Armillaries_Garden_Ideas
This planter at back left shows it’s filled with a mix of spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘Black Pearl’) at the back, two coralbells (Heuchera ’Blondie in Lime’ and ‘Obsidian’) more toward the front and creeping Jenny (Lysimachia sp.) tumbling onto the cushion. Each planter features a similar mix.
Flank the Driveway Particularly nice if you have a long driveway or walk leading up to your house, this treatment of placing fall displays near the street immediately sets a festive theme. Arrange a mix of pumpkins, hay bales, corn husks and fall flowers (or just use one of these) around existing garden features such as a lightpost or on either side of a gate marking the entrance.
A beautiful bowl filled with water and placed in the garden makes a tranquil touch (the birds will love it too). Add a few stones to the bottom, place a water plant inside or leave it clear and pure, like the one shown here. If you have mosquitoes in your area, it’s best to choose a fountain instead — mosquitoes tend to avoid running water.
Summer seating area. Surrounded by swaths of feathery ornamental grasses, soft lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina) and fragrant lavender, this petite patio in an English garden feels straight out of a storybook. To re-create this look at home, stick to a pastel color palette — soft lavender, pale yellow, white and pinks — for summer flowers, and plant in layers around a seating area.
5. Keep Plantings Loose and Low-Maintenance Planting a slope with a relaxed mix of hardy, low-maintenance plants rather than neatly lined-up specimens that require a lot of care is a great way to make a garden slope attractive. Plus, you won’t need to clamber around on it with the pruning sheers every weekend.
Dahlia border. Dahlias, some of summer’s top cutting flowers, are easy to grow and come in a wide range of colors, from hot pinks and oranges to florists’ favorite ‘Cafe au Lait’, with a faded blush hue. Dahlias can be grown in any size garden or in a medium-size container on a balcony. If you have the space, dedicate a whole bed to dahlias and enjoy abundant bouquets. While dahlias usually perform best when grown in full sun, the designer of the
An interesting pine such as this one could be used hanging over the boulder grouping in the Street Terrace. Conifers, such as this pruned Austrian pine (Pinus nigra, zones 4 to 7), can be very sculptural and can establish focal points all by themselves. This pine commands attention by hanging over a small urban patio and is contrasted by an underplanting of low Golden Pacific shore junipers (Juniperus conferta ‘sPg-3-016’, zones 6 to 9).
Planters: Combination of wispy dwarf maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’) and two colors of sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) stands out for its beauty and simplicity. Planting in tall containers boosts the height of the grasses, turning them into a shimmering canopy, and gives plenty of room for the sweet potato vines to tumble down the sides with lush foliage. Water requirement: Moderate to high Light requirement: Partial to full sun
In the garden on the right, is a line of ‘Limelight’ panicled hydrangea trees (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’) that adds structure, and in front of that, a mix of perennials and grasses for color and softness. These include ‘Autumn Joy’ stonecrop (Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’), White Drift roses (Rosa ‘Meizorland’), purple sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’), ‘Autumn Frost’ hosta (Hosta ‘Autumn Frost’), golden Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’) and lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis).
Idea for Street Wall terrace
A color palette of ghostly silver and purple-black can look chic and sophisticated or a little spooky. In a container combination, try jagged-leaved cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), silvery dusty miller (Senecio cineraria), curly purple kale (Brassica oleracea ‘Redbor’) and dark purple coral bells (Heuchera spp.).
stepping stones in pine straw
Drystone creek
Purple Salvia with Lambs Ear, Artemesia or Dusty MIller
Stone path with 'Stepables' leading to interesting accent - water feature such as this or a metal bench.
Purple Salvia and Homestead Lantana
Perhaps do something similar to this using rectangular steppers coming up thru ground cover in street bed instead of 3 boulders. Could even put one large boulder in the center of the V.
Like the use of yellow with lambs ear. This would look good in the Little Gem Magnolia Bed
white peonies, dark purple ‘May Night’ sage (Salvia ‘May Night’), lavender-pink ‘Globemaster’ alliums (Allium ‘Globemaster’), silver-leaved Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia), lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina) and evergreen inkberry (Ilex glabra).
In the same garden, catmint (Nepeta sp.) blends with dark purple ‘May Night’ sage, lavender-pink ‘Globemaster’ allium and lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis) for a calming walkway planting.
dark purple ‘Caradonna’ sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’) and cool blue ‘Little Titch’ catmint (Nepeta racemosa ‘Little Titch’) set off bright orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) planted close by.
In a mixed floral border in a garden near Sheffield, England, Inspired Garden Design used an engaging color palette of gold and bright orange avens (Geum spp.), and dark crimson and pale purple pincushion flowers (Scabiosa rumelica syn. Knautia macedonica). The overall effect is like a sprinkling of bright jewels over a dark backdrop (the green foliage).
white- and blue-flowering bigleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla), medium blue veronica, pale purple-blue catmint (Nepeta sp.) and white roses.
White Hydrangea with Blue Russian Sage
Love the blue flowering plant
Diabolo ninebark, Radiance abelia, Butterfly Japanese maple, and Black Scallop ajuga provide waves of color and texture that ground the home into the landscape - Center of Street Level Wall
Love all that Jay does.
I like the combination planting of plants in the orange toned plants at the front of this picture.
Three clustered pots of differing sizes, such as these would look great centered and raised would look great in front of the Street Terrace wall in lieu of plants. Containers will need to as tall as I can find.
Notice how this weeping Norway spruce (Picea abies ‘Pendula’, zones 2 to 8) makes a strong and contrasting connection with this installation of boulders. Scenes such as this abound at Innisfree.
Unless you are using a conifer as a focal point, lower plants should generally be placed in the front of the bed, with taller plants progressing toward the rear. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of low-growing conifers available for placement up close and personal. Certain pines, such as this mugo (Pinus mugo cvs, zones 2 to 8), as well as certain junipers, arborvitaes and prostrate hemlocks and cedars make great front-of-the-bed candidates.
Jay Sifford back garden reno on Lake Norman
All Gold shore Juniper, Variegated Japanese Iris, Hydrangea (?)
Native Meadow for Deck Bed
Canna 'Pretoria' 3.6K Saves | 2 Questions Temperate climates. Anyone can grow tropical bulbs, even if those bulbs spend only a few months in the spotlight. Plant them along with spring-blooming bulbs once the days warm up, and they'll continue the show until the first frost. Grow them in containers so they get a head start indoors in winter and bring them back indoors when the nights get frosty. Cannas 'Bengal Tiger' and 'Pretoria' are basically the same plant. One that looks nearly identical is 'Tropicana' but it's calyx (the sheath at the base below the blossoms) is green whereas that on the other two is red.
Planter Idea for Side Deck Corner - Tall colorful planters with a single drooping green plant, i.e., asparagus ferns, in each
Container Plants: Red Banana Peach trailing begonias Hakonechloa 'All Gold' In the elephant container: Baby's Tear's Pitcher Plant Part Sun - 2-3 hours direct sun. But mostly open shade.
Cannae lilies and dragon wing begonias fill this container garden
Canna-Coleous-Potato Vine- AngelWing Begonia-Calabracia
Idea for brick wall of deck
Trio of baskets for Front porch wall that needs something. Could use real or faux plants
Blue and Yellow Plants
Lovely plant & color combo for the summer garden.
A combination of tulips (only foliage remains here), blue bedding hydrangeas and purple annuals, centered around two evergreen junipers, to create a soothing spring display. The junipers and evergreen boxwoods could remain in the containers year-round, while the bulbs, annuals and hydrangeas could be swapped as the season changes. Water: Moderate to high Light : Full sun to partial shade
Like the small path and plantings on both sides. May prefer to do this rather than using short retaining walled that defines the edge of the walk on the first terrace.
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