Chock-Full of Water-Wise Choices
This landscape was converted approximately five years ago when the curved walkway was added and the lawn removed. The homeowners wanted to conserve water and just knew that taking out the lawn “was the right thing to do.”
Although a relatively small front yard, this landscape is ‘chock-full’ of interesting and water conserving plant material. Creeping Phlox, Spanish Lavender and Rosemary grab your attention this time of year with their beautiful blooms of pinks and purples. In addition, a variety of succulents mix to create textural groundcovers. And, shade loving water-wise plants are appropriately grouped together against the shaded wall of the home.
The large terracotta urn topped with Echeveria (Hen and Chicks) is an attractive addition to the garden and complements the home’s architecture. Talavera pottery dots the landscape with splashes of color and whimsy.
The edible landscape is worthy of noting. The inclusion of two types of table grapes, Thompson Seedless and Flame
Seedless, is a wonderful and productive addition to the garden. Who said your vegetable or fruit producing garden has to be hidden in the backyard?
Thoughtful planning and careful plant selections make this garden chock-full of water-wise choices!
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Plant List
- English or Common Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
- Woolly Thyme, Thymus pseudolanuginosus
- Daylily, Hemerocallis species
- Flower Carpet Rose, Rosa x ‘Noatraum’
- Butterfly Iris, Dietes bicolor
- Red Valerian or Jupiter’s Beard, Centranthus ruber
- Blue Fescue, Festuca ovina glauca
- Spanish Lavender, Lavandula stoechas
- Creeping Phlox, Phlox subulata
- Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis
- Hen and Chicks, Echeveria species
- Yellow Osteospermum, Osteospermum hybrid
- Russian Stonecrop, Sedum kamtschaticum
- Thompson Seedless Grape, Vitis vinifera ‘Thompson Seedless’
- Flame Seedless Grape, Vitis vinifera ‘Flame Seedless’
- Dragon’s Blood Stonecrop, Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
- Reflexed Stonecrop, Sedum reflexum
- Jolly Gray, Senecio talinoides ‘Jolly Gray’
- Jade Plant, Crassula ovata
- Lime Rickey Coral Bells, Heuchera x ‘Lime Rickey’
- Hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla
- Coral Bells, Heuchera species, variety not known
- Yellow Kaffir Lily, Clivia miniata ‘Belgian Hybrid Yellow’
- Winter Blooming Bergenia, Berginia cordifolia
- Hellebore, Helleborus x hybridus
- Dwarf Lily-of-the-Nile, Agapanthus africanus ‘Peter Pan’
- Star Jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides
- Golden Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’
- Pork and Beans, Sedum rubrotinctum
- Queen Palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Yucca, Yucca species
