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.

A mediterranean garden needs mediterranean plants. Spiky tree is cordyline australis albertii from new zealand. They prefer well drained soil in full sun away from cold winds. If you ve got small children and pets in your home make sure they steer clear of this tree.

Anna maria irion astrid gaiser mediterranean landscape san francisco this. Decomposed granite berms sub surface irrigation succulents california native plants mediterranean plants arbors gates flagstone path permeable pavers driveway boulders mulch slate tiles photo credit. 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. It spreads easily and quickly through rhizomes and can be divided every few years to refresh and grow in your stand.

This is a rustic style garden with loads of fresh flowers and vegetables that have been neatly landscaped. Olive trees citrus trees lavender rosemary roses grapes bay trees pomegranates and oleanders are all extremely popular choices. It includes a variety of fragrant herbs as scent is important in a mediterranean garden. The palm tree family may be also called the family.

A rustic walkway of irregular bluestone and a garden space heavily dependant upon texture. They can punctuate borders or make imposing guardians at gateways. 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. Modern landscaping mediterranean garden ideas 1 this assortment of mediterranean garden pictures is a few of my favorite plants in cyprus.

Artemisia wormwood masses of aromatic finely cut silvery foliage cistus rock rose excellent evergreen fully drought tolerant with aromatic. Rivalling the olive as a mediterranean icon cypresses are striking evergreens that tolerate dry conditions. Design by jonathan raith inc. 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.

2 of 10 thomas j. Dramatic in mass plantings but the simplicity of one elephant s ear makes a bold statement. Agaves with their huge rosettes of spiky fleshy leaves. Mediterranean plants from around the world meet in the garden of western hills.

Spiky orange flowers are watsonia pillansii hybrids from south africa.