The 3rd garden I visited every bit purpose of the
blogged almost it before, inwards Nov 2015, only this fourth dimension I got to come across the homeowner, Julia, as well as reckon the backyard every bit well.
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Google Maps Street View icon from May 2014 shows foundation plantings (boxwood?), lawn, as well as raised beds amongst flowering pinkish roses. I suspect this is the agency the front end yard had been for a long time. In contrast, this is what it looks similar now:
"Day as well as night" does non start out to depict it.
Of course, everybody has a unlike aesthetic, only for me this front end yard checks all the boxes: Agaves—
check. Cactus—
check. Aloes—
check. Acacias—
check. South African shrubs—
check. Ornamental grasses—
check.
The curb appeal of this habitation is off the charts.
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| The tree inwards the centre is a zigzag wattle (Acacia merinthophora) |
And the stance towards the East Bay hills isn't shabby either. (I alive inwards a completely apartment town amongst absolutely zilch views as well as then I'm slowly to impress.)
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| Agave americana 'Marginata' |
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| Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt' |
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| Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt' |
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| Pennisetum sp. |
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| Opuntia gosseliana and Agave 'Blue Glow' |
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| Agave potatorum |
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 presentation board side yesteryear side to the front end door gave to a greater extent than background information almost the development of this garden:
Inspired yesteryear the Ruth Bancroft garden the novel drought tolerant garden replaced the conventional lawns as well as bloom beds that previously existed.
The projection was completed inwards 2014 later the removal of over 2000 foursquare feet of lawn as well as several liquidambar trees that were master to the property. These trees cause got been replaced amongst Acacia as well as Palo Verde trees.
The master retaining walls were retained only were re-textured to furnish an updated stone wall outcome inwards soft desert tones. The blueprint layout for the novel desert-scape was designed as well as implemented yesteryear Linda MacSwain Design of Lafayette.
Many homegrown succulents as well as cacti were utilized inwards the garden as well as supplemented yesteryear plants as well as trees from the RB plant nursery as well as diverse local nurseries. Subtle undulations as well as a dry out creek bed were created to realize the lush desert await as well as were complimented amongst large stone outcroppings using boulders. And a gravel mulch using 3 unlike types of gravel.
The outcome is a dramatic as well as dramatically unlike landscape for the large roll some corner lot. Water consumption was to a greater extent than than halved only every bit you lot tin reckon increase is all the same prolific for the cactus as well as succulent varieties chosen.
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| Another Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt'. After seeing as well as then many good for you lot specimens growing inwards the total Sun inwards what essentially is the same climate every bit Davis, I'm inspired to endeavour i time again amongst a larger flora later losing 3 4-inchers. |
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| Aloe tomentosa, i of alone a few white-flowering aloes |
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| Aloe marlothii of unlike sizes |
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| I'm non a fan of Agave americana, only these await skillful (both the bluish as well as the variegated) |
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| Desert Museum palo verde (Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum') as well as Agave americana 'Marginata' |
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| Agave americana and Hesperaloe parviflora flower stalks |
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| Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga and Dudleya brittonii |
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| Agave paryii |
The weeping bluish Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula') inwards the front end yard is a leftover from the former days. Some people may intend it's completely out of identify side yesteryear side to agaves as well as other succulents. Yes, it is, only for me that makes it all the to a greater extent than special. I'm all almost whacky combinations, as well as I intend this i is pretty exceptional indeed.
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| Yucca linearifolia (left), Agave vivipara 'Marginata' (middle), Agave americana (back) |
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| Opuntia 'Old Mexico' |
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| Another Agave americana |
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| Ruckbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun' |
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| Flanking the driveway--and entrance to the backyard |
In purpose iv of this serial I'll demo you lot Julia's backyard––and accept you lot side yesteryear side door where the neighbors cause got been inspired to outset their ain succulent garden.
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