By Tallinn based garden designer Merilen Mentaal. In a quiet residential setting, backed by a hilly forest area, this modern newly-built family house asked for a combination of contemporary feeling mixed with lush planting, also considering the needs of playfulness of 3 quite young children in the family.
The indoor living room and sauna/pool area is extended into two large outdoor timber terraces which enable sunbathing, play, after-sauna relaxation and fine dining just to name few. The two terraces have slight level change and are separated by Miscanthus grasses which allow privacy, but don't block the view from the indoors.
The front and back garden are connected by tailor-made narrow and long concrete stepping stones leading to the terraces. The garden was made children in mind for they have their own large play-house with sand area, screened from the house by 5 Malus 'Rudolph' trees, a little hide-away place inside an old hazel tree and plenty of play space around the garden as all the garden rooms are easily interconnected.
Signature plants in the garden are grasses - Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster', Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fostäne', Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf', Molinia arundinacea 'Karl Foerster' and Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'. In addition, many pink blooms are in show throughout the season, starting with Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn', Achillea 'Cerise Queen', Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', Physostegia virginiana 'Bouquet Rose', Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' and ending with Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant'.
Plant-list:
Trees:
Acer platanoides
'Deborah'
Malus domestica 'Auksis'
Malus domestica 'Suislepp'
Malus 'Rudolph'
Prunus domestica 'Meelika'
Sorbus 'Joseph Rock'
Tilia x euchlora
Shrubs:
Amelanchier
lamarckii
Corylus avellana 'Atropurpurea'
Hydrangea paniculata
'Kyushu'
Hydrangea
petiolaris
Philadelphus
coronarius 'Aureus'
Philadelphus
'Virginal'
Spiraea japonica
'Goldflame'
Syringa vulgaris 'Anden. an Ludwig Späth'
Syringa vulgaris
'Madame Lemoine'
Taxus media 'Hicksii'
Weigela florida 'Alexandra'
Viburnum bodnantense
'Dawn'
Viburnum opulus
'Roseum'
Perennials, climbers, grasses, bulbs:
Acanthus spinosus
Achillea 'Cerise
Queen'
Allium 'Purple
Sensation'
Aquilegia 'Ruby
Port'
Astrantia major
'Rubra'
Calamagrostis
'Karl Foerster'
Carex siderostica
'Variegata'
Cimicifuga
simplex 'Artropurpurea'
Clematis 'Albina Plena'
Deschampsia
caespitosa
Digitalis
ferruginea
Digitalis purpurea
var 'Albiflora'
Echinacea purpurea
'Alba'
Echinacea purpurea 'Art's Pride'
Echinacea purpurea
'Magnus'
Euphorbia griffithii
'Fireglow'
Festuca gautieri
Festuca glauca
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta'
Galium odoratum
Geranium cinereum
'Ballerina'
Geranium
magnificum
Geranium phaeum
Helenium 'Moerheim
Beauty'
Helenium 'Wyndley'
Helianthemum
'Henfield Brilliant'
Hemerocallis 'Crimson
Pirate'
Hemerocallis 'Gentle
Shepard'
Heuchera 'Palace
Purple'
Hosta 'Sum and
Substance'
Imperata cylindr.
var. koenigii 'Red Baron'
Iris pseudacorus
'Variegata'
Iris 'Loyalist'
Iris 'Vitafire'
Knautia macedonica
Lavandula
angustifolia 'Alba'
Leucanthemum
'Wirral Supreme'
Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
Ligularia przewalskii
Milium effesum 'Aureum'
Miscanthus
sinensis 'Kleine Fontäne'
Miscanthus
sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf'
Molinia
arundin 'Karl Foerster'
Ophiopogon
planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Panicum virgatum
'Heavy Metal'
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Parthenocissus
quinquefolia
Persicaria bistorta
Physostegia virginiana 'Bouquet Rose'
Rheum palmatum var
'Tanguticum'
Rosa 'Charlotte'
Rosa 'Molineux'
Rosa 'Summer Song'
Rudbeckia
fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Salvia nemorosa
'Caradonna'
Sanguisorba officinalis
'Tanna'
Sedum spectabile
'Brilliant'
Sedum 'Stardust'
Thymus praecox 'Albiflorus'
Tulipa 'Black
Parrot'
Tulipa 'Havran'
Tulipa 'Queen of
Night'
Tulipa 'Schoonoord'
Tulipa 'Toucan'
Veronicastrum
Album
Zantedeschia 'Picasso'
In herb garden:
Allium aflatunense
Foeniculum vulgare
Fragaria ananassa 'Bounty'
Melissa officinalis
Mentha piperita
Origanum vulgare
'Aureum'
Petroselinum
crispum var. Crispum
Salvia officinalis
'Purpurascens'
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