergreens.

Weigela shrubs; 'Sonic Bloom Pearl' , 'Sonic Bloom Pink'

Spirea shrubs; Spiraea japonica 'Alpina' or 'Anthony Waterer'

Ground cover:

Thymus serpyllum 'Roseus' or 'Magic Carpet'

Creeping phlox: Phlox subulata, available in white, pink and purple.

Back, north side;

near the wall to hide the drain tubes; 3 yews, Taxus x media 'Hicksii' or Taxus x media 'Densiformis' easy to give a shape by trimming.

In front of the yews; 4 or 5 Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom' (white or light pink) or Pinky Winky or Sweet Summer, many other varieties exist. Need trimming late in fall or early spring. One would be placed between the margelle and the balcony.

In front of the hydrangeas it would be great to have a row of astilibes, available in white, pink, purple or red. They come in different heights which would be recommendable to soften up the horizontal lines.

Back, south side, it is less deep than the other side so we would skip the yews.

again 2 hydrangeas on each side of the margelle.

Again the astilbes

In front of the pool: You mentionned boxwood but instead of just a small row of boxwood you could add some lilies to the boxwood.

The Stargazer lilies are beautiful, smell really great and unlike other lilies they are resistant to the red lily leaf beetles. Quite low maintenance too.

In front of the shed you mentioned the yews too. But as it has a quite dark siding I was thinking that some blooming shade perennials could add a great touch. E.g. Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' and/or some bleeding hearts, Dicentra spectabilies.

To hide the gas tank would be one or two yews.

Next to the garage, you mentioned grasses. Most of the tall grasses are for full sun exposure and I think that with the trees in the ditch it is quite shady? So we would have to see if we can find some Calamagrostis brachytricha or Deschampsia grass. Otherwise some nice hostas could be a low maintenance replacement solution.

The trees will be reviewed at a later time.