Custom Swimming Pool by JMS Design Associates
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www.landscape-design-advisor.com - A swimming pool can be an alluring focal point of a backyard landscape design when it looks like the one pictured here. Created by JMS Design Associates in Beverly Hills, CA, this outdoor spa is a secluded retreat into natural beauty. The rectangular shape of the pool provides an intriguing contrast to the round curves of the hot tub and planting bed, while vibrant and colorful plant life gives the pool area a chic, yet relaxing appeal.
Plant Starts - May 24
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The first hot day happened to be the day these needed water, and they started drying out fast. Watered them, and an hour after this picture they looked fine.
Sweet Potato Starts, May 8
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The beginnings of our 2010 sweet potato patch. You can't see them well in the picture, but it's formed roots a couple inches long.
Sunny raised bed with Fritillaria nigra
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A couple of items from Paul Christian's Rare Plants nursery.
I love the way Fritillaria come out of the soil - whether they erupt upwards (the bigger ones mostly), lie flat on the soil before standing upright (like the F.graeca in the next picture) or like this one, which sort of walking-sticks it's way into the light.
The Plantfinder insists that F.nigra is just a synonym of pyreniaca which this definitely isn't. Paul Christian generally seems to know what he's talking about (he should do with the sort of things he sells) so I'm going to trust his judgement. He says (if I remember correctly) that it's one of the Russian species and should be fairly easy in the garden being happy with our damp climate.
I'll post another shot of it when the flowers open. This is it's second year in the garden. It's not increased in numbers but it is bigger than last year.
Fire Pit - Bricks
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There was a brick circle in our garden when we moved in, which was originally a raised flower bed. Looking at this circle of bricks is what originally sparked the fire pit idea. When we pulled the bricks up to use them, most still had mortar on them from whatever they'd originally been, and a few chunks were still together.
I thoguht these two looked kind of cool and snapped their picture before putting them into the pit.
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