The owners of this new two-story home located on a corner in an urban neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, desired privacy, safety, an attractive yard, and an area in front in which they could chat with neighbors.ĭonna Giguere Landscape Design was up for the many challenges. (Image credit: Donna Giguere Landscape Design) The designer continued the landscape to the area between the sidewalk and street – variously called parking strips, tree belts, verges, skirts, buffers, curb strips, and hellstrips – with a wide swath of Ceanothus 'Anchor Bay’, English lavender ( Lavandula augustifolia ‘Hidcote’) and Russian sage ( Perovskia ‘Blue Spire') along with the red flagstone. Naturalistic hardscape incorporated into the design reflects the colors of the stucco house and foliage and includes boulders, gravel, a slightly winding garden path of red Arizona flagstone set in decomposed granite (commonly referred to as DG), and forest floor mulch contained with bender board. Other plants used include blue chalksticks ( Senecio mandraliscae), which spreads and forms dense mats a grayish salvia the spiky succulents spoon yucca ( Dasylirion wheeleri) and octopus agave ( Agave vilmoriniana) chartreuse Mexican spurge ( Euphorbia characias) and evergreen Martin’s spurge ( Euphorbia x martinii) dwarf butterfly bush ( Buddleja ‘Lo & Behold’) and a semi-dwarf Meyer lemon tree. The growth season for the dinner-plate daisy-like Aeonium ‘Sunburst' is winter and these succulents’ vibrant faces follow the sun. Beth chose drought-tolerant plants and succulents for year-round interest and ease of maintenance. With highrises looming just blocks away, a small 1920s Mediterranean home in Los Angeles’ Carthay Circle neighborhood received a colorful oasis-like front yard redesign from Beth Edelstein Landscape Design of Santa Monica. (Image credit: Beth Edelstein Garden Design)
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