Project site: Lincoln University, PA
Design & Installed: Fall 2008
Design Program: Provide a safe, attractive walk from the deck steps to the driveway and steps down the sloping rear yard. Attractive plantings with emphasis on low maintenance, four season interest, low deer browsing, and native selections were appreciated by the homeowners. Site faces the southwest, so hot and dry conditions persist year round.
Plan
Before photo, October 2008
After Photo, July 2009
After Photo, July 2010
After Photo, July 2010
Panicum 'Northwind' left of steps soften the area between the house deck and walk.
Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum' in front of the Panicum. More Panicum 'Northwind' right of deck steps. Walk is a dry laid irregular flagstone. Stone is locally quarried and called Avondale.
After Photo, July 2010
Nepeta 'Walkers Low' with 'Blushing Pink Knockout' Rose to left which is in between bloom times.
After Photo, July 2010
One of my personal native favorites, Eupatorium 'Little Joe'. A butterfly & bee favorite!
Before Photo, October 2010
After Photo, July 2010
After Photo, July 2010
A series of Laurel Mountain natural stone slab steps with complimentary boulders to help retain the adjacent soil lead to the rear lawn. Caryopteris 'First Choice' bottom left of the steps and Itea 'Little Henry' to the bottom right. Top left is the 'Little Joe' Eupatorium and top right panicum 'Northwind'.
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