Trying to decide what to plant and where to plant it can be quite a challenge. Below you will find photos of several different desert garden landscapes.
For photos of individual plants in landscapes, go to Shade Trees, Shrubs, Perennials or Annuals. Example:
Scroll through the photos to get some landscaping ideas for your own garden landscape, what to plant and what not to plant.
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Good use of different colored rock, larger plants
in background and smaller plants in foreground. |
Colorful but a bit too crowded. |
Colorful 'rose rock' river bed, most are made with grey river rock.
This one is different, it adds contrast to the landscape. |
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Curving flagstone steps draw the eye up, very nice. |
This landscape needs more plants, especially
around the electrical and telephone boxes.
Maybe a few boulders too. |
Grass is not against stucco, very good.
Shrubs that are against house are low water usage plants,
trees are well-spaced in the lawn. |
Teracing with large boulders helps to
break-up this larger-than-average landscape |
Crape myrtle looks nice but that's about all.
Landscape designer needed. |
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Could use a bit more help with the design.
Only one color of rock, two boulders just plopped down
and a few non-desert landscape plants scattered about. |
Colorful contrasting rock,
but needs something like a Chitalpa, Desert Willow
or Vitex tree on the mound and
a larger, taller shrub to cover the telephone box. |
Use larger rock on steep slopes to curb errosion.
Terracing might be a good idea for this landscape. |
These folks must have really wanted
that "patch of green grass", but didn't want to cut the lawn,
they have
a low maintenance rock yard with synthetic turf. |
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Planting shrubs around the electrical box to hide it is a good idea,
however grasses tend to die-back in the winter.
Evergreen shrubs would be a better choice. |
If you live at the end of a street and are worried about
a car plowing into your home some night,
a few well placed boulders might help. |
Designer needed. Scattering a few nandina shrubs
around, just doesn't quite do it. |
This landscape needs something tall planted on that mound,
maybe an Ash or Chitalpa tree,
and a few shrubs planted
in front of those telephone boxes to hide them. |
Help!
A rock and a dead palm tree, just not enough. |
This purple sage shrub is really large and beautiful,
when planted alone, as a specimen, it looks very nice. |
Sotols and other desert plants don't look too good pruned,
so choosing a plant that will fit the size of your yard is very important. |
This landscape needs a designer! |
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Big rabbitbrush is too large of a plant for this tiny spot.
A smaller plant like cherry sage would look better
and not encroach on the walkway and entrance. |
Grass, terraced rock and a mix of desert and
traditional landscape plants can look very good if done right. |
