Near our garage there is a sidewalk that goes to our backyard. This garden adds beauty as well as privacy to the sidewalk area. This was the first area to have a tree in the design. The main focal point is Three flowered maple (Acer triflorum). It is an ornamental tree with beautiful fall color. The peeling bark adds winter interest.
The kallay juniper defines the bedline and purple coneflower fills the space surrounding the tree. The seed heads of purple coneflowers are favorite food for the birds, especially goldfinch.
This area was planted in Fall 2006. Winter had too many snowy and windy days which might be little hard for the newly planted trees. In spring new leaves sprouted and filled the tree in couple of days. But fluctuating weather and spring snow freezes caused little damage to the new leaves. So the tree is not dense enough. Probably in few years this tree would be dense and beautiful.
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