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To the right is Myrica californica, next to the dry creek. Behind the blooms are african boxwood Myrsine africana. Peruvian lilies are goin’ nuts! And they make a great cut flower that lasts and lasts.
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Little red flowers on the lower right are California fuchsia – Zauschneria californica is what I learned them as, now they are known as Epilobium canum.
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The thatch in progress is the leaves of the abundant New Zealand flax Phormium tenax.Ĭoncrete work is making round forms and spiraling clouds. Add soil mix blended with earth from your garden. With more space between plants, your hedge can be taller. Getting started on the shack’s roof a few years back. Planting boxwood in the ground In the ground, if you wish to grow a low-lying hedge, your 6 to 8 inch (15 to 20 cm) boxwoods should be planted 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 cm) apart. Gooseberry Ribes sanguineum’s pink flowers are in the foreground. Boxwood Garden’s plants can be found in some of the finest gardens in the United States. It is a place to showcase some California native plants, a dry creek bed drainage, and a more ‘wild’ aesthetic. It is informal and xeriscape it uses local, found and recycled materials. This garden is a little plot of land sandwiched between the formal geometric boxwood garden and our vegetable/pollinator garden. One of our projects in this night class is the construction and planting of the ‘Cloud Garden’. In our introduction to horticulture class, OH50, we show the students a little bit of everything plant related, and entice them to dream about the diverse careers possible in this industry.