Comments on: I have a north facing front garden in which i want to create a low maintanance meditteranian style garden? http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/i-have-a-north-facing-front-garden-in-which-i-want-to-create-a-low-maintanance-meditteranian-style-garden Gardening Tips and Tricks for the beginner Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Pri10 http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/i-have-a-north-facing-front-garden-in-which-i-want-to-create-a-low-maintanance-meditteranian-style-garden/comment-page-1#comment-5222 Pri10 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:36:56 +0000 http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/i-have-a-north-facing-front-garden-in-which-i-want-to-create-a-low-maintanance-meditteranian-style-garden#comment-5222 I took a look on your question about if YA was working and I felt a little bad so I wanted to help (i'm studying interior design).... Mediterranian style is about the power of the sun...you have to make that space warm... The main hard landscape materials are: Stone, concrete and ceramics Timber is also occasionally used Metal is rarely used The predominant colours have a sunbleached look: White, or earthy shades such as terracotta and sandstone are popular. Splashes of bright colours such as brilliant blues are used for contrast. Typically these gardens don’t have lawns (or only small patches of lawn). Lawns need lots of water in summer, which is the driest time of year in most Mediterranean climates. Instead ground surfaces are paved or covered with gravel. Best plants for mediterranian atyle: 1.Olives 2.Citrus 3.Lavender 4.Gazanias 5.Rosemary 6.Roses 7.Geraniums 8.Cistus 9.Grapes 10.Bay tree 11.lilac 12.Cypress 13.Pomegranates 14.Oleanders I took a look on your question about if YA was working and I felt a little bad so I wanted to help (i’m studying interior design)….

Mediterranian style is about the power of the sun…you have to make that space warm…

The main hard landscape materials are:
Stone, concrete and ceramics
Timber is also occasionally used
Metal is rarely used

The predominant colours have a sunbleached look:
White, or earthy shades such as terracotta and sandstone are popular.
Splashes of bright colours such as brilliant blues are used for contrast.

Typically these gardens don’t have lawns (or only small patches of lawn). Lawns need lots of water in summer, which is the driest time of year in most Mediterranean climates. Instead ground surfaces are paved or covered with gravel.

Best plants for mediterranian atyle:
1.Olives
2.Citrus
3.Lavender
4.Gazanias
5.Rosemary
6.Roses
7.Geraniums
8.Cistus
9.Grapes
10.Bay tree
11.lilac
12.Cypress
13.Pomegranates
14.Oleanders

]]> By: ana6ta http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/i-have-a-north-facing-front-garden-in-which-i-want-to-create-a-low-maintanance-meditteranian-style-garden/comment-page-1#comment-5223 ana6ta Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:36:56 +0000 http://beginnersgardening.com/gardening-questions/i-have-a-north-facing-front-garden-in-which-i-want-to-create-a-low-maintanance-meditteranian-style-garden#comment-5223 do you live in the southern hemisphere? do you live in the southern hemisphere?

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