Zen Gardens
Native plants often thrive where nonnatives don’t. In a parking strip, or “hell strip,” between sidewalk and street, a cottage garden of mostly native plants — including common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), twolobe larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum), scarlet bugler penstemon (Penstemon barbatus), Rocky Mountain penstemon (P. strictus) and tall Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) — combine with Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale), ‘Moonshine’ yarrow (A. ‘Moonshine’) and other garden flowers to provide an abundance of seasonlong color as well as habitat for pollinators and hummingbirds.
7. Soothe With the Sound of Water A softly burbling fountain can bring the sound of nature to a city apartment, add a soothing soundtrack to your garden and mask the sounds of noisy neighbors. And fountains don’t need to be large or expensive to make an impact — choose a small tabletop version or make your own using the vessel of your choice and a basic fountain kit.
Standing rock at entrance to garden. Get one for corner of the Empress of China Dogwood island.
Stone & Iris; instead of japanese forest grass, perhaps creeping jenny
Like the stone lantern
Rocks & lantern.
Steep Slope Control
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