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This garden was created after construction trashed the existing yard. We split the slope into 2 levels softened with planting.
Old-fashioned Bearded Irises. I've been cultivating and propagating this tough and beautiful variety for over 20 years.
Purple Smoke Bush with colorful new foliage. Airy flowers will soon cover the plant, giving a smokey appearance.
Shade arbor in hot Lafayette.
Dwarf Plumbago, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, has profuse and gorgeous cobalt blue flowers.
A wild garden with Penstemon, Lavender, and African Iris.
Campanula muralis climbing up a garden light with Dwarf Periwinkle, Vinca minor, in the background.
Yellow Creeping Jenny, Lysimmachia nummularia 'Aurea', makes a striking feature spilling from a large pot.
Parahebe perfoliata, from New Zealand, is airy and beautiful.
A small and well-designed lawn is possible even in our droughty state.
Kangeroo Paws, Anigozanthus flavidus, from Australia adds idrama and fun to the garden.
A yellow Pacific Hybrid Iris under garden light.
The same iris at night.
Pineapple Guava, Feijoa sellowiana, blending with Hebe 'Coed'.
Persimmons! Fruit trees enrich any garden.
Mixed shrubs and perennials by front entry welcome visitors.
Shady garden path.
A rustic path through a mixed perennial hillside.
Hebe 'Coed' and Grevillia noelii spilling over a garden wall.
Yellow daylilies peek over a picket fence.