Dogs Wood - Contrasting Colours
By Dawnsaunt
- 16 Nov, 2008
- 13 likes
We block set red stemmed dog woods and yellow stemmed ones for contrast, at the back of our pond. Looking quite nice at this time of year. 16.11.08
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Thanks Catfinch. I have been cutting them down each year so that I always have new, colourful stems but I'm going to just do this every other year now so they can get a bit bigger. From this photo, you cannot see but I have them set crow foot style so they are quite a good block of colour and the idea is for them to reflect against the water.
16 Nov, 2008
Very nice work...
16 Nov, 2008
Great idea ! Hope you get a shot of this and post it for us to see ! Has your pond frozen over solid yet?
13 Jan, 2009
Hi Flcrazy, you've reminded me that I must try and get a photo of the dog woods reflecting. The pond has been frozen over the past couple of weeks but began to thaw a couple of days ago. Looked a bit murky this morning then I noticed the heron flying off, he must have been stirring the bottom up.
13 Jan, 2009
Lovely colour stems these have ..............
13 Jan, 2009
Thanks Amy, they give a bit of Winter colour. Can you see Bonnie on the path in the distance? She's the black blob, lol
13 Jan, 2009
Great backdrop to the pond, especially in winter! I bet the leaves are a nuisance in the pond autumn time though.
1 Feb, 2009
Hi Paul, Yes the dog woods do look nice against the pond. Falling leaves not to bad :-) Can't wait for the pond to look at its best i.e. late Spring. It is totally natural so probably a bit messy for some but the wildlife love it.
1 Feb, 2009
Looks great, lovely photo Da, is that a black dog in your dogwood or some other creature?
17 Nov, 2009
Hello Bornagain, thank you.
Ha ha, that's my black labrador Bonnie - she further along the path that runs behind the dog woods. :-)
17 Nov, 2009
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I have some of the red dog in my front yard..it is getting very red looking lately....yours is very impressive.
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