In this front garden - entrance of a hotel in Cyclades, Greecen - the gardeners made three liitle terraces and used local stones to keep earth getting washed out. The three focal points are the 3 palms, Washingtonia filifera or commonly known as Californian Fan Palm. The garden has got a returning pattern created by the zig-zag arrangement of silver leaved Santolina chamaecyparissus (Cotton lavander), they lead your eye side-to-side so you observe the whole garden. Red leaves of the Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea' (Red japanese barberry), orange flowers of Strelizia reginae (Bird of Paradise) and purple-pink flowers of the Bugainvillea add color to the arrangement.
Washingtonia filifera planted in a line outside of a house. This palm grows a tall trunk, mature trees can reach 18 m hight so they are great to line avenues. They look pretty trimmed, as you see on the above picture, or with their long skirt of dead leaves.
Washingtonia filifera planted in a line outside of a house. This palm grows a tall trunk, mature trees can reach 18 m hight so they are great to line avenues. They look pretty trimmed, as you see on the above picture, or with their long skirt of dead leaves.
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