Plant to edge steps and terraces
kitasei
7 years ago
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Comments (4)Macrobiota/Siberian cypress is a low-growing evergreen that looks wonderful with rocks and spreads to about 6 feet. It looks almost like water flowing around the rocks. I'm not sure what its water needs are; we get plenty here....See MoreBest/favorite container plants for front steps
Comments (12)I'm thinking the annuals selection at your local garden centers or big box stores (our Wal-mart had some good looking things for at least half the price of the garden centers) would be pretty much the same for those of us in Indiana, Minnesota and Illinois since we're not too far away in the hardiness zones. If you're fond of daisy-like flowers, Osteospermum or Cape Daisey comes in more pastel shades of purple, pink, white, yellow. The Gerbera Daisies are bigger and bolder colored. Calibrachoa is a nice trailing plant, like a tiny petunia, and if you pinch it back a little it'll stay fuller. Petunias come in a good range of colors and would be a good container choice, and pinks (dianthus) come in shades of red, red fringed in white, white fringed in red, salmon. For foliage - as noted above, dusty miller is a real good choice since it's a silvery gray color it just goes with everything. Ivies, sweet potato vine, coleus, there's just so much variety to choose from. And if you need a tall accent, there's a plant we always just called "spike". Have fun - if you see color combinations you like, go with it. Pretty hard to go wrong....See MoreEdging for shady steps
Comments (0)I unearthed this three-tiered terrace which had been buried in pachysandra and a fallen tree trunk. I'd like to plant the area around the terraces and stone steps with something that won't obscure the steps and can light them up. Has to be able to hold its own against pachysandra or I need a technique to do that. Thanks....See MoreWhat to do with terraces beside our patio?(all the backyard we have)
Comments (13)Slope frequently does not convey accurately through photographs. It's hard for us to tell exactly how much you're dealing with. To me, it looks like you're going to need some retaining walls and cannot convert it back to slope. Keep in mind that slopes are like slow moving glaciers. A slope could stay in place for awhile. But over time they move, working their way downhill. After a bit, if just slope, I would imagine you'd be constantly cleaning soil off of the patio. There would likely be erosion problems coming, too. To replace what is there, I would recommend you use a concrete or masonry material due to its being longer lasting and its potential to be simpler. The existing wood walls look very busy and poorly constructed. I would recommend that you get someone on site to design something simpler, within your budget. It would be nice to make the slope toward the patio, including the stairs, less steep. I would use plants that didn't get too tall flanking the patio. Right now there are large bushes at each front corner of the patio. To me, they encroach too much in the view and would be better placed closer to the house, but not in front of windows. Directly out in the yard are a couple or three trees that will eventually be smack in front of the main view. I'd consider doing away with these in favor of trees pushed more to the side of the view....See Morekitasei
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