Japanese blood grass emerges in spring as a green grass but quickly adds blood-tinted tips as the season goes on. By mid-June, the grass is half red, half green and, by fall, it is almost completely red. The color works in harmony with the fall symphony of hot hues, but works just as well against blues and purples in the middle of summer.

"The wife is a great gardener, and saving some of the trees from the existing homestead site was very important to the clients," Lankford says. One of the trees the team planned around is this 60-year-old cherry tree, which served as a centerpiece to site the house and courtyard around. "It really anchors the property," Nelson says. Beyond it is the largest outdoor room, a patio off the kitchen.

frontyard

Love the pathway and flowers

gravel path w/ pavers leading to paver patio, columns, covered area

stone, siding, shingles

?cobblestone patio-I like it

gravel with stone paver border

Walkway

Pathway

Gravel path

stone and siding

gravel path

Like the through way

japanese bloodgrass

love the wall around the tree

pathway

Note path...

Color of stone walkway idea

gravel path

border contains granite

wall

90 hillsdale

covered addition, roof

Mix of gray stone siding in gray and shingles

gravel path edging

Columns

Rock work

use the bigger bricks as edge around sitting area

Muret et chemin

Red grass n ylw shrub

edging around fire pit if use crushed rock

Landscape

path /garden

pretty colors! blue chair covers, grey, rosebush, love the walkway

rocks, planter, flowers

Patio and path

Muritos

Paths, different materials

Planten

Rock walls

patio feel...like stone but not color of stonework wall. don't like stone on house

Breeze way

camino de piedra

gravel pathwith stone border

Garden entrance

Backyard

House color

wall

Paved area

Gravel walk.

Landscaping

Back patio

Transition, walkway

paver-edged path

retaining wall

plantings are so nice

sidewalk and patio

Low walls

sidewalk block outline

walkway

breezeway

Pathway crushed rock

integration of house and garage

balance of pavers and small rocks

Landscap;e - traditional

Like the pebble sidewalk lined with pavers

Get this place!

Lenexa tree

Pea stone?

Stone work

paver edged crushed stone path.

Path

Color of siding

Pretty

Potted maple. Interesting

gravel pathway

Courtyard and transition to garage

Large pot

Low stone walls, curving path, dappled shade, colors.

Path

concrete edging for walk

walkway

walkway with garage

curving peagravel walkway towards steve's side?

stone, stone caps

Patio modern

the rock wall

Pebble Rock pathway

border with gravel

gravel path edged with stone

Gravel between rows of pavers

use of rock on walls and partial use on exterior of house and roofing

front yard

I'm a sucker for paths!

Wall

breezeway landscaping/hardscaping

breezeway

rock wall and siding on garage

wall cap

The low stone wall and the walkway with gravel between pavers.

gravel path with stone border - maybe consider a more rustic paver that matches patio pavers

gravel path with paver edges

Mauer

Outside spaces

Jardin

pebble

Transition of stone into pavers

I like this layout!

Path and plants

like the cap on the wall but too chuncky

Combo of stone patio & crushed stone sidewalk

gravel & stone

Patio idea

Path composition-brick outline

wall and tree

bright green bushes

Brick walk

cool side walk with trim and gravel

Little wall

like stones w granite smooth top for sitting

gardens w tea roses

gravel & brick walkway

connected walk way

garden

heuchera

le petit trottoir en avant, menant au s-sol, pierre nette avec frame en bloc béton.

Sone fence.

Like

Cobble stone and gravel

Inviting

Breezeway example connecting garage/studio to house

Container Japs

lovely use of stone for landscaping

Landscaping

wall + path

Path

Garden

Patio off walk-through from separate garage

Landscaping

Love path with gravel in the middle

half brick column

Open patio

Japanese Blood Grass plant

Nice view

This is it !!!!

lovely

ideas for walkway and border plants.

love the idea of a breezeway connecting the house to the garage like this one - even better that it frames a courtyard like outdoor room

plant a cherry tree off the corner of the house by the sunroom where gate is now - will arch over pathway through fairy garden connecting to the Japanese Maple by the bubbling rock

Walkway

Color of wall

front

country garden

Garage and breezeway with tin roof.

paver-edged path filled with gravel (could do crusher) to hot tub or table.

Paver stones holding gravel path in place and flowing ino patio

overhead plane, differing textures

Farm

Walkway of stone

Formal path with paver edging and gravel

Retaining wall and posts

large pots

nice path and plantings

courtyard

Granja4

Path

high green hanging lamp

between garage and house

Combination of structure of the elegant garden/patio with little anchors of vines here and there with nice plant beds are brilliant.

everything!

Plant groupings for statement and colorful impact

the path

walk way

extension on house

Ls2

flowing organic

Mmm

Nice combo of textures and entertaining area off kitchen.

Sidewalk

Stone and siding on house

using the horizon view as the enticer

Washington farm

path

breezeway

Large planters with tree

path

crushed stone pathway

Stone wall with cap

gravel sidewalk

stone and vertical siding

gravel pathway bordered by brick

love this patio and garden.

breezeway

Stone and vertical siding

like the path

Example of what I don't want - formal path, squared off patio. Like curved patios of unusual shape (i.e. not an arc), and irregular paths with groundcover sprouting between wide stepping stones. A path that looks like its been there for years. See other path in this same article.

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