Succulents and Seashells
21 Nov 2011 2 Comments
in Garden Projects, Living Healthy, Photography, Succulents, water wise garden Tags: designing with succulents, encinitas fall festival, garden seashells, holiday succulents, San Diego garden blog
♥ At the Encinitas Fall Fair this past weekend a few vendors got clever with succulents and seashells. These were created by “Plant Kreations”.
Echeveria in an abalone shell
- Hanging seashells and succulent display
creative shark planter: To order any of these gifts call: Kim at #562-608-6577. She did not have a website.
Rediscovering a Raised Planter
16 Jul 2010 4 Comments
in Garden Design, Garden Projects Tags: designing with succulents, raised bed succulents, raised planters, succulent landscape, Water wise landscaping
A hidden planter covered up by overgrown trumpet vine gets a makeover in my front yard with a drip irrigation system and drought tolerant plants.
- “Before” Fence covered with trumpet vine and raised planter is covered by shrubs. Raised planter is not visible.
In Progress: Clean up and new fence
Succulent Raised Planter repainted a darker brown and planted with water wise plants: Aeonium, Limonium perezii, Lavandula, Portulacaria, Echeveria
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Water Wise and Ocean Friendly Landscaping
26 Apr 2010 5 Comments
in Cactus, euphorbia, Garden Design, Photography Tags: designing with succulents, drought tolerant landscape, nadia's garden blog, ocean friendly garden, San Diego garden blog, xeriscape landscape design
Water friendly landscaping comes with a variety of titles such as xeriscape, drought-tolerant, California natives and ocean-friendly just to name a few. Creating a drought tolerant landscape doesn’t mean that its synonymous with a “zero-scape” of bland looking plants surrounded by a sea of rock. This photos below shows my side yard with a raised planter 5 feet deep and 20 feet long. Five years ago I turned off the water supply and planted succulents, aloes, euphorbias and cacti. In the winter months nature takes care of all the watering and in the summer months it gets a light sprinkling once a week with the hose. No fertilizers, pesticides or weed-killer. One unexpected benefit from creating this water-friendly garden is the wildlife visiting in greater numbers than ever before, lizards, dove, hummingbirds and bees. With succulents, cacti and aloe blooming all year-long and a fire-resistant area spanning across the entire side of my yard I think it was a good choice of landscape design.
Check out these resources for drought tolerant landscape information: Ocean Friendly Gardens, Be Water Wise.com, Xeriscape website.
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