Enchanted Backyard Path

I stumbled across this neat tutorial on how to create a cute garden path in your backyard. I rent, and I don't have much of a backyard but this will be great to keep handy for later!

All photos by E. Spencer Toy
Love the cozy nook in the back!

Step 1: Outline the path by laying down rope or garden hoses; adjust them to get the shape you want.

Step 2: Dig a 3-inch-deep path channel and edge it with bender board. Fill with crushed gravel.
Step 3: Arrange potted plants to your liking, then dig holes and plant. Plants will fill out in about 9 months, softening sharp edges.

Some suggested plants:

Grasses

• Sedge (Carex albula “Frosty Curls”)
  
• Berkeley sedge (Carex divulsa)
  
• New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax)
  

Fillers and Fringe

• Dwarf euphorbia
  
• Hebe glaucophylla
  
• Artemisia pycnocephala “David’s Choice”
  
• Speedwell (Veronica spicata “Icicle”)
  

Fragrance

• Garden sage (Salvia officinalis “Icterina”)
  
• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis “Blue Spires”)
  
• Garden sage (Salvia officinalis “Purpurascens”)
  
• Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii “Blue Wonder”)
  

Background Plants and Tall Flowers

• White penstemon
  
• Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)
  
• Salvia mexicana
  
• Russian sage (Perovskia “Blue Spire”)
  
• Roses (Rosa)
  
• Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
  
• Gentian sage (Salvia patens)
  
• Euphorbia characias “Humpty Dumpty”