modern landscaping ideas

http://www.houzz.com/photos/professionals/1962/Blasen-Landscape-Architecture/start=80

see flickr , plastolux has great Modern Landscaping - by Thuilot Associates in pool set of modern landscaping

tags modern, landscaping, garden

plants for south hillside erosion control groundcovers:
books:WATER CONSERVING PLANTS FOR THE BAY AREA, published by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD).
plants/trees for top of south hill erosion xeriscape/shade:Acacia, desert willow, chitalpa (30 ft. eventually)and palo verde.

PERENNIAL GROUND COVERS is a superb book by David S. MacKenzie and is published by Timber Press. It is full of practical information, easy to read, contains excellent advice to get started, has 315 beautiful colored photographs, excellent ground cover descriptions and selection charts.

majestic beauty fruitless olive: no fruit, slow growing tall tree , likes sun, dry.
plant with:Companion Plants
A Mediterranean inspired design would combine Majestic Beauty with Rosemary, Lavender, Rock Rose, Fig, Grape, Pomegranate, Sea Lavender, Jerusalem Sage, Chaste Tree and Italian Cypress. For a modern look, combine with the architectural look of New Zealand Flax, Yucca, Cordyline, Agava and a variety of other tender succulents.

fruiting pomegranate: for soun backhillside corners? Companion Plants
As part of the edible garden, use Variegated Calamondin Orange (Citrus reticulata 'Calamondin Variegata') as a companion. Contrast the orange-red blooms with the purple-blue exotic flowers of a Passion Vine (Passiflora pfordtii) or the white fragrant flowers of Chilean Jasmine (Mandevilla laxa).