Blue Hibiscus Gardens

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Blue Hibiscus Gardens
27 Reviews

Mixed-use Front Yard

A lawn replacement in the front yard created a haven for the pollinators and the home owners with loads of edible beds mixed in with ornamentals in different hydrozones. The grapevine separates the street from the main garden.
Country: United States
Even a small 20' by 25' front yard and a driveway strip can be productive!
Mixed-use Front Yard with Edibles and Pollinators
Edible gardening next to the street works with the grapevine trellis functioning as a barrier. Ipe and Feeney cables used for support.
Mixed-use Front Yard
More bees and moths mean more fruit.
Mixed-use Front Yard
Fruit trees, lavender and tomatoes all live in the same garden with smart hydrozoning!
Mixed-use Front Yard
The most popular home-grown vegetable, the mighty tomato.
Mixed-use Front Yard
The most asked-about tomato in the garden with its black and red colors. Beautiful and tasty!
Mixed-use Front Yard
Even natives can blend in with the right hydrozoning in the same garden with edibles.
Mixed-use Front Yard
Mediterranean climate, low water plants living in the same hydrozone.
Mixed-use Front Yard
Low water plants next to grapevine (in different hydrozones)
Mixed-use Front Yard
The most asked-about tomato in the garden with its black and red colors. Beautiful and tasty!
Mixed-use Front Yard
Color and texture contrast
Mixed-use Front Yard
Hummingbirds do love the salvias!
Mixed-use Front Yard
More bees and moths mean more fruit.
Mixed-use Front Yard
Ipe and Feeney cables used for grapevine structure
Mixed-use Front Yard
An ornamental oregano 'Kent Beauty'
Mixed-use Front Yard
Perfect for our Mediterranean climate. The fig. The tastiest: The Black Mission (here still waiting to ripen)
Mixed-use Front Yard
Perfect for our Mediterranean climate. The fig. The tastiest: The Black Mission (here still waiting to ripen)
Mixed-use Front Yard
And another Mediterranean favorite for the home orchard: Punica granatum (Pomegranate)
Mixed-use Front Yard
We need the bees!
Mixed-use Front Yard
Tropical butterfly weed was replaced with a native version for the Monarchs as the tropical version has been found to carry some diseased. People always ask about the orange aphids. They are temporary, you can let them be.
Mixed-use Front Yard
Thyme beneath an orange tree
Mixed-use Front Yard
Growing Persian cucumbers next to the driveway. A couple of feet wide amended soil in an 8" high raised bed was enough.
Mixed-use Front Yard
CA native Bush Anemone
Mixed-use Front Yard
Abutilon with Japanese Maple
Mixed-use Front Yard