Remember, by clicking on the picture you can see it close up (at least on my computer I can)

IMAGINE EDIBLE: Imagine this same layering, this same layout with edible plants. It can be done. Strawberry instead of the vinca ground cover, currants instead of boxwood, blueberry/goji instead of the oaklead, Real Pear trees instead of the Bradford Pear Tree – we must leave the thuja nigra because those evergreen hedges for visual protection from the nieghbors are very helpful and useful indeed! Especially for those of us who enjoy naked garden time!

This is one of my favorite trees. I came to this tree about 3 to 4 years ago. Originally it’s form was very much wild and overgrown – not that anything is wrong with wild and naturally grown except this client was looking for some fancy . I pruned this tree about 50%+ down from where it was and fully reconfigured the shape. We gave it over 100 custom blended food plugs coupled with a top coating of compost and soil conditioners. We did that in the fall. That following spring the tree simply exploded into color and has since been utterly vibrant.

I have not pruned this tree in a season but the basic form I created is 90%  present. We will be touching it up shortly along with a few other tasks in this truly enjoyable birmingham garden.

Cheers to the designer of this garden – we do not know who exactly. Stunning simplicity and performance – all it needed was our magic soil care and it went from being a tree that lost it’s leaves by late july to a power bloomer that is green until the fall turns her yellow.

IMAGINE EDIBLE: As perfect as this tree is, if I were to design this same space today I would replace the mrytle with strawberry and plant a semi circle of peach trees along the outer edge of the circle, forming a half moon – from inside the walk closest to the house this would create a very warm and inviting sitting space and from the outside/road the stunning spring flowers and the luminous abundant summer fruits. Imagine Edible. Garden Smart.