Around the Pergola and on the north side, I'm channeling the Nuttery at Sissinghurst (delusions of grandeur? surely not). Arching forms of the Corylus (tho' am happy to go with any other plant with similar cup shape arching form tho' i like the idea of coppice capability to control the bulk of these plants) underplanted with plants to provide structure up to knee/hip height and groundcover. To include: ferns, spring flowering bulbs, hellebore, ornamental cow parsley type stuff, aquilegias. Again, am thinking texture rather than massive use of colour here as this is still going to be very visible from Moving away from the blocks of planting here ... I don't mind moving away from this vibe but I want the qualities provided by the Corylus of height and some screening ...
The other possibility is to go with a much more stylised look letting more light through but this then defeats the object of semi-screening.
To date I've been seduced by the multi-stem idea rather than lollipop because of the screening potential and to introduce an informality visible from the house ..?
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