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Plants or planting with hidden meanings

Posted by Craig McGibbon on January 22, 2011 at 12:00pm in Plants

Hi LJN,

 

Yesterday l completed a design for an autistic teenager who spends 7 hours a day on her garden swing.  When thinking of a title for the project it reminded me of a client who asked me two remove two miscanthus grasses l had planted in the front garden of their London home.

 

The client liked the grasses but didn't want them in the front garden.  In my silent questioning she went on to explain a friend of hers told her that these grasses planted in the front garden were signal that the home owners liked to swing; no relation to the dance style or play ground equipment. We both blushed and the offending plants were relocated!

 

I'm not sure if this an old wives tale, a london thing or more...

 

but l was wondering what other plants or planting styles that have hidden meanings, silent signage or advertisements? and thought it would be a fun discussion for LJN

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  • Boxelder Landscapes January 22, 2011 at 12:35pm
    on a larger scale there is tales of foresters planting different species of trees to write thier initials on the hillsides of scotland
  • Sarah Russell January 22, 2011 at 3:29pm

    I don;t know about that one, but there are century old hidden meaning behind certain plants - the Victorians were well acquainted with the Language of Flowers, where a bouquet could be given to a loved one to secretly declare feelings it would have been inappropriate to voice.  Honeysuckle represented devoted love, Iris meant good news or a message, hydrangea meant vanity, a lily innocence and purity, hollyhocks fertility and fruitfulness. 

    As for the swingers signal - I shall have to look out for it now and watch for any clients who insist on having it planted out front..... hee hee!!

  • Craig McGibbon January 22, 2011 at 4:36pm

    I love the thought of the foresters smiling to themselves whilst planting a seeming random set of trees...

     

    and definitely going to take note of the Victorian language of flowers - fascinating.

     

    Thanks

  • Ofer El-hashahar January 22, 2011 at 6:22pm

    Craig,


    Customers makes the job interesting.

     

    I had  customers that asked for no plants with yellow flowers on in the planting scheme,

    they were originally  from south America , and there they said  , yellow is a bad colour.

     

    sorry can not remember wich country exactly.

     

    About a grasses, we once made a garden to a lady that had more than 40 cats and they just move from a flat to a garden. the garden was like a cage for cats. It was fun to design for them a playground. we tried some grasses but they grazed to fast!

     

    Craig McGibbon said:

    I love the thought of the foresters smiling to themselves whilst planting a seeming random set of trees...

     

    and definitely going to take note of the Victorian language of flowers - fascinating.

     

    Thanks

  • Richard Boyd January 23, 2011 at 10:28am
    Pampus grass = swingers - It's an urban myth of which some of us are guilty of spreading. ;)
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