Photography by Dennis Burnett courtesy of Tait Moring & Associates
A mature Ashe Juniper tree (a Texas native) is underplanted with disease-resistant Palisades Zoysia turf grass, which tolerates shade and requires less water than the average lawn.
Cedar post fences on the property were made from Ashe junipers cleared from the property.
The rock on the wall behind the pool is limestone gathered from the site.
When Moring bought the property, “it had been a rental and sort of neglected, with not much here except some trees and a nice view,” he says.
“I really used a lot of leftover stone from other projects,” says Moring. “It’s mostly limestone, different sizes and different styles, but all local stone.”
“This is a great little native plant most people walked by a million times and never notice,” says Morning. “It’s a type of milkweed. We call it a pearl vine, and in person it really does look like it has a pearl in the center.”
A staircase leads down from the higher elevation of the house to the vegetable garden beds.