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Landscape inspiration:

An edge condition of an oak woodland – plants that are compatible underneath a canopy of oak trees, with glossy, deep green leaves of different sizes and types that create varied texture.

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Our design response to test:

A braided river of coffeeberry with clusters/pockets of grasses emerging out of it with just a few individual ceanothus

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Plant palette list:

Groundcover Layer (50%)
Frangula californica ‘Mound San Bruno’

Filler Species (5-10%)
Stipa pulchra

Seasonal Layer (25-40%)
Melica californica
Iris douglasiana

Structural Layer (10-15%)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Quercus agrifolia (existing)