Japanese Fusion Garden

scale of plants overshadow house

Finer scale and open plan enhance the architecture

To update overgrown planters, we created a small scale Japanese garden using desert and drought tolerant plants, a departure from the expected.  While incorporating classic traditional elements such as a weeping maple, quince contorta and juniper procumbens adjacent to the entry, the remainder of the plants originate in Mediterranean or desert climates.  As all are drip irrigated, each receives the water it needs with no water lost to evapotransperation.