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    Shrubs etc

    As im looking into a pond upgrade im also looking into garden shrubs for the back of the pond...

    Im looking for mainly evergreen shrubs and traditional koi pond shrubs aswell...

    As anybody got any recommendations........



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    Hi Ant, what exactly do you want the shrubs to do, give shade, screen, wind break or simple back drop? I like a combination of evergreen with some seasonal colour mixed in for verity and some topiary for structure, cloud pruning adds a great Japanese feel.
    Are you looking for low maintenance and what size restrictions do you have if any?
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    Well they will hopefully make a dramatic background effect......
    Low maintainence if possible and parcial shade will be a bonus....

    The area will be about 10ft long (back of the pond) and 2ft from the back fence to the pond..

    A plus maybe a nice shrub on the corners..
    A good colour contrass would be good...

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    Cant beat a japanese acer of some variety for the japanese feel (there is hundreds to choose from) they are decidious though so wont keep a screen all year but the bark colours will add a lovely contrast against something evergreen.


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    Expect leaves in the pond!

    Maybe something in tubs/planters that you can move in the autumn when the leaves start to fall. You can also defoliate deciduous trees in the autumn when the tree starts poisoning the leaves and they change colour. Cut the leaf off at the petiole which is the thin stalk that joins the leaf to the branch, long job but would save continually fishing leaves out of your pond.

    Japanese Acers tend not to be very hardy especially the red ones and any exposed trees will succumb through one of our harder winters unless you can move them or wrap them with something but then that defeats the purpose. Japanese Acers with green bark tend to be hardiest as they are closer to the wild varieties (Acer Palmatum).

    Deciduous trees that won't succumb to one of our harder winters are those that grow naturally around you e.g. indigenous like rowan, beech, oak. Evergreens like pines especially Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris) tend to be much hardier and have a lot of winter interest. There are a few evergreens that can look blueish (glauca varieties) or yellow (check out Chamaecyparis). Your best bet is to go to a garden centre and check out what is still on the benches (obviously hardy) and speak to a nurseryman.

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    Some good advice there from Kenny, personally I don't worry about the leaves because I'm at the pond every day so simply scoop them off the surface.
    Here's a few photos of my pond in summer, it's looking a bit bare at the moment because I'm cutting stuff back and of course the leaves have dropped but I enjoy the visual changing seasons in the garden which can be lost with too many evergreens.
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    Nice love it

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    time of year for bare root tree/shrubs so savings to be had

    field maple is a uk "acer" and so more robust and less susceptible to wind burn/sun scorch etc that the more fragile acers can suffer from
    the slow pond build thread

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