Curb Gardens that Accommodate Parking

When I last showed off some of my favorite curbside gardens a commenter wrote to complain.  “Sure, those tall plantings are great if you don’t have to, um, PARK and get out of your car.”  True enough, so I promised to follow up with curbside gardens that WOULD work with parked cars.

And here ya go. First up, in a sunny spot along a busy street with parking, you see some liriope, another tough-looking short grass, some of the new petunia varieties that bloom like crazy without dead-heading, and the silver foliage of the Licorace plant (Helichrysum petiolare ‘Silver Mist’). All are super drought-tolerant except those petunias.

And for shade, how about good old hostas with liriope (for evergreen color) and strategically placed flagstones for human passage? Plants don’t get much lower-maintenance than these two workhorses.