The garden will be in a classic French style: single species plantings, squared beds, brick edging, and light gravel paths throughout.
This is the front yard as it is now:
And this is the design sketch:
The hard line at the top of the hill will be a picket fence.On the left side will be a large hedge of Elaeagnus Ebbingei to help screen and shelter the courtyard at the bottom of the hill. On the left side of the entrance path will be a hedge of Vaccinium Ovatum, and on the right, a hedge of Osmanthus Fragrans. Along the brick wall on the right will be a hedge of Camellia Sinensis, alternating 'Sochi' and 'Rosea' for pink and white flowers. Back to the left along the house under the bay window will be a thicket/hedge of Gaultheria Shallon. The bed in the center right will be Fragaria Vesca 'Reugen'. On the face of the left hill will be a bed of Vaccinium Vitis-Idae 'Red Pearl' and 'Koralle'. The first 'L' bed on the right will be Gaultheria Procumbens and the second was supposed to be Viola Odorata but I have yet to find it in affordable bulk. The small bed on the right hill will be Chamaemelum Nobile 'Flora Pleno'. The large breed on the right hill will be mixed Thymus species: 'Rose Petal', lavender scented, golden lemon, silver English, and 'Orange Balsam'. Last but certainly not least, the feature trees: a weeping yaupon holly (Ilex Vomitoria) somewhere in that strip on the far right, and Camellia Oleifera in the back left, by the corner of the house.
I have all the plants mentioned on the deck, waiting to be planted except the strawberries, chamomile, Silver thyme, and lavender thyme which will arrive in the next few days. If anyone wants pictures let me know!
I'm still considering what I want to plant along that right side and in the space between the fence and the road. I've already added Myrteola Nummularia to plant on the left under the Camellia tree, to drape over the new retaining wall.
