Park Strip Makeover
Replace the hardest strip of lawn you own
Park strips are the worst place to grow grass — narrow, hot, and half the sprinkler water lands on the pavement. This layout uses low mounding plants that stay under sightlines, tolerate road salt, and qualify for local turf-replacement rebates.
- Size
- Fits a strip 4 ft x 30 ft
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Very low
- Plants
- About 22 plants
How to put it in
- 1Photograph the strip before you start — rebates require before photos.
- 2Remove turf and cap the spray heads or convert to drip.
- 3Leave a stepping-stone landing where people get out of cars.
- 4Plant, mulch, and submit your rebate paperwork.
What is in this plan
Plant these in groups of three or more for the best effect.
Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca
Neat silver-blue tufts — perfect between stones and gravel.
Full sunVery low water
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Walker's Low Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii
A soft blue cushion that spills beautifully over a path edge.
Full sun to part sunLow water
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Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
A silvery blue haze that thrives on almost no water.
Full sunVery low water
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Autumn Joy Sedum
Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'
Late-season color when the rest of the garden is winding down.
Full sunVery low water
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Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
Red and gold pinwheels that bloom until the first hard frost.
Full sunVery low water
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