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Painting Walls to Showcase Sculptural Plants

Color and Form in a Phoenix Walled Garden

Designer Debra Burnette uses 7-foot stucco walls painted in rich, flat latex hues as backdrops for sculptural, colorful plants at a home near the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Walls shield the front from neighbors and a two-story house next door.

Plantings Keyed to Wall Color and Light

Yellow wall (Sunbury): Shady section hosts bronze Kalanchoe orgyalis and green Crassula 'Campfire'; sunny stretch features heat-tolerant agaves, bat-faced cuphea, and a Sonoran palo verde with chartreuse bark.

Deep purple patio wall (Nocturne): Accented by white Gaura lindheimeri blossoms and yellow flowers of Caesalpinia platyloba.

Red wall (Chinese Pagoda) by the pool: Showcases clumps of well-behaved deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens).

The result is a vibrant, cohesive gallery where paint and plants amplify each other.

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