Landscape Ideas

Likewise, a few coats of a dark semitransparent stain (Cabot’s Slate Gray) over the fence boards and raised bed give a contemporary feel to this edible garden in San Jose, California. Plus, the dark backdrop highlights the form of a squash vine spilling out of the raised bed.

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Plants include pillars of waxleaf privet (Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’), spiky ‘Blue Glow’ agave (Agave ‘Blue Glow’), dwarf pittosporum (Pittosporum crassifolium ‘Compactum’), ‘Golf Ball’ kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Golf Ball’) and ‘Morning Light’ coast rosemary (Westringia fruticosa ‘Morning Light’).

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A 6-foot-tall hedge planting of Indian laurel (Ficus microcarpa var. nitida) and attractive, low-water plants sit far off the street.

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‘Canyon Prince’ giant wild rye (Elymus condensatus ‘Canyon Prince’)

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