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Ideas for a minimalist, striking garden design with tall grasses and accents of black and purple.
rmrichardmoon
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Hello. I’m preparing a landscaping plan for a new property of a large two-storey modern home. The home has a beautiful tall vertical window in the front with a wire mesh, upon which there are Morning Glories growing in spring, summer and fall. I would like to substitute kiwi vine - actinidia kolomikta - the variegated one with green white and pink leaves. I need more texture there and want winter appeal with the vine branches eventually climbing up. I’m not so interested in the fruit although it would be a bonus! (I would have adopted a climbing hydrangea but it is too hot there.)
I’m creating an overall minimalist, unique and low maintenance garden on the ~ 7500 sq ft including the house footprint. I would like to incorporate tall grasses, dark purples, crimson red and even black blooms for a striking effect. This 14x8 space below the climbing kiwi, at the front of the house with a side entrance has a southern exposure with full sun in zone 4. There I’d like to use boxwood scattered playfully - cloud pruning style- with some grasses and perennials which can be repeated or at least the colour elsewhere on the property. Sumac with its crimson leaf may figure against dark gray London fencing - thin horizontal slats with space between - on the west side. There are boulders in front of the house where grasses should appear. A very large oak is on the east side and there are two young trees quite a distance away from the front area; they are a ginkgo and red maple. What perennials, grasses, bulbs would work with the kiwi variegated vine and something that could be repeated elsewhere? Thanks in advance.
I’m creating an overall minimalist, unique and low maintenance garden on the ~ 7500 sq ft including the house footprint. I would like to incorporate tall grasses, dark purples, crimson red and even black blooms for a striking effect. This 14x8 space below the climbing kiwi, at the front of the house with a side entrance has a southern exposure with full sun in zone 4. There I’d like to use boxwood scattered playfully - cloud pruning style- with some grasses and perennials which can be repeated or at least the colour elsewhere on the property. Sumac with its crimson leaf may figure against dark gray London fencing - thin horizontal slats with space between - on the west side. There are boulders in front of the house where grasses should appear. A very large oak is on the east side and there are two young trees quite a distance away from the front area; they are a ginkgo and red maple. What perennials, grasses, bulbs would work with the kiwi variegated vine and something that could be repeated elsewhere? Thanks in advance.
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A combination I like is
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' and verbena bonariensis.
Tall Dahlias from the Bishops strain would go well too.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Nice dog and hat in your profile photo.
Good luck with your project - would be great to see some photos
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.