Front Garden Expansion: Phase 3

Plants! After chopping down the grass and covering the area with landscaping fabric, it was time to start adding plants.

Besides less front yard to mow (hooray!), we don’t have a specific plan for the landscaping of this area. Jason will have lots of space to play and plant and tinker and propagate and all those fun things. I’m sure in a few years it’ll be as full and lush as our back garden. We’re using gravel as mulch. More on that in the next post.

Artichoke agave:

Blue Elf Aloe x2:

Some kind of cactus… if you want to know the name, I can ask Jason

Variegated yucca transplanted from my parents house:

Orange Sedge:

And lots more space for future plants:

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2 Responses to Front Garden Expansion: Phase 3

  1. Amy from China Shepherdess's avatar Amy from China Shepherdess says:
    08/06/2011 at 9:05 am

    This is going to look amazing! I suffer from a bit of zone envy when I see your landscaping.

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  2. Front Garden Expansion: Phase 4 « * * * * * my mcm life * * * * * says:
    08/08/2011 at 2:38 pm

    […] can testify. I don’t have a whole lot to say about this since I identified the plants in the Phase 3 post. So, on with the […]

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