caramella landscape
good ideas for shade; bedroom wall for single day bed which can be used as a single sleeping bed.
appears that there are supports under side of bench that appears to be resting on boulder.
Bench angled toward ne corner from seating boulder to sit behind redbud to see light shining through red leaves.
closeup of transition
Note spacing of low plants in between flagstones to help stabilize pathway pebbles. Also note elevated sandstone "bridge" using stones to make level change with flagstone stable.
In drainage with sedge have cobbles of different sizes & have flagstone bridge swale between bedroom wall side and fence side.
use of larger pebbles around flagstone to prevent pathway pebbles from lodging into soles of shoes or moving onto stones or loggia.
Use of cobbles or pebbles to stabilize pathway pebble mix which lodges into soles of shoes.
note trellis. simple posts inserted into ground with cross bars. Could use aluminum or steel bars or rebar.
against back fence; tall grass with catmint or salvia or agastache or lavender or similar in front
Like the idea of creeping or elfin thyme near flagstones
giant 'SEDGE HOG' sculpture made of clay, sedges and moss. Could do this in a space in backyard. Use creeping thyme, sedges or fescue, special stones
Tubular steel looks good and might be better than wood for Reno. "These are actually steel slats, not wood. The durability, consistency and being able to keep perfectly sharp lines without warping is why we used these. This was custom made, but very easy, simply using stock tube steel and a good welder/ metal worker." might consider using composite material: https://www.moistureshield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MS_Catalog_2022.pdf
Louver on loggia to provide privacy with plantings underneath
Distant shot of louvers as privacy screen
perforated metal as privacy screen
In loggia could have 2 comfortable indoor outdoor chairs on open side. Privacy screen from top to 6' height behind chairs and a triangular table between the chairs. Greenery behind chairs.
plant combination of smoke bush and lady's mantle perhaps with penstemon, salvia, coneflower; grasses.
Could build similar trellis at end of loggia to create privacy with narrower spacing of slats at top and either no or increasingly broader spacing of slats below 6", which is height of privacy fence. Just rotate 180 degrees what is in photo.
Like misty look of background swath fronted by clumps of other perennials.
Carex ice dance surrounds serviceberry. Read that this carex loves wet soil. might not be a good choice.
Importance of grasses in a naturalistic planting. Insert bulbs @1 year after initial planting to see where they should go. There are lots of grasses in the mix too, including reed grass (Calamagrostis sp.). “The grasses are really important to naturalistic planting; you’re trying to mimic a meadow, which has lots of grasses,” the designer says. “They have quite airy foliage and help to tie the scheme together without taking the stage away from the flowers. “With this type of planting, we try to choose lots of small, delicate flowers that will bloom over a long period of time,” he continues. “The salvia, for example, flowers from around May to October. When these die away in the winter, the grasses hold the whole scheme together. This is different to a more traditional way of planting, where you have big, showy flowers but often only for a matter of weeks.”
xeriscape; check plant choices
on west side of loggia, erect slated screen with slats only at top to screen window view of 2525. Plant below to retain interest.
Plant close to seating area. “In order to get height in a border for screening, we use grasses such as Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ or ‘Overdam’ [USDA zones 4 to 9; find your zone],” he says. “They all hold their structure in winter. By double planting, these can also form an effective hedge.”
lavender (Lavandula sp.) and sage (Salvia sp.); voluminous species of coast rosemary (Westringia sp.), New Zealand flax (Phormium sp.) and germander (Teucrium sp.); and colorful Stachys, gaura (Gaura sp.) and red-hot poker (Kniphofia sp.).
corten steel edging along beds and perhaps corten steel planters in strategic areas for screening.
Mix of grasses, euphorbias, shrubs, tough perennials.
use several clumps of the same plants of different textures in groups of 3,5, or 7 as well as unifying shrubs such as box to create a coherent plant focused landscape.
mix of textures; blooming times; evergreen box or euonymus to keep unity. DG instead of wood walkway.
Like the look of this composition, although these plants are probably not ideal for Reno. The pink grasses are the Pink Muhly grass, along with a main mix of the California native Juncus and Carex pansa. Also pictured are evergreen daylilies and variegated bearded iris, Carex buchanii, and the white flowering grass is an evergreen bulb called Zephyranthes candida.
Good use of hard surface with wooly thyme between them, planting with boulder accents.
orientation of pavers or DG path changes as go along back; Niches permit different sized planting pockets. Can put wooly thyme between paver sections in narrow band. If using DG could define path with corten steel edging.
along fence or loggia - corten steel planters. STeel cable to train plants along fence
Could work to define planting areas that are mounded if there is enough room for dg paths to walk between planting areas.
Like mound of plants which would require adding soil to back to create elevation change.
water feature surrounded by plants could be focus outside of sliding doors. Background could be columnar evergreens or service berry that is multi stemmed.
good use of stones, plantings, gravel.
Alternative to screen on sw loggia side - large planter with vertical accent, perhaps evergreen.
vertical support on sw side of loggia with cross bars to support vine or hanging baskets useful for screening. Possibly add drop down sunbrella shade at top to block neighbor's window.
A mass of ‘Blonde Ambition’ blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’). Like the idea of grass seedheads providing interest in the winter.
tips for providing shade in addition to creating a pergola in front entry.
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