landscaping
Planter boxes
Planting bed idea
Acrylic chickens to stick in lawn - $22 each
Acrylic Chickens to stick in lawn--$22 each
Yellow, Alchemia (Lady's Mantle)
Yellow, Alchemia Lady's Mantle)
Rozanne Geranium (Purple), Croscomia (Red), Rudbeckia/Black-Eyed Susan (Yellow)
Hydrangeas and grass
Looks like boxwood and hydrangea
orange foliage is rarer than red. Noteworthy plants with orange foliage include Orange Rocket barberry (Berbers thunbergii ‘Orange Rocket’, zones 4 to 9, shown here), New Zealand sedge (Carex testacea, zones 6 to 10), Marmalade coral bells (Heuchera ‘Marmalade’, zones 4 to 9) and Orangeola Japanese maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Orangeola’, zones 5 to 8). Seasonal orange flowers can be found among roses, hyssops, dahlias and coneflowers.
Plant Combination Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides, USDA zones 6 to 9; find your zone) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta, zones 3 to 9) Water requirement: Moderate; low once established Light requirement: Full sun Caution: Chinese fountain grass can self-seed and become invasive in some areas. Check with your local nursery before planting, and help prevent reseeding by cutting back seed heads in fall before they reach maturity. Get a similar look with garden-friendly ‘Blonde Ambition’ blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’), which does not reseed.
This window box grows in full sun and contains red million bells (Calibrachoa sp.), purpletop vervain (Verbena bonariensis), rose campion (Lychnis coronaria) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
Plants in this garden bed include: ‘Magnus’ purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’, zones 3 to 8) ‘Karl Foerster’ feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’, zones 4 to 9) ‘Stella de Oro’ day lily (Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’, zones 4 to 9), after blooming Water requirement: Moderate Light requirement: Full sun
A climbing hydrangea is all the decor this front entry needs. With a solid wood structure, the flowering vine frames the front door of this Mediterranean-style home in the San Francisco Bay Area, inviting visitors through the garden and into the home.
Look to feathery Black Lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’), ‘Royal Purple’ smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’), ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ snakeroot (Actaea simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’), pictured, and others for larger shrubs featuring dark foliage.
Red Twig Dogwood Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
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grasses hydrangea gaura
purple red flowers
Interesting use of dark or black to set off aspects of the yard
Nice colored trees and smaller
Deck coloring
Color band and then greenery
Different view of plantings to left (right when facing front of house)--what are those reddish ones?
Plantings to right of entry--nice swath of reddish/purplish flowers...echineaca? monarda? cosmos?
Nice Hostas and taller plants behind
deck color
Another view earlier with vegetation planted pavers leading to patio
low vegetation with pavers leading to patio area
Possible paving as you come off back deck
Astilbe Grasses and maybe hydrangea?
Astilbe and grasses
Make your outdoor space feel even more like a private enclave by installing a high fence and painting it a chic, muted shade of black, like designer Megan Pflug did here. (This shade is Raccoon Fur by Benjamin Moore.)
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