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Using a microtopping with a stencil can be an economical way to enliven a worn concrete area. Microtoppings, or thin-section overlays, run the spectrum from spray deck products for driveways and pool decks to high-end trowel-grade materials for interior residential and commercial spaces. The overlay is about ⅛-inch thick and can stand up to freeze-thaw conditions if applied and maintained properly.
Golden breath of heaven (Coleonema pulchellum ‘Sunset Gold’, zones 8 to 11), with brightly colored and fragrant chartreuse foliage, grows 2 to 4 feet tall. Profuse blooms of small pink flowers appear in spring. See how to grow golden breath of heaven ‘David Verity’ cuphea (Cuphea ‘David Verity’, zones 8 to 11) creates the backdrop for this vignette at 5 to 6 feet tall. Long dark green leaves contrast with an abundance of narrow, tubular dark orange flowers. It prefers full sun to light shade.
Golden breath of heaven (Coleonema pulchellum ‘Sunset Gold’, zones 8 to 11), with brightly colored and fragrant chartreuse foliage, grows 2 to 4 feet tall. Profuse blooms of small pink flowers appear in spring. See how to grow golden breath of heaven ‘David Verity’ cuphea (Cuphea ‘David Verity’, zones 8 to 11) creates the backdrop for this vignette at 5 to 6 feet tall. Long dark green leaves contrast with an abundance of narrow, tubular dark orange flowers. It prefers full sun to light shade.
Helen von Stein’ lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina ‘Helen von Stein’, zones 4 to 8) has large velvety-soft silver-green leaves and grows in a mounding habit to 1 foot tall with a 2-foot spread. It’s a great edging plant and filler, and it’s very effective mixed with plants with a variety of contrasting plant shapes, colors and textures. Grow it in full sun to partial shade.
Alfionse Karr and wood wall with bench
combine Cor Ten and concrete
Cor-Ten and stucco
bamboo, stucco and wood
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A self colored render called K-rend. for block
lawn chairs
metal garden beds
planters
bench/wall
planter
Bamboo wall
Gabion walls
metal walls looks like a waterfall
corten walls
cement beds
Wild Geranium
the way the garden winds around
concrete for garden
blue slate
blue slate
maybe travertine in yard
grass between brick
There are few plants that possess such a deep shade of green as monkey grass (Liriope spp), shown here. Astoundingly, it stays that lush with little to no irrigation (especially when planted in the shade). It’s not a grass at all, but a tuberous plant in the asparagus family, with dainty purple or white flowers in spring. L. spicata can be highly invasive in some areas, but L. muscari is a well-behaved clumping plant that can be used without fear of its escaping into the wild. It is hardy to zones 6 to 9.
Lamby ears
Purple against red
underplant
outside shower
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis) Native to many plant communities in Northern California, the Sierras, the San Joaquin Valley and the extreme southwest of California to Utah and Arizona, including slopes, canyons and ravines next to streams or springs Western redbud’s showstopper pink to magenta flowers sprout from deciduous branches after a long winter’s sleep; its heart-shaped leaves follow. Add these lovely attributes to western redbud’s vase-like shape, large cinnamon seedpods and gray winter bark, and you have an expressive shrub to small tree through all four seasons. Sometimes slow to become established, western redbud requires well-drained soil. It does best with full sun and, once established, with water every two weeks. Yet western redbud can also tolerate partial shade and some drought. Reaching anywhere from 3 to 15 feet tall and wide, it can be used as a screen or specimen. Western redbud shares its delectable nectar with hummingbirds, native bees and other pollinators. Plant it with blue-flowering ceanothus for a stunning spring display.
If you have a low spot and like the look of oak sedge, try tussock sedge (Carex stricta). Native from the Central Plains all the way to the East Coast, it gets 1 foot to 2 feet wide and 1 foot to 3 feet tall — the wetter, the taller. The great thing about sedges in wet soil, even standing water, is that you don’t have to cut them down — in fact, you shouldn’t. Their old growth clarifies standing water.
Here’s white-tinged or oak sedge (Carex albicans). It’s native from the Eastern Plains to the Atlantic. Short at no more than a foot tall and wide, it is one of the most adaptable sedges. It slowly spreads by rhizomes — a bonus for difficult lawn areas or slopes. If you want a really carefree and low-growing sedge, try plains oval sedge (Carex brevior), which is native to most of the U.S. and can take pretty much anything at all (again, most sedges can, but some — like C. brevior — are even more suited to tough love).
maybe a hanging chair for round area?
outdoor living room
living room
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grass in front of yarrow
octopus csucculent
round garden
Rain chains
Permeable paving
Urban Electric in South Carolina or Dog Fork in San Francisco. outdoor globes
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