![]() ![]() How do I landscape my front yard for low maintenance? ![]() If you’re planning to revamp your yard anytime soon, know that with a little planning and preparation, you can ditch the mowing, weeding, and watering and thrive in a hassle-free outdoor living space. “But also lush, diverse, and seasonally stacked to have different things blooming around the perimeter all year long.” You really can have it all. “I create spaces that are low-water and low-maintenance,” Cimino says. Luckily, a beautiful landscape design with undeniable curb appeal doesn’t have to be synonymous with hours of backbreaking lawn care and upkeep. “A traditional American lawn takes tons of maintenance and water and doesn’t really attract any wildlife,” says Camille Cimino, a Los Angeles–based landscape architect at Nature of Things, a firm specializing in low-maintenance, drought-tolerant designs. ![]() In San Diego or planning a visit? See my list of San Diego succulent destinations and nurseries.įor specific advice regarding succulents that thrive in your area and how to care for them, contact your local chapter of the Cactus & Succulent Society of America.When it comes to your landscape design and backyard ideas, work smarter, not harder with low-maintenance landscaping. Please subscribe to my newsletter (click "Sign me up!" below), "like" my Facebook pages ( Debra Lee Baldwin author and Succulent Container Gardens), follow me on Instagram ( and enjoy the 100+ videos on my YouTube channel. Learn about exceptional public and private succulent gardens, what's trending in container garden design, my own gardening experiences, and interviews with succulent experts and designers in succulent articles here on my website. Practical aspects of landscaping are covered in Designing with Succulents (except for complexities best left to architects and contractors: structures, grading, retaining walls, irrigation installation, water features, etc.) MORE INFORMATION.Ĭompanion plants (those with similar cultivation requirements as succulents) have an entire chapter in Designing with Succulents. ![]() Moreover, the hundreds of succulents shown in my books are ID'd in the captions. For example, my Aloe identification page has 70+ labeled photos of various species and cultivars in bloom. The good news is I have website pages for each significant genus. The volume of email I receive makes this difficult. Also, many succulents that are variegated (striped or mottled with white or shades of yellow) that may sunburn due to lack of protective pigment will work as house plants. Tropical succulents such as Rhipsalis species, being understory plants, do well indoors grow them in hanging baskets or in pots that allow them to cascade, ideally in a bathroom or kitchen where they'll benefit from extra humidity. So-called "walking sansevierias" are cool, too they send forth horizontal offsets (miniatures of the mother plant) that produce chubby aerial roots in hopes of finding soil in which to establish themselves. Some of my favorites are fairy washboard ( Haworthia limifolia) and zebra plants ( Haworthia attenuata cultivars), and "bird's nest" sansevierias, which are more compact than taller, better-known snake plants. Among them are haworthias and sansevierias, of which there are dozens of varieties. Most succulents are sun-lovers, but a few highly desirable ones actually prefer low-light conditions. ![]()
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