Tuscan Inspired Garden Designs

In particular lavender makes a bold design statement when used to frame a low wall or pathway.

Tuscan inspired garden designs. Stone walls and paths mediterranean plants landscaping hedges pots of baked clay terra cotta plants that are planted in pots pebbles fountains etc. These plants bring the sensory experience of tuscany to your garden with their fragrances and usefulness in the kitchen. Muted grey greens and warm pastel earth tones are common themes of a tuscan landscape as are the cool blues of lavender and rosemary flowers.

Jul 6 2018 explore buleyma s board tuscan garden followed by 699 people on pinterest. Do choose traditional tuscan garden plants like olive trees bay trees old knobbly grape vines and mediterranean herbs such as lavender and sage. Grasses add a bold flowing element and help soften the naturalistic stone outcroppings traditional in tuscan design says frank.

It s leaves were collected and sold to the silk industry in order to feed the voracious silk worm that has a preference for the mulberry leaves. Red salvias orange daylilies and hot pink oleander are good choices for this purpose. There are several elements that are common to all the gardens in the tuscan style.

Actually among the cheapest and simplest methods to get a tuscan garden design is to use terracotta plant containers rather than containers made of different materials. There are many uses for vases inside and outside your property. The fragrance of mediterranean herbs like rosemary sage lavender thyme lavender cotton santolina and others are an iconic part of tuscan garden design.

However these cannot be without a few bold accents of pink red and orange. Dec 6 2020 explore bailey conran s board tuscan garden followed by 138 people on pinterest. Due to the curious and sometimes tense relationship between aristocratic tuscan landowner and the peasant tuscan farmer the tuscan garden has adopted many symbols that reflect the tuscan culture.

Apr 16 2016 explore mindy ruder s board tuscan inspired garden followed by 137 people on pinterest. Do feel free to modernize the tuscan theme with ornamental grasses. For example the mulberry tree morus alba is almost always present in the authentic tuscan garden.