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Phlox Subulata (moss pink) in landscape. Photo © Elaine Mills

Large Tufa Bed

Raising some beds above grade level using tufa rocks permitted more plant varieties, such as sedums (left), Delosperma cooperi (hardy ice plant), Geranium maculatum (wild geranium), and Linum lewisii (blue flax), which likes dry sandy soil, blooming here in spring. Photo © Christa Watters

Large Tufa Garden: Raising some beds above grade level using tufa rocks permitted more plant varieties, such as sedums (left), Delosperma cooperi (hardy ice plant), Geranium maculate (wild geranium), and Linum lewisii (blue flax), which likes dry sandy soil, blooming here in spring.

All the photos were taken by Christa Watters at Simpson Park Garden.

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