Lomandra 'Breeze' with Phormium 'Black Adder', Bulbine frutescens 'Hallmark', Carex testacea and Leucadendon 'Jester'. Novato front landscape.
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Lawn replaced with colorful plants and contemporary pavers. The front areas of this landscape in Bel Marin Keys, Novato, were transformed from a tired, water thirsty-lawn into a contemporary setting with dramatic concrete pavers leading to the home's entrance. And a new driveway design featuring large concrete slabs and small black pebbles set in resin in between. A variety of low-water plants for sun and part shade complete this project front yard transformation. Installed in February 2014. The back areas of this transformation is featured in a separate project: Modern Water-Side Landscape Remodel http://www.houzz.com/projects/456093/Modern-Water-Side-Landscape-Remodel---Lawn-Replaced--Novato--CA

Photo includes additional updates to the front garden in early 2015. The front areas of this landscape in Bel Marin Keys, Novato, were transformed from a tired, water thirsty-lawn into a contemporary setting with dramatic concrete pavers leading to the home's entrance. And a new driveway design featuring large concrete slabs and small black pebbles set in resin in between. A variety of low-water plants for sun and part shade complete this project front yard transformation. Installed in February 2014. The back areas of this transformation is featured in a separate project: Modern Water-Side Landscape Remodel http://www.houzz.com/projects/456093/Modern-Water-Side-Landscape-Remodel---Lawn-Replaced--Novato--CA

Succulents, grasses and low-water shrubs with vivid foliage give this coastal garden a rich, textured look with minimal maintenance. Photos by Daniel Bosler

Front garden plantings, Lomandra 'Breeze'. acorus 'Ogon', Jester phormium Jan Nelson
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A beautiful Agonis flexuosa 'Jervis Bay After Dark' brings color to the garden and enhances the red pots with Phormium 'Jester' and Chondropetalum tectorum

Novato, CA - Bel Marin Keys - Front Landscape transformation. Replaced thirsty lawn with a variety of low-water plants, boulders and a Japanese Maple tree. Contemporary concrete pavers and driveway. More photos from this project: http://www.houzz.com/projects/582416//modern-water-side-landscape-remodel-front-bel-marin-keys-novato-ca

The curved end of the patio provides a lounge chair vignette flanked by Phormium Jester in rustic pots. Teucrium forms a mini hedge outlining the new brick patio.

Photo by Katrina Coombs Low water Los Angeles Landscape Design with Leucadendron, Euphorbia, and Phormium Tenax all in contrasting leaf shapes.
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A yellow Lady Banks Rose climbs the new trellis while a Phormium 'Jester' in a red pot from Flora Grubb Gardens holds court
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San Anselmo, Sleepy Hollow, CA - Lawn replaced with DG, Decomposed Granite and a stately arbor with low water plantings. More project photos: http://www.houzz.com/projects/13169//mediterranean-garden-in-san-anselmo-ca © photos and design: Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

Photo by Katrina Coombs Low water Los Angeles Landscape Design with Leucadendron, Euphorbia, and Phormium Tenax all in contrasting leaf shapes.
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Phormiums - Jester, Duet, Tiny Tiger and Jack Spratt with penstemons, Blue Fescue, and Carex testacea.
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A variegated Cordyline takes the spotlight with a mix or Aeoniums while a Jester Phormium forefront with Blue Fescue helps soften the space even with all the Mexican ribber rock.