حديقة البونساي ... مثال للحدائق اليابانية المميزه - Maple Garden منقول

موضوعنا اليوم لاحد الحدائق الخاصه التي تمثل نموذج لحدائق القيقب والبونساي اليابانيه في احد المدن الامريكية












John
and MaryAnn Thesing live in a little pocket of Zone 6, in Ohio, where
they've created a charming garden of dwarf Japanese Maples and bonsai.
The Thesings explain how they transformed from indifferent to passionate
gardeners over the years, as well as sharing some great photos of their
garden in full splendor with us in today's My Garden.
Our
garden is located in Euclid, Ohio, and is featured on our city’s pond
and garden tour. Our garden is on a small 50’-x-125’ residential lot,
but we did not let the small space stop us from giving our garden a
large presence with great use of space. We like to use contrasting
color and texture in our garden. Because of the small space we like to
use dwarf, rare, and unusual plants to give our garden a larger feel.

نبدا
معكم احبتي بجولتنا بوصف للحديقة التي هي جولتنا اليوم وكما يصفحها صاحبها
فهي مساحه ( 50 - 125 ) قدم , وهي مصممه على شكل الحديقة اليابانيه من
القيقب والبونساي الاشجار المقزمه ... وكون الحديقة صغيره فكان الهدف
استخدام النباتات الصغيره والمقزمه والنادره لتكون اكثر جذبا وتميزا لكي
تعطي للصغر شي من الفخامه

ومالك الحديقة وزوجته يحكون قصتهم من تحولهم لاناس ليست لهم اي رغبه او
هواية بالبستنه الى اشخاص مغرمين بها ويبدعون في البستنه وانشاء الحدائق
الجميله

Our
backyard is our outdoor living space where we spend most of our time in
the spring, summer, and fall. My wife is from the Bahamas, so I wanted
our garden to be lush and colorful (but not tropical by any stretch of
the imagination) to make my wife feel at home.
At
night our garden takes on a new life as landscape lights illuminate the
landscape, giving many of the Japanese Maple leaves a translucent
appearance.









My
wife and I did not have any interest or experience in gardening until
we bought our first home six years ago. We both worked in aviation at
the time, so we originally were looking at condos because we did not
want to worry about yard work when we were away from home.




But
we decided a house featuring a blue spruce and ivy in the small front
flower bed and a row of privet in the back for privacy located in a
neighborhood next to Lake Erie would be a better choice.










Six
years later, I am still a licensed commercial pilot, but now working in
mortgage lending, and my wife MaryAnn is a flight attendant. We now
have such a love for landscaping that many of the garden centers and
nurseries in the surrounding 50-mile area know us by greeting us with a
laugh and saying, “Oh, you’re back again! Do you even have any space
left in the yard?”
Left: Weigela florida 'Fine Wine' bonsai









We
live in a small micro-climate of Zone 6, several hundred feet from Lake
Erie. We have success growing plants that will not survive 10 miles to
the south in Zone 5. Because our garden is a four-season garden, we like
to use plants that will give year-round interest.














Different
plants steal the show depending on the season, including Japanese
Maples 'Orange Dream,' 'Bonfire,' 'Autumn Moon,' 'Golden Full Moon,' and
'Shiraz' in the spring, and in the fall the colors of the Aconitifolium, Japanese Maple 'Green Cascade' (Acer Japonicum), and Jade Butterfly Ginkgo Biloba, just to name a few.
We
use evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs with interesting structure
or colored bark to add winter interest to the garden. Our garden is an
ever-changing work in progress that varies during the changes in seasons
or because of a “gotta have” nursery find that we rush home to plant
and make it work into our landscape.

Left: Acer Palmatum 'Baldsmith'










We
did everything ourselves and many of the design ideas were born out of
cabin fever in the cold Ohio winter, while we were dreaming of spring,
as well as during countless summer evenings spent in our backyard on the
patio with friends over dinner and wine, when I would suddenly have a
landscape design idea run through my mind.
After
our guests would leave I would tell my wife about my idea. The next
morning we would find ourselves wrapped up in yet another landscape
project.

Left: Weigela florida 'Fine Wine' bonsai in bloom.





احبتي الكرام اكمل معكم الجوله بعد استراحه قصيره نكملها بعد لحظات

اهلا بكم تابعونا ما زال هناك الاجمل

تابعونا ....

ومن اجمل ما وجد في حديقتهم اجتذابها للطيور المهاجره والتي رصدوها في الحديقة