Minimalist courtyard garden

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By Garden Designer Adam S. Bailey. Garden and house in perfect harmony.

3 Sep 2006 | 1 min read

Adam s baileyThe minimalist interior extends into the courtyard garden outside with simple planes of white granite, white walls and architectural planting which softens and contrasts to the hard landscaping.

A small chamomile lawn and striking, steel planters provide eye-catching chic to compliment the interior.

Plant list:

Shrubs
Amelanchier lamarckii
Artemisia arborescens
Carpenteria californica
Corokia x virgata
Cistus ladanifer
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver'
Eucryphia milliganni
Euonymus 'Bravo'
Fothergilla 'Blue Mist'
Hebe 'Pagei'
Hebe 'White Gem'
Hoheria 'Stardust'
Itea ilicifolia
Lavandula 'Hidcote'
Lonicera pileata
Nandina domestica
Osmanthus x burkwoodii
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'
Phormium tenax 'Variegatum'
Phormium 'Yellow Wave'
Rosmarinus officinalis
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Sarcococca var. digyna
Teucrium fruticans
Trachycarpus fortunei
Viburnum op. 'Compactum'

Grasses & ferns
Carex 'Evergold'
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
Polystichum munitum
Stipa arundinacea
Stipa gigantea
Stipa tenuissima

Perennials
Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'
Brunnera 'Jack Frost'
Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora
Eryngium bourgatii
Hemerocallis 'Joan Senior'
Iris 'Jane Phillips'
Liriope 'Monroe White'
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Pulmonaria 'Opal'
Sisyrinchium striatum
Tellima grandiflora
Tiarella wherryi
Verbena bonariensis

Climbers
Rosa 'Mermaid'
Trachelospermum jasminoides

Chamomile 'Lawn'
Chamomile 'Treneague' plugs seeded with
additional Papaver somniferum 'Black Group'

Planter A
Phormium 'Duet'
Thymus citriodorus

Planter B
Allium schoenoprasum
Petroselinum crispum
Salvia officinalis

Planter C
Anethum graveolens
Rumex acetosa
Mentha spicata

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