{"id":129141,"date":"2022-08-26T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pining-for-some-architectural-chic-in-your-garden-try-a-tiny-conifer-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:09:04","slug":"pining-for-some-architectural-chic-in-your-garden-try-a-tiny-conifer-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pining-for-some-architectural-chic-in-your-garden-try-a-tiny-conifer-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Pining for some architectural chic in your garden? Try a tiny conifer | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHardy, drought-tolerant and in striking shapes and sizes, conifers are not just for ChristmasA garden centre manager once tried to tell me conifers were having a bit of a moment. It was the wrong side of Christmas and I clocked it as a valiant attempt to drum up sales. But then I started to see conifers popping up everywhere.A well-placed pine looks chic next to a modernist building. Many keep pleasing shapes with little or no pruning, so function architecturally, much like a box ball but without the worry about box tree caterpillars. Once established, they are often drought-tolerant and thrive in poor, stony soils. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Hardy, drought-tolerant and in striking shapes and sizes, conifers are not just for ChristmasA garden...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-xAV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13038,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-i-have-a-very-wet-clay-garden-that-gets-full-sun-what-can-i-plant\/","url_meta":{"origin":129141,"position":0},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: I have a very wet clay garden that gets full sun. 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