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Design Feature: Mass Planting

43 gardens

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Spring

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Summer

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Summer

Beehive Garden, Wake Co

Beehive Garden, Wake Co

Masses of Trifolium incarnatum provide nectar for bees

Beehive Garden in the Spring

Beehive Garden in the Summer

Border Garden, Upcycled

Early Spring Border

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mirror the color of gazing ball while upcycled china plat

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mark the full swing of spring.

Border Landscape Pinewild County Club, Moore County

Early summer and everything is tidy

Nice garden structure

Yellow marigolds pop in landscape

Fall color and texture from plant mixture

Showy seed heads on Autumn Joy Sedum

Begonias in full glory

Buncombe County Extension Demonstration Garden, Sun & Shade

site map for garden.

Sun and Shade Demo Garden in the Spring

Two year old garden, spring tulips just emerging.

Sun and Shade Demo Garden in the Spring

During the gardens second year the summer brings with it strikin

A garden bench offers a welcome spot to sit and enjoy the summer

Butterfly Garden at Rob Wallace Park

Flowers in early spring

Garden dedication plaque

Flowers in early spring

Mid-spring blooms

Mid-spring blooms

Butterfly garden- late spring

Children's Secret Garden at Wilson Botanical Gardens

Junipers outlining spiral path leading to a gong in the center.

stream flows surrounded by groundcover plants, trees, and shrubs

Shallow steps leading down to a yellow bowl water fountain.

A children's tunnel surrounded by colorful, dense vegetation.

Coastal Foundation Garden

Foundation planting

Foundation planting

Coastal Shade Garden

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Collector’s Garden

Climbing Hydrangea

Tall striking flowers

Colorful Combination

Colorful plant combination

Colorful Borders

Mass planted ferns with yellow color brighten up a shade border.

Border in sun flanking a gravel path. Many colors & textures.

Silver-colored plants in a border along a stone walkway.

Border with white & blue flowers, and 2 lattice obelisks.

Courtyard Entrance Garden

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in spring

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer (planters)

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in the summer

Davidson County Extension Demonstration Garden

Something is always blooming

Container of tulips

High planter wall spring

Daylilies Galore, Cabarrus County

Daylily Society Garden sign

Clematis vine in the daylily garden

Daylily and Stoke's Aster

Dry Stream Bed Garden in Cabarrus County

Dry, rock-lined stream bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Waterfall is start of dry stream bed

Small goldfish pond

Dry rocks and a large banana plant

Dry stream bed with a container of sedum.

Tropical look garden

Flower Bonanza Garden

Clematis well positioned

Iris Shine in bed

Yellow Iris in spring bed

Coneflower with Vitex

Daylilies and more

Butterfly bush bed

Four-Season Garden

Flame azaleas in bloom

Every plant has its turn to shine

Ostrich fern in bed

Border with potting shed

Mid summer view

Functional Foundation Landscape

Crepe Myrtle Trunk

Layered foundation planting

Late winter, liriope is cut back & daffodils are blooming

Herb & Flower Cottage Garden

Milkweed & parsley

Oxalis & Salvia

Bee balm in bloom

HOA Butterfly Garden in Brunswick County

Summer blooms second year

Summer blooms 2nd year

Spring age 2 and filling in well

2nd spring and baptisia is blooming

Front of garden- first spring

Back of garden- first spring

Hydrangeas in the Garden

Lacecap Hydrangea

Invincibelle spirit

‘Little Honey’ hydrangea

Lime colored leaves of hydrangeas add contrast

Annabelle hydrangeas

Endless Summer Hydrangea

Japanese Garden at JC Raulston Arboretum

A viewing window in a bamboo fence.

A quiet spot to relax in the shade.

Japanese Garden in the winter.

The island in the Japanese Garden.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Banana Beds

Banana bed in spring

Banana bed in the summer with everything green and leafy.

Large shrub with clusters of white star-shaped flowers.

Banana beds in August.

Banana beds in early fall (September).

Fan palm with green leaves.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Part Sun-Part Shade Garden

Bridge and Cattails

Southwestern Garden Patio with a petrified wood bench

Beds bordered by "urbanite" (recycled concrete)

Garden with Rhododendron 'Julius Kingsley'

Southwest Patio on April 22

Cattail Bridge in spring

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Souto Sun Garden

Souto Sun Garden

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in March

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Lush Foundation Planting

Espalier Pyracantha

Cherry blossoms welcome spring

Pyracantha berries on display

Patio Room

Good late fall color & texture

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Dogwood and redbud in bloom

Jasmine blooming in early spring

Pinehurst Greenway Pollinator Habitat Garden, Moore County

Right side of trail layout (Fall/2008)

After stone edge laid (Spring/2018)

Right side of trail (Spring/2020)

Left side of Trail (Spring/2020)

Right side of trail (Summer/2020)

Left Side of Trail with Coreopsis Tripteris

Plant Walls and Hedges

Other side of wall

Parking lot border

colorful planting of annuals on a fence.

Fence with areas between rails planted with Heuchera and others.

Pollinator Garden in Full Sun

April 24, 2020- Spring blooms

Pollinator Garden Full Sun

Mid march- plants emerging and new mulch applied

Early June garden

Pollinator Haven Garden in Sanford, Lee County

pergola in early spring, just as plants are starting to emerge

A landscape view of the Pollinator Haven Garden in mid-summer

Yellow daisy flowers with orange centers.

Wheelbarrow with pots & trays near planting bed.

A landscape view of the Pollinator Haven Garden in early winter

View of the Garden looking to the east w/ winter perennial bones

Relaxed Foundation Planting

Foundation Color

Foundation planting

Foundation landscape

Retaining Wall Garden

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Reynolda Gardens

Late winter view

View Of Palm House

Late winter view from blue & yellow garden

Ornamental cherry tree avenue

Rock and Crevice Garden

Rock garden ice plant

Verbena & Iceplant

Salvia in Rock Garden

Rock & Water Garden

Rock & water garden

Rock & Water Garden

Rock & water garden

Rock garden adds year round interest

Evergreen aucuba looks good all year

Late fall many plants are going dormant

Shaded Slope

Many leaf textures make the landscape interesting.

Shade Garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum

a garden with a large-leafed shrub in the foreground

shade garden in Wilmington, NC

Shady Garden in Cabarrus County

Wild Side Garden entrance

Wild Side Garden

Wild Side Garden

Wild Side Garden

Shady area with child's bed

Sun to Shade Garden in Craven County

Japanese painted fern 'Silver Falls'

Foliage texture

Vegetable Garden with Pollinator Plants in Mt. Pleasant

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

Xeriscape Garden for a Dry, Sunny Site

Dasylirion sp. sending up an inflorescence.

Sun loving plants