by Arterra LLP Landscape Architects
San Francisco, CA, US 94107 · 233 photos
Meadow Planting
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2. Go for the natural look. The less it's supposed to look groomed means less upkeep for you. As always, you want to look for plants that are easier to maintain naturally, in that they require little soil, fertilization, watering, or a certain type of exposure. Try not to choose something that's going to grow or spread quickly. Many natural grasses require little pruning and care. Look for non-invasive varieties suited to your climate.
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Though most modern landscapes are paired with a contemporary or at least ranch-style house design, you don't need to stick with that. These ornamental grasses work surprisingly well at the back of a traditional San Francisco home and are a nice break from the expected cottage or English garden. The muted colors reflect those found in the city's often foggy natural landscape and create a year-round peaceful retreat.
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Grasses
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Pool area?
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Grasses and boardwalk
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Texture
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adding a boardwalk gives a pleasant mix
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Grass Garden
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ornamental grasses
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ornamental grasses
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ornamental grasses and boardwalk
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Pretty and simple
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Great flow and balance - beautiful
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Grasses
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Grass
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Blue oat grass
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wild like
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I love the different grasses
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The landscaping, especially plan selection.
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Feathery grass
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Grasses
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different grasses
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Plant movement in wind
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mom's idea
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Ornamental Grasses
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Grasses
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landscaping
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love it
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Fuzzy grass
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Grasses
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beach grasses
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front yard
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Grasses
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Mass planting
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tall ornamental grasses
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Water wise
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Grasses
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Sea grass
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grouping of plants
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Low plants
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love the texture and grasses. would they become deer food?
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grasses
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lots of different grasses
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like the use of multiple grasses. Not to this extreme, but would be nice to mix in
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plants
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More grasses
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Ornamental grasses garden
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beautiful grassws
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exterior
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Tall plants
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meadow planting? i like it
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Though most modern landscapes are paired with a contemporary or at least ranch-style house design, you don't need to stick with that. These ornamental grasses work surprisingly well at the back of a traditional San Francisco home and are a nice break from the expected cottage or English garden. The muted colors reflect those found in the city's often foggy natural landscape and create a year-round peaceful retreat.
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Bushy mossy plants
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Grasses blue fescue hopseed
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grass garden
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grass
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Grasses
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xeriscaping
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This is too grassy/tall!
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Lush
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Use of grasses
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Like the graases
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Long tail
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Back yard
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Use of grasses
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Natural landscape
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What are the silver grasses
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I like these plants
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natural grasses
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Grass
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Like middle grass
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No grass.
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Desert looking plants
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Native grass landscaping.
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find non-invasives
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Paint for house
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I like these grasses.
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vegetation
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Trawy
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different heights and colors of grasses are interesting
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xeriscape
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low maintence
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Grass
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Sustainable landscaping but not what I'm looking for- too busy
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No mow
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Landscaping
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garden
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natoral look, grasses
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Grasses
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grasses, planting style
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Love the texture and color variation
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Blue fescue as a large central grouping
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Flaura
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Grasses
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variation of grasses
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boardwalk
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Landscaping and walkway
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grasses
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plants for walkway
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Sidding
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nice display of mass grass plantings
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vegetation
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Incredible grasses
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Wildness
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ornamental grasses with wood walkway
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love the use of different grasses for texture
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gras,gras, i love gras
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Landscape grasses
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the bridge walkway
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Ornamental Grass
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Mix of plants
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Plants
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I like the mixture of grasses
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can use in entire yard
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Grasses!
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Grasses
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Xeriscape
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plants, grasses, massed together
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different colors and shapes of grasses
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No
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grasses
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blobk planting
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meadow planting
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like bushes
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m.ogród traw
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grassy plants
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Grasses
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like the pale blue / silver grass here
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Garden
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natives?
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Lovely ornamental grasses
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front yard
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i like this xeriscaping
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Mass plantings
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Like the grasses
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Garden front
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Mixing varieties of grass
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Like xero grass.
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love the grasses
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garden/ grasses
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plants
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landscaping with grasses
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roof
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natural look. The less it's supposed to look groomed means less upkeep for you. As always, you want to look for plants that are easier to maintain naturally, in that they require little soil, fertilization, watering, or a certain type of exposure. Try not to choose something that's going to grow or spread quickly. Many natural grasses require little pruning and care. Look for non-invasive varieties suited to your climate.
added by and123 to garden (10 months ago)
2. Go for the natural look. The less it's supposed to look groomed means less upkeep for you. As always, you want to look for plants that are easier to maintain naturally, in that they require little soil, fertilization, watering, or a certain type of exposure. Try not to choose something that's going to grow or spread quickly. Many natural grasses require little pruning and care. Look for non-invasive varieties suited to your climate.
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xeri
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Grasses
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The shrubbery
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Feather grass color
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blu and green grasses
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ornamental grasses and wooden walkway
added by Erik & Brian Jones to Erik's Garden (10 months ago)
Despite the fact this doesn't have any grass, I like the native plants that are arranged in a way that makes them look like tamed wild growth. It's natural, yet sculpted, but not overly so.
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2. Go for the natural look. The less it's supposed to look groomed means less upkeep for you. As always, you want to look for plants that are easier to maintain naturally, in that they require little soil, fertilization, watering, or a certain type of exposure. Try not to choose something that's going to grow or spread quickly. Many natural grasses require little pruning and care. Look for non-invasive varieties suited to your climate.
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Love the b
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Grasses helps to minimize lawn
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blue-grey grass planting
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2. Go for the natural look. The less it's supposed to look groomed means less upkeep for you. As always, you want to look for plants that are easier to maintain naturally, in that they require little soil, fertilization, watering, or a certain type of exposure. Try not to choose something that's going to grow or spread quickly. Many natural grasses require little pruning and care. Look for non-invasive varieties suited to your climate.
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Los arbustos como mechudos
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At an angle
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Decorative grasses galore!
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Foilage
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Grass combination
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Colors
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LOVE the grasses - Karl Reed Feather grass near wall...blue fescue or Blue Oat Grass forming the now familiar 'triangle shape' and maroon 18" grasses lining walkway (flame grass or similar) Some miscianthus "morning light" near sliding door. Heath or heather perhaps in lower right corner????
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Like the grasses; stuffy, texture
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grasses
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Grasses
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Garden
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messy grasses