Gardening Mistake - "Conifers Should Come First" - October 2023
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Gardening advice is literally a cottage industry. YouTube creators. Bloggers. Botanical Gardens. Everybody has advice and recommendations. And, I take A LOT of them - as I'm a total novice and learn a little bit more everyday in the garden. I've covered some of this advice, but I came across something recently that stopped me in my tracks. From Fine Gardening - Lisa O'Donnell in a piece titled "Conifers Should Come First" - says this: Instead of adding them as an afterthought...let evergreens drive the design . I *totally* feel seen. I started on the wrong foot. Did I start with conifers? Nope. I've added some over the years. I planted a number of conifers that didn't survive - from a Japanese White Pine , Weeping Cedar , dwarf Alberta Spruce and a small Fraser Fir . All planted. All dead. One early bright (conifer) spot is the Canadian Hemlocks . They're still (some of them) around. Same with the three Gold Cone Junipers . And,