Design

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These luxurious specimens are from my old Auguste Renoir rose-bush. ©M-J de Mesterton

Impatiens flowers like to spread, and make good ground-cover plants in shady, moist environments. ©M-J de Mesterton My Garden of Boxwood, Ivy, Myrtle, Hostas, Holly and Impatiens. ©M-J de Mesterton

Situated in pots, alongside paths, or in vegetable garden-plots, solar lamps are an economical way to enhance the elegance of your landscape in the evening, and a possible deterrent to pests such as mice, who love to eat little plants but generally avoid light. ©M-J de Mesterton

Before: Bare Soil Awaits Gravel after Ground Was Cleared of Water-Depleting Undergrowth Fruit Tree after Water-Wise Landscaping