Garden

flagstones on sloping lawn

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landscape

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A few coats of a dark semitransparent stain (Cabot’s Slate Gray) over the fence boards and raised bed give a contemporary feel to this edible garden in San Jose, California. Plus, the dark backdrop highlights the form of a squash vine spilling out of the raised bed.

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The Deschampsia cespitosa is a woodland grass, so it works well in the shade here. Its brown, feathery appearance provides a backdrop for the tall, dramatic flowers of the wand loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum ‘Dropmore purple’) and the white petals of the Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’.

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Amelanchier underplanted w. ground cover

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Lavender and alchemilla mollis

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