Two very different entryways
The traveller's palms were only $125/ea field grown, at a nursery closeout sale. Once they were
established with irrigation, and the understory plants were also, irrigation was shut off. Still, the
effect is like an oasis, and provides a dramatic transition zone from the hot, noisy, busy street
just outside the gate. This "tunnel" is approximately150' long.
I started using this "triad" of design elements - the king and queen sagos and the giant liriope - about
12 years ago. The textures and harmonious cultural requirements -- little irrigation, fertilizer or spraying --
make this an ideal design and maintenance package.
Cacti
and succulents create a visually interesting path
to the front door
Xeriscape cacti and succulent garden in
south Dade. Large, rare cacti and succulents provide
accent points in the majestic sweep of
color and texture.
Simple, elegant sprays of bougainvillia
-- Xeriscape
Fragrant,
useful Herbal border -- curry plant, rosemary, garlic chives, tropical
tarragon, fragipani, roses, miniature guava, pentas. true cardamom,
red banana, galangal, tuberose.
(not all visible in this photo). Xeriscape principles at work -- rarely
need water because the plants are grouped by water needs.
