Zen/Meditative Garden
Zen look for CA natives
Do you prefer a visually clean look? This is a simple, spare and architectural style, for a shady environment. It is soothing and green, but not too busy. Serene, with a zen-like feel, it is enhanced by the careful placement of rocks and potentially client-chosen art.
Don’t forget add-ons such as a flagstone path or boulders.
Plants will be chosen from the following list:
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Notes |
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Tall plants (screening) |
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Heteromeles arbutifolia |
Toyon |
red berries, birds |
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Myrica californica |
Wax Myrtle |
birds |
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Prunus illicifolia |
Hollyleaf Cherry |
birds |
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Ribes sanguineum |
Flowering Currant |
pink flowers |
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Medium Plants |
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Festuca californica |
California Fescue |
tall grass |
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Juncus patens |
Rush |
arctitectural |
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Leymus ‘Canyon Prince’ |
Wild Rye |
large, blue-grey grass |
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Loropetalum ‘Burgundy’ |
Fringe Flower |
Non-native, red leaves |
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Mahonia aquifolium |
Oregon Grape |
yellow flowers, birds |
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Rhamnus ‘Eve Case’ |
Coffeeberry |
0 |
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Ribes viburnifolium |
Evergreen Currant |
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Ceanothus ‘Yankee Point’ |
California Lilac |
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Low Plants |
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Armeria maritima |
SeaThrift |
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Carex divulsa |
Grey Sedge |
Non-native |
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Festuca idahoensis |
Idaho Fescue |
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Fragaria vesca |
Woodland Strawberry |
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Heuchera maxima |
Island Alum Root |
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Iris douglasiana |
Pacific Coast Iris |
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Suggested Trees (optional add-ons) |
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Acer circinatum |
Vine Maple |
fall color, |
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Corylus cornuta |
Hazlenut |
catkins, |
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Aesculus californica |
Buckeye |
beautiful bark’ |
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Alternates designer may consider: |
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Artemisia ‘David’s Choice’ |
Sandhill Sage |
grey leaves |
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Mahonia repens |
Creeping Mahonia |
yellow flowers, blue berries |