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Landscape Location

Coastal

Lawn

Design Feature

Border

Foundation Planting

Resistance To Challenges

Heat

Humidity

Salt

Coastal Foundation- Tropical

Simple foundation planting

Summer

Simple foundation planting Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Butia capitata Brazilian Butia Palm Jelly Palm Pindo Palm Butia capitata
Rhaphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica
Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palm Cabbage Palmetto Palmetto Form (Edgewater, FL)-Mid Winter
Stenotaphrum secundatum Buffalo Grass Buffalo Turf Carpetgrass Spike with flowers (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer
Description

This simple and pleasing foundation planting for this North Carolina coastal home near the ocean provides that tropical flair. The tall palms provide vertical interest and balance out the frame of this large home.

Simple foundation planting

Summer

Simple foundation planting Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Butia capitata Brazilian Butia Palm Jelly Palm Pindo Palm Butia capitata
Rhaphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica
Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palm Cabbage Palmetto Palmetto Form (Edgewater, FL)-Mid Winter
Stenotaphrum secundatum Buffalo Grass Buffalo Turf Carpetgrass Spike with flowers (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer
Simple foundation planting

Summer

Simple foundation planting Garden age: unknown K. Andre CC BY 2.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Butia capitata Brazilian Butia Palm Jelly Palm Pindo Palm Butia capitata
Rhaphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica
Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palm Cabbage Palmetto Palmetto Form (Edgewater, FL)-Mid Winter
Stenotaphrum secundatum Buffalo Grass Buffalo Turf Carpetgrass Spike with flowers (Guilford County, NC)-Mid Summer