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Landscaping

Jaime Taylor
Jaime Taylor
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Large stone under rain chain

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Red coleus and Japanese forest grass in front containers

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Path to steps waterside, get rid of grass

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Carex grasses vs lawn

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Arches

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Recycled concrete retaining wall

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Low rock border in bed

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Tree to right to replace the side pencil hollies

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Fatsia japonica: full shade tropical looking tree. For the corner near bathroom window

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Karley Rose pennisetum fountain grass. Full sun, drought tolerant, blooms summer through fall

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Turf sport area off deck

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Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting
Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting

This Daisylike Ground Cover Brings Natural Beauty to Dry Gardens

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Le jardinet
Le jardinet

Great Design Plant: Autumn Fern Adds Color All Year

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Evergreen and can spread, slowly. Good fall color

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Yellow Turkish sage: for driveway circle bed. Evergreen foliage and blooms all summer

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Belleza guara: late summer color for the hill

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Boulders with seating around fire pit for retaining wall

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Tall skinny trees

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Uplights in ground to illuminate metal screens

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Reside anti slip porcelain from Arizona tile. Lay as stepping stones in gravel for path on R side of house

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Konkrete beige R11 porcelain tiles from Arizona tile

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Granite pavers

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Comments on all the pavers used

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Steel panels with backlighting to block neighbors garage

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Corten raised planters with boxwoods, dark slate pavers, low deck area for a table, granite steps

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Tall skinny trees

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Cold rolled steel planter with wood posts for pergola structure over FR window

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Blue dune Lyme grass: spreads by rhizomes. Ground cover for right side hill

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Jay Sifford
Jay Sifford

Great Design Plant: Aesculus Parviflora

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Shady part on right side hill

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Add flat boulders to slope where needed

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Banana leaf plant in a pot. For next to sectional

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Carex grasses and stone in area around shed

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New idea for hot tub area: gravel path from door, then low Ipe deck for table area. Keep natural grade change below the deck, with one step down toward hot tub side

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Gravel, pavers, mulch, edging

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2 different color gravels

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Planter box

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Accent lighting

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Raised planters, black metal corner trim

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Dragon head bamboo

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Blue fescue in front of raised planter bed

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Dwarf fountain grass and dichondra. Black painted steel planters

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Planter box with metal straps

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Low deck with grade changes

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Bamboo in planters with up lighting

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Parged and painted block wall raised planters

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Ground level decking mixed with concrete pavers. Wood from back door, pavers from steps?

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Ipe retaining wall

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Lighting on the steel planters

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Tall skinny trees

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Gravel, flush wood decking

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Hang trailing plants in pots on trellis near back door

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Wood look tile? But in warmer tone, for retaining beds

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Low planter box design: for front retaining walls

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“Grace” smoke tree. Full sun. Good in containers. Up to 15’ tall and wide but can prune or cut back

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“Fastigiata” European hornbeam. For next to stair tower. Can grow up to 40’ high and 25’ wide but can be kept smaller in a container or with pruning.

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Tall skinny tree for along driveway

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Tall skinny red trees. To line driveway

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Sedges and “matrix planting” for right side hill

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Deck tiles

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Rain chains into tall pots. Clean look, wouldn’t collect leaves

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Small grasses. Tall skinny tree.

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Fall perennials

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Yucca in pot

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Beach strawberry: native to Pacific coast but good ground cover option for slope

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Deck tiles: could use these set into gravel for path and under dining table. But in wood tone

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Pergola design

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Wood retaining wall for raised bed. Also the mailbox design

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Sedge grass

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Staggered paver path from deck to slope steps

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