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Originally Posted by Attila
I still believe that a display showing species living side by side maintains the highest standard of integrity an we should all strive to learn about nature and geography to apply this standard.
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As a second thought, there is a more powerful side of paying attention to the origin of the companion: evocative power.
For example:
I love beech and beech forests, I grew up close to one.
Seing a Spring display of beech with the new green foliage and a freshly blooming
Lilly of the Valley accent would bring back the memories of that forest and the impact on me would be far more powerful than using Blood-grass as accent, although I don't discount the beauty of Blood-grass.
The first display would make me fall in love with bonsai. The second one would be pretty enough to come back again.
Another one:
Displaying a California juniper for the California audience. A display using a little scrawny
Sage brush or a tiny
Scrub oak as accent would evoke the feel of the Southern California desert and touch the Californian nature lover in a way another foreign plant could hardly match.
If being evocative is the goal, the effect of combining plants from the same geographical environment can be very powerful. Instead of a polite "nice tree" or "very exotic", the viewer would respond with emotional envolvement and a sense of communion with nature.