Book Two Garden
Woodland Area The design team left much of the oak and pine woodland natural. They carved out some space to create semi-landscaped areas, including woodland walkways and clearings. They planted these areas with part-shade to full-shade tolerant plants such as Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pennsylvanica), ‘Annabelle’ wild hydrangeas, astilbe (Astilbe ‘Snowdrift’), ‘Summer Snowflake’ doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’) and mixed hostas. “We do a lot of pruning and deadwood removal to manage the forest canopy for enough light,” Whitmore says.
Dogwoods (Cornus spp) provide us with some of the best hedging material for open, informal barriers. In the genus there are straight-stemmed and multistemmed specimens. Both can make winter hedges, though the nature of the multistemmed form helps create a tighter barrier. They don’t have to be set in straight lines, but they look much more effective when allowed to drift in long ribbons — even better when underplanted with evergreen low-growing plants. This image shows Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ (zones 3 to 7), a bright, red-stemmed variety of the North American native species. Its dark green foliage turns an attractive red-purple in the autumn before falling to uncover the glory of its multistemmed form. For bright yellow-green stems, it is worth looking for Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ (zones 3 to 7), a fast-growing Cornus that contrasts well with Cardinal in a mixed hedge. See how to grow redtwig dogwood
River birch trees and waves of grasses create a sinuous border along the side of the greenhouse, providing a light screen that rustles in the wind. "My clients live near The High Line in New York City and wanted that kind of meadowesque plant palette, nothing fussy," Fierabend says. The plantings also soften the geometry of the greenhouse and axial plan. The planted border is a nice transition out into the greater meadow around the greenhouse. It includes asters and echinacea, which relate to the wildflowers beyond.
Foundation with bluestone pavers Before: To create a stable foundation for the outdoor dining area’s new bluestone-topped patio, the design team poured gravel 10 inches deep and topped it with a 1-inch layer of sand. “Creating a solid layer of gravel and sand underneath a patio ensures less settling and more longevity for the life of the patio,” Algozzini says.
Pergola for baseball tunnel and basketball hoop
Baseball tunnel
Plant combo
Boccee basketball baseball tunnel
Hey Nice Garden 2/25/14 Those are California Poppies-Eschscholzia californica
Shed from repurposed materials. Door hinged on side makes a fold down bar. Transom Windows and old doors on barn hanging slides
Decorative cement concrete block. For privacy wall: patio, bedroom terrace, carport, outdoor shower. Can also act as a window. Painted blaclk, creates a nice effect.
Lucy Cotes' Beautiful Gardens 4/11/18 Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii' flowers late spring under plant it with mertensia virginica And the tall lime green plant on left
Pike Awning Company 4/22/16 The frame is steel and the roofing is either a twin wall poly-carbonate plastic or corrugated plastic sheets. Home Depot usually has both For baseball tunnel.
Shed roof baseball tunnel
Materials of raised beds and tall, slim tree border
Pergola structure, peaked roofline
Read whole story. Spotted gum timbers used for pergola
Baseball tunnel with bocce
Baseball tunnel
Features, esp peas bocce court
Especially four beds with center for vines
Planter: for backyard beds Transition to summer. For a potted basket that will last well into late summer, combine long-blooming perennials, foliage plants and ornamental grasses. Here, the designer used ‘Autumn Joy’ stonecrop (Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), maroon coral bells (Heuchera spp.) and a clump of wispy grass to make a dynamic vignette. The plants thrive in full sun with moderate water.
Donkey tail How to propagate. If you’ve accidentally knocked off some leaves, you can use them to start new donkey tail plants. The same propagation technique can be used for cut stems, which will form larger plants more quickly. 1. Allow the leaves to dry out for a few days and form a callus. 2. Lay them on a bed of cactus and succulent potting mix in partial shade until roots form (in a few weeks). 3. Pot up the cuttings in small containers filled with a fresh cactus and succulent mix and move them to a space with bright, indirect light. More Pilea May Be Your Next Favorite Houseplant Succulents in Containers: The Ultimate Easy-Care Mini Garden See how to grow more succulents
Plants to the left of the path: Prairie rosinweed (Silphium terebinthinaceum), autumn moor grass (Sesleria autumnalis) and ‘Filigran’ Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Filigran’); plants on the right: ‘Blue Fortune’ hyssop (Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’) and ‘Karl Foerster’ feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’) Did you notice how Pell mapped out the plantings so a purple- or blue-flowering plant is always next to a swath of a yellow-flowering, yellow-green or bronze foliage plant? This arrangement helps show off the contrast between the yellow and lavender hues.
Corrugated metal fence.
Boccee
Meandering path from deck to garden
Grass combinations
Four shades of Teal
Grass black-eyed Susan combo
Wall fountain and putting green
Clockwise from bottom left: Japanese forest grass, small self-seeded hellebores, Japanese painted fern and maidenhair fern Plant in spring or fall. Look for a moist, shady spot
Fence design
Bocce court. The bocce court, framed by in-ground landscape timbers, measures 40 feet long and 9 feet wide and is finished with crushed oyster shell. A custom-made cedar bench topping the newly added retaining wall provides additional seating for bocce ball observers. Pea gravel surrounds the court and covers pathways. What to Know About Adding a Backyard Bocce Ball Court
Poles for baseball tunnel and lights
Baseball tunnel
Great, seated retaining wall
Fence privacy screens
4. Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi) Native to South Africa It’s hard to beat this ground cover’s stunning colorful display, which is heightened by the sheer number of blooms that appear in spring and summer on top of its small, upright, fleshy leaves. When ice plant is not in flower, the foliage adds refreshing splashes of green throughout the landscape. This species of ice plant is noninvasive. Unlike a large number of succulents, ice plant can be grown in both cold and warm climates, allowing its use outdoors throughout the entire year. It is available in a variety of colors, including lavender, pink, purple, orange and yellow, and is often seen growing along roadsides, on slopes and in rock gardens. Where it will grow: Hardy to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 28.9 degrees Celsius (Zone 5) Light requirement: Full sun; afternoon shade or light, filtered shade in low-desert zones Mature size: 3 to 6 inches tall and 2 feet wide
Wallpaper behind bookcase. For dining room ceiling. Wallpaper: Quadrille
6. Low water. For a dramatic container display that can take summer heat without needing frequent irrigation, take a look at this planting trio in San Luis Obispo, California. The designer used a simple trio of a large-scale agave, a low-growing filler of blue chalk sticks (Senecio mandraliscae, zones 9 to 12), and orange-flowering parrot’s beak (Lotus maculatus, zones 9 to 11) for a hit of color. This drought-tolerant “recipe” could easily be reproduced with plants with similar attributes. For example, one could choose a focal-point succulent like an aeonium, a low-growing filler such as stonecrop (Sedum spp.) and a bright accent such as hot-orange blanketflower (Gaillardia spp.) or lime-green ‘Angelina’ stonecrop (S. rupestre ‘Angelina’, zones 3 to 11). Water requirement: Low once established Light requirement: Full sun to partial sun
Orange flower Northeast. “My vegetable garden is full of flowers, because I want to have some color accenting all the basil, lettuce and tomatoes, and the flowers will help draw pollinators and butterflies, too,” writes Vermont landscape consultant Charlotte Albers. “Calendula is easily grown from seed and self-sows readily — this is semidouble C. ‘Flashback’ (Calendula officianalis) from Renee’s Garden. It’s a very pretty shade of orange. I use the petals to garnish salads and cut the flowers for festive bouquets, adding white shasta daisies and zinnias.” Ger her Northeast July checklist
Lavendar plant debora carl landscape design 8/26/12 The lavender plant is African Blue Basil.
Front yard: trees underplanted with shrubs and flowers
Dig Your Garden Landscape Design 5/15/15 Thank you. Here are the plants in this photo starting a the bottom: Lavandula 'Goodwin Creek' (Lavender), orange grass-like plant is Carex testacea (Orange sedge) next to it is Teucrium chamaedrys (Germander), on right starting at pathway is Stachys byzantinia 'Helen Von Stein' (Big Ears), orange flowering plant is a succulent, Bulbine frutescens 'Hallmark' (Snake Plant), shrub with white flowers is Daphne transatlantic 'Eternal Fragrance, next is Abelia 'Kaleidscope', and the purple blue flower is Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' (Blue Bedder). The Dymondia margaretae 'Silver Carpet' does take foot traffic, put I don't know how much light dog traffic it would take, perhaps you can test it in an area.
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