A new mosaic transition / landing joins the garden.
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Wind, Sun, Karl Foerster Grass
A breezy day near sunset, slanting rays of light coming through the grass as it dances in the wind… Feather Reed Grass, Karl Foerster variety (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’) Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘stricta’ is similar, if not indistinguishable. If you want variegated leaves, get ‘Overdam’ – although it isn’t as vigorous as the green-leaved varieties.
A (mostly) native garden by a stream
A mostly native garden thrives along a suburban streambank.
New gates for an old Streng
One of our Streng Brothers landscapes receives new gates.
Stabilizing and firming gravel paths
We install new gravel paths, reinforced with a cellular containment grid to keep them firm and allow us to wheel things over them relatively easily.
Ming iris
The Ming irises have started to bloom – compact plants with yellow and white flowers and orange beards.
Midsummer Night’s Dream in April
Our new irises that we purchased last fall have started to bloom. The first is ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, with an intense deep blue-violet flower held about 12″ above the ground. It’s supposed to eventually get to 17″ tall, so maybe the first year things are a bit closer to the ground. We purchased the plantsContinue reading “Midsummer Night’s Dream in April”
A Sausage Vine for Sacramento
A Holboellia coriacea ‘Cathedral Gem’ vine gets tested in Sacramento. Do we have a new favorite plant? WIll it accept our climate, grow well in shade and, most critically, thrive in our typically heavy soil?
A String of Strengs
Some examples of recent landscape designs done for Streng mid-century modern homes in the Sacramento area. Minimalist, contemporary landscape for homes of the same style.
The Big Photo Day
We sit outdoors, casually chatting as a magazine photographer fires away, gathering images for an upcoming magazine article.