I’m currently revamping the entire outdoor area around my house, and decided to start with the smaller one, so this doesn’t feel too overwhelming!
It’s a triangular-shaped area, which faces the street. Currently, it has a small olive tree, a yucca plant that I want removed (marked with the red cross), and some hedge bushes which my dog totally wrecked.
This is facing NW (the camera is pointing towards N), so it gets a lot of sun, especially in summer. Because of this, and also because it’s a place we don’t use that often, I was planning more of a low-maintenance kind of thing, focusing on perennials
Maybe asparagus near the side edge, taking the bushes out and replacing them with a lavender edge, and then plant a few aromatic herbs like thyme, oregano, sage, etc.
I was also planning to dig a broad vase and use it to hold water, like a very small pond, for birds and to attract dragonflies.
I also thought of planting strawberries on the edge that faces the driveway, as they will be at an ideal height to pick easily.
Other alternatives for the neighbor-facing edge could also be blueberries or grapes.
Thoughts and recommendations?
I’m in Portugal btw, so this is a Mediterranean climate.
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