We tend to err on the wild side of gardening letting things get sort of overgrown and mixed up. But if we were going to go more organized then we'd do something like this. Neat rows of drought tolerant flax and (less drought tolerant) thyme mirroring the steps on the deck with some fun butterfly chairs on the porch.
Look! Planting in Rows
There's something so wonderful about how simple the planting is: 4 types of plants, in rows, and bam, a sculptural modern garden. With a drip system installed you'd barely need to maintain this, just sit back and enjoy. You can tell this garden was newly planted, so give it a couple more months and it'll be really beautiful and more filled in.
Here are some of the other neighborhood gardens we've checked out this week.
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Anyone know what kind of plant that is in the first picture on the right?
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SRW, I think they're kangaroo paws?
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i think it looks really good. i love the way it reflects the long horizontal lines in the stairs and fence. it looks very modern and suits the property.
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Electric Ave.
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hey spins lp's, you caught me!
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allora--it's a new zealand flax (phormium). These come in a really wide range of colors and each one grows a different size.
In the foreground, the reddish one is called jack sprat flax.
The less healthy one in the way foreground that I thought was thyme is actually tricolor coprosma, these tend to do better after a year when they're more established.
In the last picture, the plants in front of the fence are also phormium, but a different kind. This one doesn't get as big as the other flax.
Thanks Mom for help identifying these!
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I know this turned out not to be thyme, but many types of thyme ARE very xeric. I live in Denver, where our annual rainfall is about 12-15 inches (if we're lucky) and the concept of xeriscaping (or at least that word for it) was created here. Thymes do really well here and I know quite a number of people who have taken out all or part of their grass lawns to put in thyme since it's so low water and low maintenance.
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