Crested Butte - Landscape for DRC
Driveway?
Shrub for ground cover - Pawnee Buttes Sandcherry A Colorado native, this variety of Sandcherry stays low to the ground, only growing about 18” tall. It is excellent for ground cover because a single plant can spread up to 6’. Like other Sandcherries, this shrub is drought tolerant and is easy to grow. It blooms with fragrant white flowers in the late Spring and glossy green foliage turns a mahogany red in the Fall.
Coral Beauty Bush
home depot - eco borders
Perennial flower - Blue Pentsemon
Perennial flowers - Lupine Native to CO Plant along walkways
shrub - Little Giant Occientals grow up to 4'
Shrub - Hetz Midget gets to be up to 3' in height
xericape ideas - these spikey bushes
Perrenials - Lupine
Perrenial - Rocky Mountain Penstemon In the United States the Rocky Mountain penstemon (P. strictus) is native to New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and a bit of Nevada. During the spring and summer its purple blooms lend a dramatic splash of color to fields, roadsides, piñon-juniper forests, and high montane regions. This perennial wildflower frequently sneaks into established, planned landscapes, often settling in just the right spot as if it knows where it will be welcomed and remain undisturbed. Probably the only downside is that we only get to enjoy the Rocky Mountain penstemon’s ephemeral beauty from late spring into mid-July at the latest before it yields the stage to other wildflowers.
Barrenground WillowSalix brachycarpaFamily: Willow (Salicaceae)AKA: Short-fruit Willow, Small-fruit WillowPhoto taken on: July 14, 2007Location: Scarps Ridge, GV, COLife Zones: Subalpine to alpineHabitat: Moist areasA shrub growing to 6ft tall in thickets. Leaves are bluish green on top, paler and hairy underneath. Male (below) and female flowers are on separate plants.
firemen stairs
landscape ideas
stairs for Firemen
Pockets of Boulders taken from our lot; not a ton unless they come from the lot; add in front and side, mix Bushes and perennials in, make pockets. Perennials and Shrubs mixed in with Boulders. http://crestedbuttegardening.blogspot.com/
Both Walkways - Pea Gravel + wood steps. Create wide step walkways about 2-3-4' feet deep and this width, using as few a steps as possible. Vary the depth. We will have David save extra wood scraps from construction materials to create the wood for these wood steps.
Pockets of flowers - generally like the look of this. Go smaller though, and mix in Boulders from our lot instead of these rocks.
Grass, keep natural grass around house. This is photo from our lot
Grasses (Tall) - use Natural grasses like these
Shrubs (Low) - Use this Natural Low grass - Sisyrinchium-Blue Eyed Grass
Shrubs (Small) use these - Sage from our lot
Shrub (medium height) - Silver Mound' Artemisia The front section of my garden faces the street, and I've made a mini-rock garden that mixes both small growing alpine plants with taller varieties. Some of my favorite low growing perennials are: Armeria (Sea Pinks--love!!), Dianthus (any variety, but I'm particularly fond of the red 'Flashing Lights'), Cerastium (Snow in Summer--one of the most dependable plants up here), Arabis (Rock Cress-I have both a purple and white variety in my garden), Aurinia (Basket of Gold--nice early bloomer), and Sisyrinchium (Blue-eyed Grass). All of these have been dependable survivors up here, blooming consistently every year.
Perennials (Tall) - Lupine ; add along walkways and side yard; mix in pockets; this is our favorite.
Perennial (Tall) - 'Six Hills Giant' Nepeta
Perennials (Tall) - Blue Salvia Need SUN for 6 hours/day. place South/West at front of house
Perennial flower - Columbine. Mix into Pockets
Perennials (Low) - Sea Pink Armeria
cylinder curb edges - Lowes
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