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SINCE ANCIENT times, water
has played an impcrtant role in
landscape gardening.

Water is a natural part of most
landscapes but the form it takes
may vary. On flat lands, water
forms in shallow and placid ponds.

In the mountains it is a serics of
pools connected by cascades of
water. In the desert it is a centre of
lush green in a scorched expanse.

Rolling hills give rise to soft-
edged liquid mirrors with curving
banks.

These mirrors of nature are
beautiful for their own sakes, but
also allow the passerby to view the
land, sky and sun from a new
perspective.

The water garden should be used
as a direct link between the various
elements that make up the land-
scape. Just as the pond can be us-
ed to draw people to key points in
the garden, it can give them a dif-
ferent perspective.

REFLECTED BEAUTY

For example, azaleas are among
the most beautiful bloomers of the
spring season, but they are usually
grown in flower beds where they
must be viewed against a
background of bare earth. The
same shrub reflected in a pool
looks entirely different.

The blooms can be viewed
against the blue of the sky as
though they were on a hill top.
This iilusion can be worked to
good effect in visually expanding
the dimensions of a yard.

The pond can also be used to vi-
sually group landscape elements
which could not normully be seen
together. The color aid texture of
a golden globe cedar cortrasts
nicely with the foliage of any ore
of the large crimson maples but it
is difficult to make such @ contras*
because of the relative sizes of the
two plants.

If the cedar were placed at the
near side of the pond and the
maple some distance beyond it, the
cedar and maple ‘could be viewed
side-by-side in the pond.

Visual grouping also plays a part
in how the pool should be planted.
The glossy green lily pads and
bright flowers will be set in the
middle of your liquid mirror and
can be used to brighten otherwise
dull views or to add contrast.

FIT THE SETTING

As a mirror, the pool is an ex-
tremely versatile tool to the land-
scaper. But the whole effect can be
lost if the mirror is not suited to its
surroundings.

Imagine a natural rockery with
the jagged lines of a mountain side
broken only by small grottoes of
graceful ferns and = spreading
cotoneaster, chaotic knots of
juniper, cedar, and spruce, and a
perfectly square pool. As
beautifully constructed as the pool
may be — and no matter how well
it visually groups and accents the
landscaping — it is a jarring
departure from the general theme
and thereby shatters what would
otherwise be an idyllic natural set-
ting.

A series of roughly shaped pools
with connecting water falls would
be much more appropriate to the
rockery scene.

There are very definite styles in
gardening and successful landscap-
ing generally requires that the
styles are not mixed.

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