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What are the plants in the planter?

3 years ago

Thank you

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PRO
The Garden Design Studio
3 years ago
Chondrapetalum with silver ponyfoot (dichondra) spilling out. The Chondrapetalum has shown itself to be not always winter hardy, but it’s a great structure / graphic plant.
vicci35
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you. Do you know if the plants are deer friendly? They look wonderful! Great job!
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vicci35
Original Author
3 years ago
Oh, and also what are the bush plants. Thanks
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The Garden Design Studio
3 years ago
The upright plants in the planters are chondrapetalum and yes, they’ve been deer resistant. The flowing ground over out of the raised planters is silver pony foot and the grassy plantings down low are carex retroflexa. Hope that helps.
jfmwh
6 months ago
Great design. Thanks for the info

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