Verdance Fine Garden Design Thanks for asking. The stone is full-range Connecticut bluestone in a random pattern with irregular (natural) edge; the brick is McNear Common Red. Both are widely used and probably available at a stone yard near you.
-John

oderby Could you please tell the name of the tall hedges behind the Tiny Tower? The seem like a very dense wall.
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Verdance Fine Garden Design Thanks for asking! You are very perceptive: the "hedge" behind the juniper trees actually is a wall covered in Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila). The large shrub in the back corner is English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus).
John

Verdance Fine Garden Design My expertise is limited somewhat to the San Francisco Bay Area where I design, but a bit of detective work can answer your question.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes a Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which maps the country into zones according to minimum winter temperatures. It's online at http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ .

Based on the USDA information, plant growers provide hardiness "ratings" for their plants, indicating the minimum temperature that plant can survive.

Checking the USDA map I see that if you're south of Indianapolis you are in USDA Zone 6, where minimum winter temps average -10° to 0°.

According to Monrovia growers, Creeping Fig (botanical name: Ficus pumila) is hardy to USDA Zone 9, which has a winter minimum of 20° - 25°F, so it probably would not survive your Indiana winters.

Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) is hardy to USDA Zone 7, which has a minimum of 0° - 5°. This is a better match, although one particularly cold winter could damage or kill this plant. If you absolutely looooved that plant I might risk it; otherwise you might have better success with a plant such as 'Skyrocket' Juniper (see http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1715/skyrocket-juniper.php), which is hardy down to Zone 4.

Good luck, and happy gardening!
John

rbcola John, Thank you so much for your quick response....Actually I thought the same thing and began to reserach the Italian Cypress but didn't think to explore the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.....so thank you also for that resource and for taking the time to do "my homework" for me. There is a tree that I "discovered" when I moved here that was planted in front of our Wonderlab (a children's science museum) that I have fallen in love with and I plan to put in our landscape design. It's called a Columnar English Oak Quercus robur 'Fastigiata'. (Zones 5-8). Thank you again for your investment in my answer.

Verdance Fine Garden Design Thanks for asking! The "hedge" behind the juniper trees actually is a wall covered in Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila). The large shrub in the back corner is English Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus).

carla_jacobs Stuning! Wish this could work in Virginia!

motherbear Those are Delta white pansies(annuals).

Verdance Fine Garden Design Hi, those actually are white Impatiens. This is a cool-season annual that should be readily available at nurseries. Thanks for asking!
John

Sheila Schmitz They look like columnar junipers. There are a number of varieties, this one looks like it could be (Juniperus virginiana 'Skyrocket'): http://www.hopewellnursery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantdetail&plant_id=3760 Your local nursery can point you to one that will thrive where you live.

Verdance Fine Garden Design The skinny evergreens are 'Tiny Tower' Italian cypress, see http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1028/tiny-tower-italian-cypress.php
These grow somewhat narrower than columnar junipers, and have a darker green color than 'Skyrocket,' which tends to be a bit blue-green.