Nothing enhances a natural landscape like stone. Using stone to make terraces is a beautiful solution to stop erosion on steep slopes.

	A broad view of the sun terrace in early spring.		Purchased at a Rock Garden Society meeting, six-inch-tall Scutellaria alpina is beautiful among the stones at this terrace bed.
	Color echoes yellow with Iris fulva 'Marvel Gold,' Phlomis fruticosa, and Kerria japonica in the background.		Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticosa) has a bright, very unusual flower. Its grey-green felt-like foliage adds texture to the garden.
	Peony, Paeonia latifolia 'Nymphe'		Plant your Peony only 2 inches below the soil surface, and use Permatil to keep the voles at bay.
	Pink variety of Stokesia laevis (Stokes Aster); this native is typically a beautiful blue.		Erigeron 'Meadow Muffin,' a slow spreader making a 5" wide green muffin to 1' tall. In spring, the clumps are topped with single stalks of 1" pink daisies.
	Silene virginica x S. polypetala 'Longwood', a short-lived perennial that I always replant.		I plant natives whenever I can. This one is Scutellaria incana (Downy Skullcap) found in dry bluffs in the Eastern U.S., a winner in my garden. Niche Gardens in Chapel Hill is a great place to find native plants.
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Mountain Laurel Climb		Lower Shade Terrace