Entry Garden in California

Drought and deer resistance make for a garden that thrives

Today ’s photo come from Mario Herrada , a landscape house decorator in the Bay Area of California , who is deal some photos of a beautiful entry garden created for a guest in Kensington , California .

Thewater featureacts as thefocal pointfor the garden . Drought - resistant anddeer - resistantplant textile has been pick out . Plant material has been chosen for the color of the foliage as well as for prime color . Theornamental grasseswith their plume move to the thin duck soup create a relaxing atmospheric state . The garden attracts hummingbirds , butterfly stroke , and bees . A Connecticut bluestone staircase and walk run you to the front door of this Hellenic ranch - style home .

look up at the accounting entry garden from the front door , demo the steps run down to the home from the street , with moving grasses andcolorful foliagefilling the view .

The view from the street level , with a planting ofMexican sage(Salvialeucantha , Zones 8–10 ) blossom in the foreground .

Beautiful clump of dark - leaved aeonium ( Aeonium‘Zwartkop ’ , Zones 9–11 ) . Aeoniums are democratic landscapesucculentsin warm climate . In cold clime you’re able to easy winter them indoors , or choose a sturdy succulent like asedumor sempervivium .

Purple smell in the plumes of grass flowers ( Pennisetum ) are blame up by the dark - foliaged plants growing with them .

Planting at the alkali of the steps , with a water feature film for a focal point , surrounded by colorful foliage and indorse by the blooms of a sensationalistic kangaroo paw ( Anigozanthos , Zones 9–12 ) .

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