If you don’t want plants blocking your view, try a design that is as dynamic as it is functional
Exerpt from Susan Calhoun ’s article from Fine Gardening Issue # 170 :
It seems like many planting designs are all about impede things you ’d rather not see : the street out front , the snoopy neighbors , or the messy peck next room access . After all , why would you ever want a landscape that rest under 3 ft tall ? Perhaps it ’s to preserve a view , or to void traffic mishaps ( i.e. backing out of the driveway into oncoming traffic ) , or maybe it ’s to make interest along a pathway or narrow area without obscuring the terminus .
These were all effect I faced at a seaside property in Washington . My plan needed to be low visibility so the plant could well withstand the abuse of a windy , shoreline location , too . I found that the keys to a successful design were solid , large - musical scale hardscaping paired with serious-minded , thick sweeps of plant .
1 . Spreading stonecrop ( Sedum divergens , USDA Hardiness Zones 2 - 9 )
2 . nanus hemangioma simplex tree ( Arbutus unedo’Compacta ' , Zones 7 - 9 )
3 . aboriginal wildrye ( Elymuscv . , zone 4 - 9 )
4 . ‘ Goldberg ’ lavender ( Lavandulaxintermedia’Goldberg ' , zone 6 - 9 )
5 . Dwarf mugo true pine ( Pinus mugovar.pumilio , Zones 2 - 8)
6 . Golden London pride ( Saxifraga×urbium‘Aureopunctata ’ , Zones 4 - 9 )
7 . Pine ( Pinuscv . , Zones 2 - 8)
1 . ‘ White Sensation ’ astilbe ( Astilbe simplicifolia’White Sensation ' , Zones 4 - 9 )
2 . Dwarf mugo pine ( Pinus mugo var . pumilio , Zones 2 - 8)
3 . circularize stonecrop ( Sedum divergens , USDA Hardiness geographical zone 2 - 9 )
4 . ‘ Blue Ice ’ low-spirited star ( Amsonia’Blue Ice ' , zona 4 - 9 )
5 . ' Twickel Purple ' lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia’Twickel Purple ' , Zones 5 - 8)
6 . ' Silver Shadow ' astelia ( Astelia’Silver Shadow ' , Zones 8 - 9 )
7 . Manzanita ( Arctostaphylos manzanitacv . , geographical zone 8 - 10 )
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