My Landscape Philosophy and Native Plant Use

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My Landscape PhilosophyandNative Plant Use

• By
• Bill Bissett
• Landscape Architect and still learning user

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Native Shrubs

• Simpsons Stopper
• Myrcianthes fragrans
• Walter ViburnumViburnum obovatum
• Mrs. Shillers DelightViburnum o. Dwarf
• Beauty BerryCalicarpa americana
• FirebushHamelia patens
• DoghobbleLeucothoe axilaris
• Climbing AsterAster caroliniana
• Saw PalmettoSerenoa repens

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Simpsons Stopper
As a hedge
In fruit
Low dense grower Evergreen Good fruit for
birds Likes alkaline soil
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Walters Viburnum
Untrimmed
Flower clusters
Early spring flowering Dense screen plant
Naturally 10 15 without trimming
Evergreen
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Mrs. Shillers Delight
Stays under four feet with- out much trim-
ming. Blooms most of the year Dense dark
green foliage
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Beautyberry
Fruit stays on into late fall
One plant that can grow under oaks
Shade or sun Any soil Deciduous
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Firebush
Great butterfly and hummingbird plant
Sun or shade Acid or alkaline Blooms most
of the year
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Doghobble
In bloom
Good for shady sites Likes wet areas Acid
soil Stays under 3
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Climbing Aster
Can take a variety of soils including
very wet and pretty dry Flowers in late
fall early winter Great nectar plant Can
be a sprawling shrub or climbing shrub/vine
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Saw Palmetto
Plant them and walk away!
Silver
Any soil shade or sun No irrigation
needed No freeze, no pests, no problems!
Green
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Native Grasses

• Pink MuhlygrassMuhlenbergia capillaris
• Sand CordgrassSpartina bakeri
• Elliotts LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
• Great Dame GrassDicanthelium commutatum

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Pink Muhlygrass
Plant and walk away Flowers early
Autumn Stays under 4 Foliage attractive
All year
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Sand Cordgrass
Plant and walk Away Foliage looks good
All year Wheat color Wet or dry soil
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Elliotts Lovegrass
Plant and walk Away Better without
irrigation Flowers in the fall Stays under
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Great Dame Grass
Good shade clump Grass Damp or woods
Mesic woods Stays under 1
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Native Ground Coversand low shrubs

• Coontie Zamia pumila
• Twinflower Dyschoriste oblongifolia
• Sunshine Mimosa Mimosa strigulosa

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Coontie
Old standard Native plant Drought
Tolerant Stays under 2
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Twinflower
Central Florida
Drought tolerant Stays under 8
South Florida
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Sunshine Mimosa
Extremely drought Tolerant Stays under 6
Spreads rapidly Blooms all spring, summer
Fall
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Some Design Thoughts
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My important thoughts

• It has GOT to be more than a pretty picture
• It must retain or restore some of the functionof
  the original landscape
• It has got to be as much as possible energy
  efficient
• It must blend human habitat needs with those of
  environmental sustainability

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Get rid of Turf grass!....
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WHO LOVES YA BABY?
Chinch Bugs
WATER!!!
Mole Crickets
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Some Good Landscape examples

• Glancy Residence
• Post Cove

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Post Cove
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Post Cove - Minimal clearing outside of footprint
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Post Cove - Innovative storm water treatment
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Post Cove- No Fill construction
Knee Wall
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Post Cove Extra effort to preserve
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Post Cove Renewable resource materials
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Post Cove
Building with Nature
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Post Cove - Site after construction
Less than 10,000 sq. ft. of turf on 14 acres
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Some of my landscapes

• Carmody Dental Clinic

• Kiefer Residence
• Gordinier Residence

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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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Carmody Dental Office
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John and Sarah Kiefer Residence
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Sarah and john Kiefer
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Sarah and john Kiefer
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Sarah and john Kiefer
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The Gordinier Residence
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Gordinier
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Gordinier
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Gordinier
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Gordinier
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Gordinier
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Weed Control
Spray Turf with Herbicide.
Leave dead turf and plant through it.
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Know your weeds
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Weed Control
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Weed Control
Learn about weeds
Question What is a Weed?
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Weed Control
Learn about weeds
Answer A Weed is very much in its right
place. Doing what it was designed to do.
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Land Disturbance.
..Brings weeds
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Weed Control
Chemical control is good efficient treatment
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Hand pulling disturbs the soil and brings more
seed to light, air and space that it needs to
germinate.
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A variety of methods for safe herbicide
application are
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What is a weed?
Are these?
English Ivy
Chinese Wisteria
Heavenly Bamboo
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Augusta National Golf Club
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Augusta National Golf Club Woodland
Health Project
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Invasive exotic plant Control and restoration
project
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Herbicide application
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Post Treatment and removal of Treated material
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Replanting with natives
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Computer generated sequence
Left pre-treatment Left bottom Post
herbicide Bottom After restoration
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Right Plant Right Place

• How tall does it grow untrimmed?
• How wide does it grow untrimmed?
• What is its function in the landscape?
• What is the soil?
• If possible, what was (is) the ecosystem?
• Is the plant going to fulfill its required
  function without tremendous energy consumption?

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The Crepe Murder mystery
Anything Attractive here?
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Put a tree on the plan for a reason
Well shaped Crepe Myrtle
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Put a tree on the plan for a reason
To be a Well shaped Tree!
Not an ugly snag!
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Podo perdicament!
Cute arent they
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Podo predicament!
Not Cute anymore
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Foundation Plantings
Why?
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Foundation Plantings
Made sense when we had foundations
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How about a plant that will actually do something
like a small tree
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How about a plant that will actually do something
like a small tree
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How about a plant that will actually do something
like a small tree
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Serenoa
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My window!
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No mow landscape
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Welcome life and nature into our habitat
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THE END
The End
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