5/2/2016 1 Comment An Image or Two.![]() The emergence of Norway Maples is overlooked. I don't believe I have gone three days without a mention of the tree's blooms but now we are in the first day or two following flower as the leaves emerge. Shortly these leaves will be fully expanded, casting a dominant shadow below. By mid-July, the margins of these leaves will be a crispy brown from the drought and heat of the summer and the rest of the leaf will most likely be covered in black tar like spots - a fungal disease. ![]() Containers are a challenge for me. My aim with flowers not being to be a great florist but to engage in a process that allows me to learn camera skills and develop plant awareness - I feel very limited by my containers. Here, I had an idea of form, structure, color, and composition for an arrangement, but I feel the containers I had did not allow idea's articulation. I believe I subverted this in some way by using two separate container and staging the material as I did for the camera. This works for me as It still presents my ideas. As a "florist," I may not be satisfied by this. ![]() Larix laricina. American Larch. Again looking to emergence, this specimen is growing up on top of the roof at Savarino Properties' building at 95 Perry Street. A simple container garden on a rooftop, we used the Larch for its needled texture and its tolerance of deeply cold temperatures. We believed that in an unprotected container planting, on a roof, rapid temperature fluctuations would be an issue.
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Matthew DoreLandscape designer and Proprietor of Buffalo Horticulture Archives
April 2020
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