While most of the neighborhood is dominated by 'large lawns and a lot of driveway,' this plan enhanced the natural growth with bursts of color.
Before being purchased by its current owners, the house sat unoccupied for almost two years. During that time, the front yard, fairly wild to begin with, had become unruly and overgrown. The foliage — a canopy of native cedar elms, understory bushes and trees, and ground covers — was so thick the house was all but invisible from the street.
Water-sippers that bring the color in sun or shade Although the house, built in 2000, is not far from Austin's Mount Bonnell, Word said the yard's 'Central Texas palette' of heat-loving, drought-tolerant plants would translate well to San Antonio. “Everything we did is also San Antonio-friendly,” he said. They kept most of the palms that were in the yard, including natives such as the sabal and non-natives such as the Mediterranean fan palm.
Even a hellish summer couldn't dampen water-sipping landscape In addition to the greenery, he also added hardscape to make the yard more user-friendly. This includes building a pathway from the street to the front door, the first half consisting of large limestone steppingstones, many repurposed from elsewhere on the property, the second half poured concrete landings. The stones give the path a naturalistic, irregular look and feel, Word explained, while the concrete is more rectilinear.
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