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Mark Byrne wrote:7 September 2015
Love the trees. How much install? with lights ?

  • mina27
    5 years ago

    What species of bamboo is along the walls? Thank you!

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    John Davies Landscape
    5 years ago

    Phyllostachys aurea - one of the most fastigiate of the bamboos.

ryanpair wrote:11 May 2016
What type of lights hav you used to uplighter the bamboo?

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    John Davies Landscape
    4 years ago

    They are collingwood stainless steel 3 watt warm white spike spotlights, although for some reason which completely baffles me, Collingwood have recently seen fit only to produce this light in a frosted steel finish, which doesn't match a lot of their other fittings.

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    3 years ago
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Dale wrote:27 November 2015
What is the tree on the right? Thanks

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    John Davies Landscape
    5 years ago

    Amelanchier lamarkii. Beautiful early flower followed by black berries and great autumnal colour. Make sure you treat your paving though to ensure that berries don't stain, although I think the berries tend to get eaten by birds (another plus point) before they fall.

  • Dale
    5 years ago

    Thanks John :-)

kbricken wrote:21 May 2015
where did the water feature come from?

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    John Davies Landscape
    5 years ago

    This is not an off the peg product. It was bespoke made for this project.

  • Jips 12
    5 years ago

    Is that bamboo in front of the garden wall?


ashemcm wrote:11 June 2020
would like to enquire about the minimum cost design and execution

- Good morning, I would like to enquire the estimate minimum costs you would charge for the design then building and carrying out a very small backyard or approximately 359 square feet. I will require a new boundary fence, built in bench style seating and some paving and a few other things. Potentially some up lights also. I look forward to hearing from you. Warm regards, Ashe

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    John Davies Landscape
    10 months ago

    Hi Ashe, please contact me via the project enquiry facility on Houzz or alternatively email to john@johndavieslandscape.co.uk

Tom wrote:26 August 2019
bamboo long stems

- Hi John Please can you tell me what bamboo it is in the photo? Thanks Tom

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    John Davies Landscape
    last year

    Hi Tom, its phyllostachys aurea. The new shoots are green, turning to gold with age and according to light levels.

Amanda Cunningham wrote:19 July 2015
Small courtyard and privacy reccomendations.

- Beautiful, love your work! We have a small courtyard 2.2mtrs x 3 mtrs, with an entrance to the house. What type of type of tree would you recommend for this space, bearing in mind we dont want to be ducking around it to get in and out of this entrance? Could you also let me know the type of planting you have on the edges and what height do these grow to? We want to maximize privacy year long with as low maintenance as possible. Thanks!

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    John Davies Landscape
    5 years ago

    Hi Amanda, I'm glad you like it. 2.2 x 3m is very very small. The tree in the picture, Amelanchier lamarkii is great for small gardens, slow growing, tolerant of a variety of conditions etc. Multi stem is great though unless it is a very compact multistem you may well find there is not room, so a standard tree would be better. Also, there will be many large shrubs that might be suitable eg camellia, viburnum, drimys etc etc. Depending on where you are, you could look at summer flowering evergreens such as hoheria, eucryphia or luma apiculata. These are all evergreen. The picture above is taken not long after planting so the herbaceous is yet to do its thing. I planted hakonechloa macra, astrantia major alba, polystichum setiferum and persicaria amplexicaulis along with the buxus dome and trachelospermum jasminoides. If you need help, the best thing would be to contact me by email.

J hutchins wrote:26 July 2020
love the flowering tree could you tell me the name of it please?

- this looks exactly what I'm looking for. I'm starting my project tomorrow which hinges on getting the right multi-stemmed tree that won't dominate the space. thanks.

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