Houzz Call: Show Us Your Favorite Garden Combinations for Fall Planting
Got a plant mix you love in your yard? We’d love to see it
Sometimes a winning show comes from an ensemble cast. Such is the case in the garden, where there are standout plants for sure, but the combination is what paints a complete picture. With planting season upon home gardeners, now is the time to round up the actors.
Calling all Houzzers: Do you have a favorite planting combination in your garden or in a garden you’ve designed? Homeowners, show us a picture of your gardens. Designers, upload a picture of a garden you’ve recently designed where you felt you really hit a winning combination. Share the plant names too, if you can.
Calling all Houzzers: Do you have a favorite planting combination in your garden or in a garden you’ve designed? Homeowners, show us a picture of your gardens. Designers, upload a picture of a garden you’ve recently designed where you felt you really hit a winning combination. Share the plant names too, if you can.
In this drought-tolerant terraced Southern California garden, low-growing succulents surround spiny, grass-like plants. Delicate-looking flowers in vivid shades tower over the surrounding plants.
The mixture of California-adapted plants includes rock purslane (Calandrinia spectabilis), cape rush (Chondropetalum tectorum) and ‘Maori Queen’ New Zealand flax (Phormium ‘Maori Queen’).
The mixture of California-adapted plants includes rock purslane (Calandrinia spectabilis), cape rush (Chondropetalum tectorum) and ‘Maori Queen’ New Zealand flax (Phormium ‘Maori Queen’).
A grass and wildflower meadow softens this modern home in New York. The cheerful-looking late-flowering black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) and ornamental Chinese fountain grasses sway and flow in fluid contrast to the orthogonal structure behind.
Show us: What’s your favorite planting combination? Upload a photo in the Comments below.
Show us: What’s your favorite planting combination? Upload a photo in the Comments below.
Plants shown here include spurge (Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii), blue chalk fingers (Senecio vitalis), kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos flavidus) and foxtail agave (Agave attenuata) planted among ornamental grasses.
Your turn: What plant combinations work best for you? Upload a photo in the Comments below.