In the prior landscaping picture we looked at a decorative border along a sidewalk....

Perhaps that was an easy call for a landscape designer, right? But what about problem spots for which the landscape design approach is less obvious? A hillside, say, or a roadside corner nook in between the street, your driveway and the woods?

The photo above shows just such a roadside nook. The landscape design solution employed here was to use ornamental grass, along with other plants, and a liberal dose of mulch.

The unusual blue color of the ornamental grass pictured above (blue fescue) is striking enough to allow this landscape design to remain rather minimalistic. Many ornamental grasses are also a low-maintenance alternative, not requiring the deadheading that flowers do.

In the next landscape design picture we'll look at another example of the use of ornamental grasses and mulch.