Comments on: screening with wood, screening with plants http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 Michael Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:00:31 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-5344 That helps a ton! I've never worked with Ipe so I appreciate the tip about pre-drilling everything. Thanks so much. That helps a ton! I’ve never worked with Ipe so I appreciate the tip about pre-drilling everything. Thanks so much.

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5342 lostlandscape Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:55:17 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-5342 Hi Michael, The wood we used for the structural frame on the deck is ipe, which at the time of construction was about half the cost of teak. It's incredibly dense wood and a challenge to work with--you have to pre-drill everything. But it's really attractive and is supposed to be termite- and fire-resistant. The infill panels are made of perforated aluminum sheet with 1-inch aluminum angle frames. It's all held together with stainless screws and bolts and rubber washers to isolate the two metals so they don't touch and cause each other to degrade. Short lengths of the angle aluminum serve to reinforce the corners. If you've never worked with aluminum, it cuts and drills okay with carbide-tipped hand tools, although I had the metal supply place cut the infill sheets for me. I hope that helps! Hi Michael,
The wood we used for the structural frame on the deck is ipe, which at the time of construction was about half the cost of teak. It’s incredibly dense wood and a challenge to work with–you have to pre-drill everything. But it’s really attractive and is supposed to be termite– and fire-resistant. The infill panels are made of perforated aluminum sheet with 1-inch aluminum angle frames. It’s all held together with stainless screws and bolts and rubber washers to isolate the two metals so they don’t touch and cause each other to degrade. Short lengths of the angle aluminum serve to reinforce the corners. If you’ve never worked with aluminum, it cuts and drills okay with carbide-tipped hand tools, although I had the metal supply place cut the infill sheets for me. I hope that helps!

]]> By: Michael http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Michael Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:28:09 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-5339 I'm not sure if this string of comments is still being monitored, by I'd be interested in learning more about the design and material that went into your porch railing. It has a great mix of modern and traditional which is exactly what I'm hoping to use on a new deck I built this year. Thanks! I’m not sure if this string of comments is still being monitored, by I’d be interested in learning more about the design and material that went into your porch railing. It has a great mix of modern and traditional which is exactly what I’m hoping to use on a new deck I built this year. Thanks!

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3065 lostlandscape Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:06:59 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-3065 Helen, in San Diego I've seen them at Walter Anderson Nursery, in the Point Loma area, and for only a very brief time at the chain Armstrong Garden Centers. Summer is a spotty season as far as availability, so I'd recommend calling first. They're distributed in the US by Native Sons in Arroyo Grande, and I'd guess that a good nursery near you might be able to special order it for you without your having to make the trip down here. The recent Native Sons listing showed them as available in the 1 gallon size. Helen, in San Diego I’ve seen them at Walter Anderson Nursery, in the Point Loma area, and for only a very brief time at the chain Armstrong Garden Centers. Summer is a spotty season as far as availability, so I’d recommend calling first. They’re distributed in the US by Native Sons in Arroyo Grande, and I’d guess that a good nursery near you might be able to special order it for you without your having to make the trip down here. The recent Native Sons listing showed them as available in the 1 gallon size.

]]> By: helen http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 helen Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:58:11 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-3064 Can you tell me where I can get the new ceanothus tuxedo? I am in the LA area, but travel quite often between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. Thanks, Helen Can you tell me where I can get the new ceanothus tuxedo? I am in the LA area, but travel quite often between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. Thanks,
Helen

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-2793 lostlandscape Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:58:21 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-2793 Patrick, I'm honored to have had you stop by my blog! I'm glad you saw the potential in the mutation, and that at least one of the starts made it. It would have been sad if it had ended being the one that got away. I'm looking forward to watching the plant grow and take its place of honor at the front of my home! Patrick, I’m honored to have had you stop by my blog! I’m glad you saw the potential in the mutation, and that at least one of the starts made it. It would have been sad if it had ended being the one that got away. I’m looking forward to watching the plant grow and take its place of honor at the front of my home!

]]> By: Patrick J FitzGerald http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Patrick J FitzGerald Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:40:50 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-2786 I am really delighted to see you have planted our Ceanothus Tuxedo in your garden. You have no idea how deligthed I was to come on your blog featuring my plant. I discovered it in 1999 and was able to root one cutting out of 3 stuck. The original plant I found it on died and it took me another 5 years to nurse some more cuttings along until I had 9 plants in 2003 from that I got the trick of how to root this very dark plant and was able to ship some plants under USDA permit to California. now the plant is there and thriving by all accounts. Again thank you for this verification its made it to a private garden ther eI am really pleased. Kind regards Patrick J FitzGerald I am really delighted to see you have planted our Ceanothus Tuxedo in your garden. You have no idea how deligthed I was to come on your blog featuring my plant. I discovered it in 1999 and was able to root one cutting out of 3 stuck. The original plant I found it on died and it took me another 5 years to nurse some more cuttings along until I had 9 plants in 2003 from that I got the trick of how to root this very dark plant and was able to ship some plants under USDA permit to California. now the plant is there and thriving by all accounts. Again thank you for this verification its made it to a private garden ther eI am really pleased.

Kind regards
Patrick J FitzGerald

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 lostlandscape Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:08:42 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-2768 Greg, 15 years with the same lavender plants was probably a good run. If I start pining for them I've already noticed some seedlings coming back around where the parents were. As far as the stain issue, I think all of you in the LoWGCS have developed a great low-maintenance look that doesn't require all this outdoor toil and trouble. There are 10+ year stains that work great on cedar and pine and other softwoods, but this hardwood is so oily those stains just flake off. Greg, 15 years with the same lavender plants was probably a good run. If I start pining for them I’ve already noticed some seedlings coming back around where the parents were. As far as the stain issue, I think all of you in the LoWGCS have developed a great low-maintenance look that doesn’t require all this outdoor toil and trouble. There are 10+ year stains that work great on cedar and pine and other softwoods, but this hardwood is so oily those stains just flake off.

]]> By: Greg http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Greg Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:21:00 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-2729 Greetings from the Land of Weathered Gray Cedar Shingles! I think your stain-job looks lovely, so kudos for the hard work. Isn't there some kind of sealant that might preserve the color a little longer? I'm probably just naive on the subject. No more lavendar?! <i>Sigh.</i> And here I am, longing to stay in one place long enough to properly grow some. The grass...and other plants...really is greener, isn't it? : ) Greetings from the Land of Weathered Gray Cedar Shingles! I think your stain-job looks lovely, so kudos for the hard work. Isn’t there some kind of sealant that might preserve the color a little longer? I’m probably just naive on the subject.

No more lavendar?! Sigh. And here I am, longing to stay in one place long enough to properly grow some. The grass…and other plants…really is greener, isn’t it? : )

]]> By: lostlandscape http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/2009/05/30/screening-with-wood-screening-with-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-2703 lostlandscape Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:43:51 +0000 http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/?p=6016#comment-2703 Gayle, we do have some runs fences around the house that we've let go gray. With plants in front, you really don't notice them. Tina, the house is about 3 1/2 feet above street level and a lot of the road noise bounces off the wall, so from a noise standpoint it's not so bad. The people on the other side are on the flats, and a lot of them have walls to block the noise and shrubs to preserve their privacy. Town Mouse, I do worry a bit about eventual size, but I do own a few pairs of clippers. I've often let the mature projected plant size keep me from planting and enjoying a lot of larger plants that could be kept under control with a little pruning. I really should rethink how I plant. Gayle, we do have some runs fences around the house that we’ve let go gray. With plants in front, you really don’t notice them.

Tina, the house is about 3 1/2 feet above street level and a lot of the road noise bounces off the wall, so from a noise standpoint it’s not so bad. The people on the other side are on the flats, and a lot of them have walls to block the noise and shrubs to preserve their privacy.

Town Mouse, I do worry a bit about eventual size, but I do own a few pairs of clippers. I’ve often let the mature projected plant size keep me from planting and enjoying a lot of larger plants that could be kept under control with a little pruning. I really should rethink how I plant.

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