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Formal Annual 21

2023

Residential Landscape

Softening Modern Edges

Sitting on the edge between young woods and farmland, the renovation of a mid-century modern house built in the mid-70s, asked for a rejuvenation of the overgrown landscape. With the strong flat edges of this home and its height, it felt obtrusive to the surrounding landscape of cherries, maples and pines. Planting (almost) fully native, and keeping some of the existing vegetation as it fit, the goal is to create a lively garden while nestling the house into its surroundings. 

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Plant List

Plant List

  • Pentas, Pentas lanceolata

  • African Marigolds, Tagetes erecta

  • Artemesia, Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'

  • Bidens, Bidens ferulifolia

  • Purslane, Portulaca grandiflora 'Banana' Happy Hour ™️

  • Chilly Chili Peppers, Capsicum annuum

  • Canna Lilly, Canna indica - purple and green leaved

  • Swedish Ivy, Plectranthus verticillatus Cerveza n' Lime ®️

Plant List

Grass and Grass-like Plants:​

  • Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis

  • Common Switchgrass, panicum virgatum

  • Muhly Grass, Muhlenbergia capillaris

  • Pennsylvania Sedge, Carex pensylvanica

  • Broadleaged Sedge, Carex plantaginea

  • Longbeaked Sedge, Carex sprengelii

  • Pretty Sedge, Carex woodii

Ferns:

  • Christmas Fern, Polystichum acrostichoides

Perennials:

  • Anise Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum

  • Blue Star, Amsonia tabernaemotana

  • Common Milkweed, Asclepias syrica

  • Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa

  • Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis

  • Pink Turtlehead, Chelone lyonii

  • Purple Prairie Clover, Dalea purpurea

  • Hairy Alumroot, Heuchera villosa

  • Rose Mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos

  • Copper Iris, Iris fulva

  • Prairie Blazing Star, Liatris pycnostachya

  • Blazing Star, Liatris spicata

  • Meehan's Mint, Meehania cordata

  • Crimson Beebalm, Monarda didyma

  • Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta

  • Large Coneflower, Rudbeckia maxima

  • Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum

  • Broadleaf Goldenrod, Solidago flexicaulis

  • Foamflower, Tiarella cordifolia

Woodies:

  • Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana

  • American Holly, Ilex opaca

  • Winterberry, Ilex verticillata

  • Bayberry, Myrica pennsylvanica

  • Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum

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