Topiary Rant.

5-16-09 SHORT HILLS: Today is overcast and gloomy with rain in the offing. Yesterday I did more pruning and sheared the yews and hollies that grow in front of the livingroom windows. I have decided to pull those shrubs out and plant deciduous shrubs that won’t grow to block the sight lines. I hate the cubes and spheres that one has to make out of foundation plantings to keep plants that want to be trees below window sill height. The natural shape and habitus of the shrubs, and trees, is infinitely more appealing than all those geometric creations. The same goes double for topiaries.

Vermont tomorrow. New blooms: black chokecherry.