poppies and achillea

 

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a small parkway in Noe Valley

container garden in Nopa

low water border, Castro

 


projects

former rice field

Noe Valley mix of existing and new plants

a: this Noe Valley parkway used to be a thirsty, patchy dragstrip of grass. Now a collection of low water Mediterranean spacies including lavenders, fountain grass and artemisia.


b: formerly part of a
Sacramento rice field, I raised the bed with a well draining mix, planted low water perennials, and mulched it. I only needed to water it a handful of times this summer; it gets no irrigation.


c: in the Panhandle, a deck container garden. Plants kept in containers exhaust their soil quickly, and are affected by the elements more so than plants in the ground. I replaced department store annuals with drought tolerant species and repotted old favorites in fresh soil.


d: a Castro deck border using low water perennials and native annuals, including the Gilla featured here, with its purple puff ball flower cluster.


e: I carved this
Noe Valley bed out of a mass of ivy, Mexican sage and eucalyptus debris. I renovated the plants that the client wanted to keep, and added colorful, low water perennials (I even kept a couple of the Mexican sage). Most of these plants have the added advantage of not being appetizing to snails.


and up in the corner... lovely
California poppies, achillea and salvia. Sacramento.