I wondered that as well Arlene.
I really need to take a panoramic shot of the whole area so yall can see a better view. To the right of that sago is a cliff that has views for miles and behind where I am taking the picture from is my house, deck, and a strip of garden with more open sky. I think the dark foliage would look much better being viewed in front of greenery. I am attaching a few more photos. I do not know if that will help get a better idea or not. The area in the photo above has been somewhat difficult to plan and needs something special.
When we moved in at the end of 2011 it was a raw piece of land that all the ash junipers had been removed. It looked like acres and acres of rock quarry. The red oaks had dropped the leaves already and beside from a few small live oaks it was just white limestone and no soil, no greenery. A blank slate. That is what every gardener dreams of right? This is what that area originally looked like
Things took forever and I have never really been happy with that area at one point it was this in 2013
And here I am now 2015 this is looking the other way. I am just tired of everything I have done and have started stripping it down to bare bones for a change.
Whew............. long post. I might be expecting to much with this tree. I just really want something tangy, eye catching, different and colorful. It is like doing a painting and you have been staring at it for so long that you can not really see what it looks like anymore.
