Garden Paths
The path material is called 1/4 inch-minus crushed gravel. It's a local gravel made from basalt rock that is crushed, so it packs down well (unlike pea gravel). The pathway was installed with a rolled steel edging to contain the gravel, and a vibrating compactor machine is used on it to settle the pieces. It allows water to drain through, but is hard underfoot.
The dense reddish foliage of Razzleberri Chinese fringe flower fills in to cover the bare stalks of the bamboo in this San Francisco garden.Chinese Fringe Flower(Loropetalum chinense)Native to China, Japan and Southeast AsiaThis evergreen grows as an irregularly mounded shrub. Fringe-like white to pink flowers cover it in early spring, lasting two to three weeks. There are two forms: one with green leaves and white flowers, and another with red-tinged foliage and pink flowers. The red-tinged variety has been selected for a number of garden-worthy cultivars. Many of these cultivars reach 3 to 6 feet tall on their own. This shrub takes pruning well, so keeping it to a smaller size or shape is not a difficult task. The fruit it produces is not particularly useful to wildlife; this shrub’s main value in the landscape is the colorful year-round foliage.Where it will grow: Hardy to 0 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 17.8 degrees Celsius (zones 7 to 9)Water requirement: Average to moist soils; prefers moist, slightly acidic organic soilsLight requirement: Full to partial sunMature size: Species grow 6 to 10 feet tall; cultivars vary, with compact ones staying as small as 1 foot to 3 feet ...
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