How do you landscape a steeply slanted and tilted backyard?
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We had the same problem in a house I lived in. We solved it with rock gardens, that cascaded from one garden, to another, down the slope. Plant a few different kinds of ground cover plants that don't grow tall and don't need to be mowed, in between the rock gardens.
I think it would be best if you posted a photo ,your location and lighting
I would do something so you don't have to mow. Either plant Ivy or some type of creeping plant.
My son's back yard has a very steep hill at the back which they planted heavily to prevent erosion. Beth Shorts suggestion makes a lot of sense being as there are only a few inches of soil on top of the bedrock.
Check your town for other similar slopes and see what ground cover they are growing.
How about different perennial grasses?
Easy fix for that plant them in large buried garbage cans with drainage holes.
You can sing large garbage cans with drainage and plant them that way.Just a thought.It is not the seedlings per say, they have invasive root systems. I should have thought of all of this before I planted mine.
Thats why I love flowering ground cover. Blue lobelia is one of my favorites. Primroses are also practically indestructible, and I've even seen mine flower in the snow, A field of blue bells is pretty spectacular. Flowering scrubs are also some of my favorites.
You can try Karls foster,Dwarf Zebra.Fescue,Sweet flag,muhly grass,Liriope which technically is not a grass but pretty,mondo grass,these are small but very attractive.So another thought is there a way to have container plantings without sinking them in the ground?
I have some Liriope that I can move to the back yard. You're right it would look good. I might be able to mound up rocks and gravel to hide a container to prevent grasses from spreading to other areas. I told Beth Shorts that I'm toying with the idea of a dry stream bed as a design feature. I'd be planting interesting plants along the "stream". I'm looking into native, KY plants that I can use, too. We have a lawn of fine bladed fescue, but it's a bit plain when there isn't anything else. I think that a faux dry stream bed might add some pazazz.