Last week I tackled a new landscaping project : a modest , neglected landscape layer at the boundary of a restaurant .
The outer edge had some struggle succulents in it , so I pulled them out :
To replace them , I bring wandering Jew , a tight - running , bad perennial . I found a crowd of them growing in the jungle along the entrance to a nice neighborhood and assume cutting .
That will rise into a thick matt of green before too long .
At the edge of the restaurant deck was a shady and very patchy area that needed serious aid . Here are the before shot :
And the after shots :
The density will increase over fourth dimension as the plants grow . In fact , they ’re planted a routine tight aright now . The restaurant was closed for just a week for renovations and the new management require it to look good right out , hence the closer plantings .
The little ruddy plant you may see towards the leftfield are a huge - flick begonia that likes the shade . They ’ll bet a plenty honest once they develop . Right now they ’re tiny .
After taking the last bent of photos , I add mulch to the domain and it see excellent now . Nothing edible in the mix ( the monstera you could see peeking out in the back was subsequently move ) , but this is deep tone and also near the ocean , so it ’s not theme for much of anything that would both make food and await sound . I spend about $ 187USD on plants to get squeamish , large specimens . In the midsection , I planted some modest heliconias and decorative banana tree I found develop in the shade at one sharpness of the property . I also add the frilly leaf aralia in the middle , which I found elsewhere .
I like the final effect . Density makes a big difference in maintenance and looks , as it retain the weeds down to nonexistent levels by fill in all the gaps where they might show up .
This is my destination for these dead areas in the landscape gardening .
Thick , lush , tropic rainforest style . When young , the plants will be mulched , protecting them from weeds . after , they probably wo n’t even need that .
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