Stone steps installed along the sloped landscape connects areas.
Utilize sloped land around your home to create small niche gardens and spruce up the curb appeal of your home. Use favorite plants and flowers with strong root systems to help anchor the soil in the slope, and bring color and life to an often-unused area. Connect the areas of sloped land for easy access.
Sloped Garden
Plant ground cover perennials along the sloped landscape to fill in low growing areas of the garden. A succulent, the hardy ice plant produces stunning yellow or chartreuse flowers from spring to early fall. Growing to less than 2 inches tall, ice plants are attractive weaving through flowerbeds or flanking a garden staircase. Tall perennial flowers, such as purple coneflowers and Russian sage, provide height and texture to the sloped landscape. Both are hardy, thrive in full sun and are drought-tolerant, a bonus along the sloped landscape. Shrubs such as rhododendron create a strong hold for the slope and produce colorful blooms. Plant rhododendrons in masses along the landscape to provide a focal point.
Water Feature
Trickling, cascading water flowing through the landscape creates a dramatic addition to the space and draws you outdoors. Weaving through the gardens and around flowerbeds and shrubs, a water feature is attractive from any angle of the sloped landscape. Use slate and river rock, and plant water-loving ferns around it. Tuck a silver-foliaged licorice plant into nooks of rocks. Create a burst of green and lavender with hostas in surrounding beds.
Staircase
Connect the sloped landscape to other areas around the home, such as a sunken patio or deck, with a stone staircase. Slate, flagstone or brick staircases provide a long-lasting addition to the space. Slate is ideal for staircases because of its flat, stackable quality. The rich blues, deep purples and vibrant grays found in slate provide a stunning display in the sloped landscape. Provide a resting spot for your gardening chores with a garden staircase.
