Peachy the Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 18

As you approach the traditional home of painted Savannah gray brick, the parking court is surrounded by a formal garden of clipped boxwood hedges and fig ivy climbing on the walls. Perennials, located inside the hedges, lend color and texture to the garden. Two loquat trees flank the 16 PEACHYTHEMAGAZINE.COM front of the house—their ornamental shape and beautiful orange fruit stand out within the winter garden. Citrus is often used in the gardens of this area, and “while lemons and limes might suffer a little cold damage,” shares Jennifer, “they do quite well as fruiting options.”