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Lowly Plants Thrive:
Impoverishment "of the soil, and most particularly nitrogen deficency, is one of the most common causes of moss in lawns, and fortunately the most easily remedied. If you have ever noticed where certain mosses grow naturally, on old house roofs, along uncared for fences, on waste lots and even in the crevices of brick and flagstone paving, among other infertile places, you will realize that at least some of these lowly plants thrive where there is not enough nourishment to support other plants, not even weeds. It is not so much that mosses prefer impoverished soils but at least they can get along in them and in more fertile ones they are unable to survive the competition of more vigorous plants, such as lawn grasses.Garden trees; Hedges; Shrubs for year-round interest; Rhododendrons; Climbing and screening plants; Clematis; Colorful perennials; Annuals and biennials; Bedding plants; Fuchsias; Bulbs; Rock-garden plants. Climate, more than any other factor, determines the success or failure of the gardener. A garden requires adequate sunshine and rainfall if plants are to thrive in it, but it also needs protection against extremes of weather.
Asingle pool in a garden tends to dominate. This design shows the advantage of using two smaller areas. Placed between the two ponds is a range of bedding plants that thrive in a shady, moist environment. With formal pools it is important not to have too many aquatic plants, and shrubs provide adiversity of foliage, which makes the garden seem larger than it really is.
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