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For plants to reach their full potential, they need space.
What makes plant spacing difficult is that you must base it not oncurrentplant width but onmatureplant width.
Knowing this measurement will give you a guideline: the bare minimum of spacing required.
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But it’s only a guideline, and you’ll have to make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
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This fact will guide you in providing the proper spacing between it and another perennial.
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Exceptions will also be noted.
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As the bulbs disappear, the perennials will be just coming into their own.
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In such cases, they’ll be furnished with the bare minimum of spacing.
Such crowding means that the plants will be competing with each other for nutrients.
To address this issue, gardeners provide bedding plants with fertilizer on a regular basis.
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But three is just right; form an irregular triangle with them.
But this kind of tight planting requires you to be meticulous about pruning.
Otherwise, insufficient sunlight would reach the bottom.
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Vines as Trellised Plants
Vines as trellised plants should be spaced just like any other plants.
If you’re trellising multiple vines on a fence, calculate spacing based on mature width.
TakeJackman’s clematis (Clematis x jackmanii)as an example.
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Its maximum width is 6 feet.
So you might space multiple vines of Jackman’s clematis on the same fence 6 feet on center.
Trees
Trees help form the “bones” of a landscape.
As such, great care should be put into determining their placement.
Trees of significant size will generally be used singly to anchor distinct portions of the landscape.
Here are some examples of the spacing that would be required:
