Modern Mediterranean Landscape Plants

Many of these also perform well in pots which makes the style ideal for compact courtyard gardens too.

Modern mediterranean landscape plants.

Olive trees citrus trees lavender rosemary roses grapes bay trees pomegranates and oleanders are all extremely popular choices. The palm tree family may be also called the family. This is a rustic style garden with loads of fresh flowers and vegetables that have been neatly landscaped. A rustic walkway of irregular bluestone and a garden space heavily dependant upon texture.

2 of 10 thomas j. The robust foliage of hosta and the feathery fronds of ostrich fern matteuccia struthiopteris contrast well with the delicacy of the variegated ribbon grass phalaris arundinacea var. If you ve got small children and pets in your home make sure they steer clear of this tree. Design by jonathan raith inc.

Artemisia wormwood masses of aromatic finely cut silvery foliage cistus rock rose excellent evergreen fully drought tolerant with aromatic. Alstroemeria brings a touch of the mediterranean to any garden and is one of those effortless plants that can turn even the most amateur gardener into a green thumb. Lush oversize foliage like that of canna pretoria and elephant s ear alocasia macrorrhiza provides a perfect foil for the spare straight lines of modernist architecture and offers a tropical exotic look. Well this one s a no brainer.

This is a vegetable garden built in mediterranean style having rectangular blocks of gardens and includes veggies like lettuce jasmine vines grape stake fence etc. Anna maria irion astrid gaiser mediterranean landscape san francisco this. They can punctuate borders or make imposing guardians at gateways. It spreads easily and quickly through rhizomes and can be divided every few years to refresh and grow in your stand.

Modern landscaping mediterranean garden ideas 1 this assortment of mediterranean garden pictures is a few of my favorite plants in cyprus. Rivalling the olive as a mediterranean icon cypresses are striking evergreens that tolerate dry conditions. A mediterranean garden needs mediterranean plants. They prefer well drained soil in full sun away from cold winds.

Agaves with their huge rosettes of spiky fleshy leaves. Dramatic in mass plantings but the simplicity of one elephant s ear makes a bold statement. It includes a variety of fragrant herbs as scent is important in a mediterranean garden. Spiky tree is cordyline australis albertii from new zealand.

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