When planting a walkway or outdoor steps, carefully consider plant choice and maintenance to avoid trips, falls or other potential safety issues. Choose plants that are low-growing or be ready to trim plants when needed to keep the walkway clear. Keep paths that will be used at night well-lit. 1. Succulent steps. In Southern California, concrete steps lead visitors up to a secluded outdoor seating area and edible garden. An 8-foot-tall redwood and steel fence surrounds the garden, enhancing the feeling of privacy while also keeping grazing animals out. This threshold, lush with sprawling vines, offers another planting surprise: colorful echeveria succulents growing in soil between the steps. These rosette-forming plants thrive in warm, dry and sunny locations and will appreciate the concrete’s reflected heat. Should the succulents develop offsets or tall stalks that impede foot traffic, simply cut and reroot the offsets or rosettes. New echeveria will sprout from the stock. See more of this inspiring edible garden
When planting a walkway or outdoor steps, carefully consider plant choice and maintenance to avoid trips, falls or other potential safety issues. Choose plants that are low-growing or be ready to trim plants when needed to keep the walkway clear. Keep paths that will be used at night well-lit. 1. Succulent steps. In Southern California, concrete steps lead visitors up to a secluded outdoor seating area and edible garden. An 8-foot-tall redwood and steel fence surrounds the garden, enhancing the feeling of privacy while also keeping grazing animals out. This threshold, lush with sprawling vines, offers another planting surprise: colorful echeveria succulents growing in soil between the steps. These rosette-forming plants thrive in warm, dry and sunny locations and will appreciate the concrete’s reflected heat. Should the succulents develop offsets or tall stalks that impede foot traffic, simply cut and reroot the offsets or rosettes. New echeveria will sprout from the stock. See more of this inspiring edible garden
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