
Tiled Yoga Ball
Rainbow colored sphere is a focal point on the hillside. Callistemon 'Woodlander's Hardy Red' sports lively red bottlebrush blooms below.

Forest Park Hillside
3/4-acre terraced hillside overlooking the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

English Oak
Mighty English oak (Juglans regia) frames springtime bloom of orchard plums.

Evergreen Clematis
Clematis armandii co-mingled with Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom' blooms March. Trained and wired on the back of the garage.

Winged Rose
Rosa sericea f. pteracantha sports zigzag stems armed with bright red thorns.

RAISED BOXES PLANTED
4' x 8 boxes (crafted from western juniper) are filled with an organic, porous "raised bed" soil mix and planted with tomatoes, peas, kale, chard and lots of other edibles with ornamental appeal.

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
Drifts of this May-blooming Allium harmonize and unify the hillside borders.

Naturalistic Planting Scheme
Matrix plantings of Kniphofia, Crocosmia, Phlomis, Eryngium, and Hemerocallis are knit together with grasses, Miscanthus, Nassella, and Anemanthele.
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