Sutton's Desert garden
Garden Type: Frontyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Combination | Established: 2005
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This garden is a part of the Frontyard Xeriscape garden that is all about creating my own little mini desert garden. It is on the south side of the sandstone path that we put in, and ends as it nears the Cherry Plum, which I’ve named as part of the Woodland garden. There’s overlap physically of course, but I’m naming the plants that I consider to be a part of the actual Desert garden in this place.
History: This is going to be a trickier area of the garden to work on this year since we had two previously established planting beds that have now expanded into one huge planting area. Getting rid of nearly 2/3 of our lawn in the front and putting a small sandstone path running out to the sidewalk was the summer 2009 project. Now it’s time to see what plants we want to save, move, or get rid of from the existing beds. The Paperbark Maple and Cherry Plum are staying in place, but everything else is up in the air at the moment. When the snow finally decides to stop falling, it will be time to transplant what I want to keep. Some of the existing plants might move to the parking strip garden.
Containing 16 plants, Sutton's Desert garden is an outdoor garden located in Salt Lake City, United States.
This is a Frontyard garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 6. It has mainly Combination soil and receives Full Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Lace Cactus Day 345
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. baileyi
Sown on 09 Jul 12 I originally had one of these gorgeous cactus t...
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Ice Plant (Delosperma ashtonii) Day 396
Delosperma
Purchased on 19 May 12 So far, this is my most successful ice plant I'...
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Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Purchased on 14 May 12 A lovely and large penstemon that loves the hot...
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Baptisia australis
Sown on 19 Aug 11 This lovely little volunteer planted itself in ...
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Palmer's Penstemon AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Penstemon palmeri
Sown on 14 Jul 11 The off-spring of the original Palmer's Penstam...
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Transplanted on 19 Jun 11 This is a little cluster of some type of crocus...
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Delosperma cooperi
Sown on 14 Jun 11 I had to get this... I mean, my hubby is a Coop...
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Opuntia
Sown on 14 Jun 10 This prickly pear has grown into a wonderful pl...
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Caragana arborescens
Purchased on 09 May 10 Just planted this today, getting drenched in th...
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Escobaria vivipara
Sown on 19 Jun 09 This little guy is a fun little cactus, though ...
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Sedum
Sown on 14 Jun 09 This is a tall, upright sedum with wonderful fo...
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Sempervivum
Sown on 14 Jun 09 I've added a lot different varieties of Semperv...
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Sempervivum
Sown on 14 Jun 09 Again, I am pretty sure that I'm getting this r...
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Fallugia paradoxa
Sown on 09 Jun 09 I always wanted one of these, so when we starte...
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Agastache rupestris
Sown on 09 Jun 09 This is probably my favorite hyssop. I love it...
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Opuntia Fragilis (brittle prickly pear) AVAILABLE FOR SWAP
Opuntia fragilis
Sown on 19 Jun 06 I got this little guy shortly after we first mo...
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