Plants always look better when they are grouped in masses. They are planted close together which keeps out the weeds and allows contrasts between groups.

Red Split Leaf Japanese Maple, All gold Japanese Forest Grass and Acorus graminius ‘Ogon’

Restio, Ginger, Miscanthus

Dwarf Bamboo and Euphorbia cyparissias

Rosmary and Dwarf Bamboo

Muhlenbergia pubescens and Euphorbia rigida

Red Barberry, Rosemary and Dwf. Yellow Bamboo

Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) and Rose of Sharon (photo taken in Portland, OR at Lux Gardens)

Yarrow (Achillea) and Agastache (Photo taken in Portland, OR at Lux Gardens)

Red leaved Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum ‘African Queen’), Hosta Lily and Dwarf Heather (Erica carnea) (Photo taken in Portland, OR at Lux Gardens)

Canna Lily and Miscanthus

Society Garlic and Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat

Pink Muhly, Russian Sunflower, Miscanthus

Echinacea pallida, Russian Sunflower and Love Grass (Eragrostis)Stipa gigantea (top)

Stipa ‘Ichu’ (middle)

Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (bottom)

Same plants, different views

‘Orange Rocket’ Barberry, ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow and ‘Zagreb’ Coreopsis

Blue Hydrangeas in the background

Japanese Forest Grass and ‘Goshiki’ Osmanthus

Orange Canna Lily and Miscanthus grass

California Buckwheat, Society Garlic, Miscanthus grass

Amsonia, Rudbeckia hirta, and Mandarin orange