Modern Mediterranean Landscape Plants

Mediterranean plants from around the world meet in the garden of western hills.

Modern mediterranean landscape plants.

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

The palm tree family may be also called the family. Many of these also perform well in pots which makes the style ideal for compact courtyard gardens too. It includes a variety of fragrant herbs as scent is important in a mediterranean garden. Anna maria irion astrid gaiser mediterranean landscape san francisco this.

Spiky tree is cordyline australis albertii from new zealand. Rivalling the olive as a mediterranean icon cypresses are striking evergreens that tolerate dry conditions. Spiky orange flowers are watsonia pillansii hybrids from south africa. Design by jonathan raith inc.

Modern landscaping mediterranean garden ideas 1 this assortment of mediterranean garden pictures is a few of my favorite plants in cyprus. Picta across the path. 2 of 10 thomas j. Agaves with their huge rosettes of spiky fleshy leaves.

Well this one s a no brainer. 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. 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. Dramatic in mass plantings but the simplicity of one elephant s ear makes a bold statement.

A mediterranean garden needs mediterranean plants. If you ve got small children and pets in your home make sure they steer clear of this tree. 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. It spreads easily and quickly through rhizomes and can be divided every few years to refresh and grow in your stand.

Artemisia wormwood masses of aromatic finely cut silvery foliage cistus rock rose excellent evergreen fully drought tolerant with aromatic.