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21 Best Shrubs & Perennials For The Front Of House
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Foundation plants are the first thing people see when they come to your home. So it’s important to choose the ones that looks the best. In this post, I share a list of my favorite perennials and shrubs for landscaping around your house.
One of the best ways to increase curb appeal in front of your house is to use stunning foundation plants.
From evergreen bushes to flowering perennials, there are many landscaping ideas you can use to add visual interest to your home.
Don’t be overwhelmed by all the choices. This guide will show you the best foundation shrubs and perennials, so you’ll be able to pick out your favorites without any stress.
What Are Foundation Plants?
Foundation plants started as a way to hide the unsightly cement or blocks around the base of newly constructed homes.
Now people add them around their house to enhance the beauty, and break up the monotonous look of a treeless yard, or siding that reaches to the ground.
Landscapers use a mixture of bushes, flowers, and shrubs as a way to create artistic visual interest.
With the right shape, size and color, you can draw someone’s eye around your yard, up the walk, and to the front door. It’s like interior design, but outdoors.
Related Post: How To Design A Front Yard Foundation Planting
When you are looking for foundation plants, these are the attributes that are the most important:
- Choose shorter varieties – If they are too tall, they could block windows, and cause problems for gutters or drainage.
- Add visual interest – Use a range of heights, textures, and colors to create your desired look.
- Keep sunlight needs in mind – If the front of your house receives constant sunlight or full shade, make sure you choose plants that will respond well to it.
- Go for symmetry – Whether you try to use mirror images on both sides of your house, or add visual interest with an asymmetrical design, this list will give you many options.
- Pick ones that look great year-round – Evergreen shrubs or perennials with winter interest will keep your front garden from looking bare during the colder seasons.
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21 Foundation Plants & Shrubs For Front Of House
I split up the list into two sections to make it easier for you to find what you need. First, we will look at the best shrubs for the front of your house.
Then, you will discover the most popular flowers and perennials that you can use to dress up your home landscaping quickly.
Best Shrubs To Plant In Front Of The House
Shrubs and bushes are the most popular foundation plants for the front of the house. They’re easy to care for, make the best base for corners, and anchor your landscaping. Below are some good options.
1. Boxwood
One of the most common foundation shrubs is the boxwood because it’s easy to shape with some hedge trimmers.
These evergreen bushes can reach 6-8’, and do well in partial to full sun. Most people use them as the base or backdrop for their landscaping, and place other colorful specimens around them.
2. Roses
This classic bush comes in a bunch of different shapes and sizes.
You can find them in just about any hue from pink or red, to yellow, orange, and even shades of white, blue, or purple. Simply choose your favorite colors.
Roses also have a variety of heights. Find them in dwarf forms that only reach 1-3’, or larger shrubs and climbers that can get anywhere from 8-20’ tall.
3. Hydrangea
Hydrangeas are another fantastic way to add pops of color to the front of your house.
Their showy flowers bloom in the late summer or early fall. They come in varieties with either pink, green, blue, purple, or even white blossoms.
They do best in zones 4-9, and can reach heights of either 4-6’ or 6-8’, depending on the type you own. Learn how to grow hydrangeas here.
4. Japanese Maple
A much taller option is the Japanese maple, which you can find either as a bush or in a small tree form.
Some of the bush varieties reach 12-15’, and the trees can be 15-20’. So make sure you give them plenty of space, and don’t put them too close to your house.
They are breathtaking in the fall when the leaves change from green to a vibrant red. This deciduous tree or shrub does best in zones 6-9 with full sun.
5. Juniper
This common evergreen shrub is often used by the pros as the bones or an anchor in front yard landscape design.
The juniper is known for its unmistakable berries that grow in between the pines on some species.
It’s a conifer that prefers full sun, and can reach 4-6’. The ones that make the best foundation plants are those that stay closer to the ground, rather than the ones that look like tall trees.
6. Dogwood
In general there are two basic types of dogwoods, a tree and a shrub.
While the trees look great, at 15-20’ they can be a bit too large to put right next to your house.
The bushes do best in full sun, and can reach 8-12’. Both are deciduous and thrive in zones 5-8.
Some will even bloom in mid-spring, with lovely pink or white flowers that are highly fragrant and attractive to pollinators.
Dogwood are good bushes for front of house7. Elderberry
The elderberry is a pretty specimen that bears edible fruit. The sweet berries can be used to make jams and deserts, and the birds love feasting on them too.
Though it prefers full sun, it can do well in partial shade as well. This beautiful bush is hardy in zones 3-9, where it can reach 8-10’.
In the late spring and early summer it blooms with white flowers, which are a delightful contrast to the dark maroon foliage.
8. Dwarf Lilac
The dwarf lilac is a fantastic way to line your sidewalks or add color to the front of your house.
Reaching 4-6’ tall, this shrub is easy to trim into stunning round shapes, and small enough to make the perfect foundation plant.
It does best in zones 3-7. In late spring it will come alive with pink or fuchsia blooms that smell heavenly.
9. Weigela
If you’re looking for a bush that has good fall colors to brighten up your yard, try weigela. It does best in sun or partial shade in zones 5-9.
It reaches 36-48” tall, though dwarf varieties can be much smaller. The flowers bloom in late spring and early summer with pink, red, or white petals.
Unfortunately, they aren’t fragrant when they bloom. But the brilliant colors are stunning, and really stand out against the light green foliage.
Weigela flowering shrub next to the house10. Mock Orange
Don’t let the name fool you. The mock orange has white flowers that look and smell like those on an orange tree, but it doesn’t produce any fruit.
Also known as English dogwood, this large bush towers at 8-10’, and prefers partial shade in zones 4-8.
The highly fragrant blooms appear in late spring and early summer. Place them near a window so you can enjoy the heavenly aroma inside your home when they’re in full bloom.
11. Azalea / Rhododendron
There are lots of types of azalea and rhododendron that you can choose from. All of them are dazzling.
Growing anywhere from 36-48” for the dwarf varieties, or as large as 10-12’ for larger ones, they prefer shade and acidic soil.
They are the epitome of spring in zones 3-8, blooming in late spring with showy flowers and bright colors.
From whites to pinks and shades of purple, to red, orange, and even yellow, they dress up a home’s front landscape.
12. Spirea
With tons of different varieties to choose from, spirea is a popular foundation shrub because it stays fairly small. Most will only reach 24-36” tall.
It’s also a favorite because it’s resistant to deer, and does well in a wide range of zones, from 4 to 9.
The foliage is pretty, and the pink or white blossoms appear in mid-spring.
Spirea shrubs in front of house13. Japanese Yew
Another great anchor, the Japanese yew is a low-maintenance coniferous bush that looks captivating in the winter.
The shortest ones, which are 8-10’, make the best foundation shrubs. The taller ones can reach 15-20’, and are better to use farther away from your house.
This is a popular choice for evergreen privacy, and a nice addition to any front garden bed.
Best Foundation Perennials
When it comes to picking out foundation perennial plants, you have a ton to choose from.
The best ones will depend on the color, size, and shape of your home and the existing landscaping. Here are some of my favorites.
14. Lilies
Lilies add artistic beauty to the front of your home, and there are so many varieties that you can pick from.
The sizes range from 1-3’ for the shorter ones, all the way up to an impressive 8’ for the tallest. Though the hardiness varies depending on the species, you can find them for just about any zone.
Most will bloom in late spring or early summer and have stunning, often fragrant, flowers that come in an array of patterns and colors.
15. Hostas
With solid or multicolored leaves that look like they came straight out of a painting, hostas add visual interest to your landscaping.
They only reach 18-28” tall and wide, and do best in shady spots in zones 3-8.
The trumpet-shaped blossoms appear in late summer, and can be anywhere from pale or light purple to white.
Using hostas as foundation plants16. Astilbe
Also called false goat’s beard, astilbe has bold red, white, or pink flowers that bloom in mid-spring and early summer.
The colors are electric, and really command attention. They are also fantastic for cutting and adding to your indoor bouquet.
This excellent foundation plant will reach 18-24” and, depending on the variety, can thrive in anywhere from partial shade to full sun in zones 4-9. Learn exactly how to grow astilbe here.
17. Iris
There are hundreds of species of this romantic flower that you can choose from. The most popular is the bearded iris.
Depending on the type you choose, they can reach anywhere from 24-36”. The spiky foliage makes a great backdrop, and the blossoms open in the spring.
They come in a variety of colors, from lavender or blue, to yellow, white, pink, salmon, and dark purple. Some smell wonderful too.
18. Coral Bells (Heuchera)
Also called coral bells, Heucheras add vibrance and texture, and are a classic addition to any landscape.
When the pink or white flowers bloom in early summer, they can reach 18”. But the foliage is the star of the show, and you can find them in just about any color of the rainbow.
They can thrive anywhere from shade to full sun in zones 4-9, and can tolerate drought conditions.
Coral bells add color around house foundation19. Phlox
Very broadly, there are two popular kinds of phlox: tall and creeping. Both require full sun, and are hardy in zones 4-8.
Tall varieties do well in partial shade to full sun, and get to be 36-48”.
They have fragrant white, pink, purple, or magenta blooms that appear around the middle of summer.
The creeping ones have a sprawling habit, and barely reach 6” tall. They bloom in early spring, and also come in various colors.
20. Yucca
The yucca is an effortless choice for beginners. These tough evergreen perennials are perfect for drier soils that are typical around a house foundation.
It’s rounded shape with lots of sharp-pointed leaves is easy to spot. Though most commonly used as a desert perennial in zones 9-11, there are cold-hardy varieties that can survive down to zone 3.
When it blooms in late spring, the tall flower spikes stick straight out of the center. They’re usually either pale yellow, pink, or a shade of white, and smell amazing.
The bloom spikes stay short on some types, only reaching 18-36″, while others can get up to 30′ tall. When not in bloom, the foliage is only 18-24”.
21. Peony
There are a bunch of varieties of peonies you can choose from, with a range of different sizes and colors.
The most common one for people to use as foundation perennials is the Chinese peony. It grows 24-36”, and thrives in full exposure.
The showy flowers are well known for their intoxicating fragrance, and bloom in late spring and early summer in zones 2-8. Learn how to care for peonies here.
Peonies planted at the corner of my houseWith this list of the best foundation plants for the front of your house, you’re sure to find tons of options. Add some visual interest and beauty to your home with any of these stunning bushes, shrubs, and perennials.
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15 Front Yard Plants For Year-Round Curb Appeal
There are so many great reasons to create exceptional curb appeal at the front door. Striving to be the envy of the neighborhood? Or are you envisioning a more welcoming entrance. Perhaps it is time to sell the house. On the other hand, it might be a great time to put in some landscape plants to compliment the recently installed new porch or siding.
Great design and planting ideas to boost your curb appeal are a wonderful way to achieve all the above.
3 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Front Yard Space
Before going too far down the creative rabbit hole, it is best to face reality. Set realistic goals for the future plants. Ask yourself some important questions to determine some goals, dreams, expectations, and limitations of the front of your home.
How much time do you want to spend in the front yard?
Love gardening? A new or experienced gardener might dream big and plant gorgeous, exotic, or rare plants that need pruning, replanting, and tidying at the front door.
A lover of gardening may want to spend every evening and most Saturday’s and Sunday’s out front, primping and priming the planted beauties!
On the other hand, another type of gardener may want to walk through a lovely, tidy, low-maintenance entrance and wave at the neighbors, before quietly receding to the privacy of the backyard.
When planning the plants for the front entrance make sure to consider high or low maintenance design.
Is the front yard a place you would enjoy spending lots of time?
Do you want to be friendly with the neighbors? Is there a great view, and nice weather?
Maybe the front yard is a welcoming place, perfect for a little sitting area. For instance, it may be suited for some fragrant plantings to enjoy when welcoming visitors who stop by.
Alternatively, is it full blast in the hot sun all day with a ton of noisy traffic?
In this case, it might be a great place for a tall evergreen hedge and a large specimen tree to create shade for the front door and house.
Will the front of the house be a high-traffic area?
If guests, pets, and kids will be running all over the front yard, it may be important to create some delineation of where to walk, and, importantly, where not to walk.
3 Design Must Haves for Instant Curb Appeal
Begin with the Big Picture
Take it all in. Walk around the front yard and out to the street. Try to see the front entrance and yard with new eyes. Notice the style of the home with the intention of matching the future landscaping.
For instance, a cozy cottage style home might invite a cottage garden theme. On the other hand, a modern or contemporary home with simple, geometric lines may lend itself well to repetitive, complementary, or slightly softening lines.
Set Up for Success
Plants are a wonderful way to make your home more welcoming. Set them up for success by building excellent growing areas for them. Often, homes are built on solid, compact ground. This is excellent for pouring concrete but essentially awful for trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.
Plan to excavate areas of poor-quality ground to fill with high-quality soil. This is specifically important for foundation plantings of trees and shrubs. Alternatively, you might build raised garden beds or use planters, urns, or hanging baskets.
Go the extra mile right from the start by installing an automatic irrigation system. This saves an impressive amount of water and time. Solar lighting is another excellent addition to increase curb appeal and show off your landscape efforts.
Right Plant in the Right Place
Importantly, consider how much sun, shade, snow, rain, and wind there is in the front yard.
As an example, a lovely specimen tree won’t be too pretty after the roof sheds a heavy load of snow on it and breaks all the branches. Similarly, it is only too sad, after waiting all spring for the cherry blossoms, to see the pretty petals are blown off in the wind on their first day.
In contrast, herbaceous perennials can take a snow load and grow quickly again next spring.
Indeed, some even love the extra moisture. Likewise, some plants look wonderful and airy dancing and waving in windy places.
Importantly, choose plants that fit your growing zone, climate, conditions, and sun/shade aspects of the front door to improve the success of your curb appeal choices.
15 Front Yard Plants for Instant Curb Appeal
Specimen Trees & Shrubs
1. Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)Stand Out Feature: Stunning 3-inch flowers and wonderful fall foliage.
Size: 12 to 36 feet (4 to 12 m) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist acidic soil. Sun to part shade. Zones 5 to 9.
2. Japanese Maple
(Acer palmatum)Stand Out Feature: Deeply cut maple leaves in purple, pink, red, and green color varieties on graceful branches.
Size: 15 to 35 feet (5 to 12 m) tall and wide.
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist neutral to acidic soil.
Sun to part shade. Zones 5 to 8.
3. Rugosa Roses
(Rosa rugosa)Stand Out Feature: Hardy, robust rose with fragrant long-lived blooms. May also make a fine choice for hedges.
Size: 4 to 8 feet (120 cm to 240 cm) tall and 4 to 6 feet (120 cm to 180 cm) wide.
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist acidic, neutral, or alkaline soil. Sun to part shade. Zones 2 to 7.
4. Magnolia
(Magnolia grandiflora)Stand Out Feature: Large, fragrant, star or bowl-shaped flowers in spring on either deciduous or evergreen trees.
Size: Small tree varieties are compact, reaching 15 feet (5 m), while large tree varieties may reach up to 80 feet (26 m) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Sun to part shade. Zones 4 to 10.
5. Crabapple (Malus)
Stand Out Feature: Spring flowers, attractive fruit, and lovely growing habit.
Size: Small crabapple trees grow 10 to 15 feet (3 to 4.5 m). The largest crabapple trees reach over 40 feet (12 m) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Well-drained soil of sand, loam, or clay. Sun to part shade.
Best Shrubs for Front Entrance Hedges
6. English Holly
(Ilex aquifolium)Stand Out Feature: Beauty, style, privacy, security, and holiday décor, all in one large, distinctive hedge. Glossy green, sharply lobed leaves make the perfect backdrop for the vibrant red berries.
Size: Up to 15 feet (5 m) tall, and 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 m) wide.
Zone and Growing Condition: Fertile, slightly acidic, well-draining soil. Full sun to partial shade. Zones 5 to 9.
7. Rhododendron
(Rhododendron)Stand Out Feature: Showstopping large flower clusters in an excellent range of colors. Smooth, waxy, evergreen leaves look great all through the year.
Size: Miniature Rhododendron may grow only 1 foot (30 cm) tall, low-growing varieties may grow 5 to 6 feet (150 to 180 cm) tall, and the largest types may reach over 20 feet (6.5 m) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist, slightly acidic soils. In humid, cooler climates, full sun is tolerated. Part sun to shade in drier conditions, especially in winter. Zones 4 to 8.
8. Boxwood
(Buxus sempervirens)Stand Out Feature: The gateway plant to formal gardening. Boxwood takes well to shaping. It is a small broadleaf evergreen with smooth, bright green leaves.
Size: 3 to 5 feet (90 to 150 cm) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist, well-draining, alkaline soil. Sun to part shade. Too much sun may scorch leaves. However, too much shade may cause plant to grow spindlier. Zones 5 to 8.
9. Arborvitea (Thuja)
Stand Out Feature: Thuja dominates in the privacy screen hedge category! They are available in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Indeed, Arborvitea may be small and round or enormous giants.
Size: From 1 foot (30 cm) to over 60 feet (18 m).
Zone and Growing Condition: Moist, well-draining soil. Sun to part shade. Protect from deer, drought, salt, and wind for luxurious green growth. Zone 2 to 11.
10. Bigleaf Hydrangea
(Hydrangea macrophylla)Stand Out Feature: This queen of the shrubs has many species. Additionally, this hydrangea species has many varieties which are classed in two groups, mopheads and lacecaps. It gets even more interesting as the sterile flowers last extremely long, make excellent dried flowers, and even change color throughout their lives. Incredibly, a single plant may have flowers of differing ages and different colors!
Size: Height and spread of 4 to 5 feet (120 to 150 cm).
Zone and Growing Condition: Rich, moist, well-drained soils. Part shade. May tolerate full sun if kept consistently moist.
Zone 6 to 9.
Groundcovers
11. Creeping Juniper
(Juniperus horizontalis)Stand Out Feature: Excellent groundcover that looks great all year long. Importantly, they make wonderful filler to help keep challenging areas clean and tidy. Creeping juniper comes in a wide selection of colors and textures. Additionally, they are low maintenance and drought tolerant.
Size: Depending on the cultivar, creeping juniper may spread up to 20 feet (6.5 m).
Zone and Growing Condition: Poorer soil of loam or clay. Full sun to part sun. Zones 3 to 10.
12. Creeping Phlox
(Phlox stolonifera)Stand Out Feature: This gorgeous low maintenance ground cover is an eyecatcher when it is smothered in fragrant blooms in Spring.
Size: 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) tall, spreading 9 to 18 inches (20 to 45 cm) wide.
Zone and Growing Condition: Well-draining loam soil that is acidic, neutral, or alkaline.
Full to partial sun. Zones 3 to 9.
Long-Blooming, Showstopping Perennials
13. Daylily
(Hemerocallis)Stand Out Feature: This long-blooming perennial is a must have for the low-maintenance garden. Once established, these showy bloomers are incredible when in bloom. On the other hand, their long arching grassy-like foliage looks great too! For the plant obsessed, the available variety of flower shades and shapes will keep you searching for your next favorite daylily!
Size: 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm) tall and wide.
Zone and Growing Condition: All soil types. Sun and shade but may bloom more in sun. Zones 3 to 9.
14. Black Eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia)Stand Out Feature: Catch the attention of the passersby with the vibrant blooms of this stately daisy-like flower. Tall and distinct, a carefree plant that handles just about any situation. Importantly, Black Eyed Susan really shines in the in-between time when some of the garden is fading out in midsummer.
Size: 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Clay loam soil. Full sun to sun. Zone 3 to 7.
15. Garden Phlox
(Phlox paniculata)Stand Out Feature: Wonderful scent to carry through weeks at the end of summer. Furthermore, the masses of vibrant blooms can be admired from afar.
Size: 2 to 4 feet (60 to 120 cm) tall.
Zone and Growing Condition: Rich, heavy soil with reasonable drainage. Full sun to sun. Zones 4 to 8.
Related Reading: 17 Long Living Perennials For Everlasting Beauty
Regardless of the reasons, plants at the front door will help to create exceptional curb appeal to catch the eye of the passersby.
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12/25/2019 at 10:10
When creating this or that form of flower plantations, the correct selection of plants is very important.
In this matter, in addition to knowledge of the biological characteristics and agricultural technology of plants, one must also have an artistic taste.
Selection of plants by height.
If there is no monument or other architectural structure in the center of the flower bed, then a tall spectacular plant (agave, palm tree, etc.) is planted, and plants of a smaller height are planted to the periphery and the edges of the flower bed end with the shortest.
With this arrangement, the plants do not close each other, and such flower beds, not even bulky, but only slightly convex, look very decorative.
12/25/2019 at 03:10
Decorative flowers, plants are one of the main details of the interior of a house or garden landscape. They are grown and bred, not so much for practical purposes, as for decorating, ennobling the site, dwelling. Decorative houseplants are the perfect complement to home design. These two species have a large number of different variations, modifications, shapes, colors, dimensions.
In this article we will find out in more detail and consider photos of various ornamental plants, get acquainted with their varieties.
12/24/2019 at 10:34
English style in landscape design
As the name suggests, this way of decorating a garden plot developed in England at the beginning of the 18th century.
The main idea of the style is love and respect for the natural flora, the commonality of man and nature.
English handwriting is a balance between slight negligence, even neglect and homeliness, well-groomed garden.
Harmony is achieved due to the following criteria:
07/05/2022 at 09:13
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The following types of flower beds can become a decoration of the garden:
05/26/2022 at 00:24
A small plot of land on which several flower beds are grown. Among the tall stems of roses or tulips, bright toy gnomes with eternally smiling faces lurk. Probably, this is what a decorated garden looks like in the minds of people who absorb images from American films. In reality, oddly enough, everything is much more interesting and varied when it comes to jewelry, especially those that you can make yourself.
The beauty of homemade crafts is that they do not require large investments at all. Moreover, original and aesthetic elements are often realized from improvised items that you have long considered trash. Old logs, worn tires, plastic bottles are used - some of these materials will definitely be found in the pantry in the country.
03/28/2022 at 06:18
Not finding a suitable container in the store, you can approach the question of how to build a fountain in the country with your own hands.
This will require sand, geotextiles and a film for pools or an ordinary thick plastic film (it is cheaper): Small options often cause breakage of various garden tools, and large boulders cause problems when trying to move.
It is not necessary to deal with excessive rockiness. It is enough to look at the problem from the other side.
Uses
Garden and landscaping stones are used in a wide variety of ways. You can fill up paths or parts of a fantasy composition with small pebbles.
01/19/2022 at 01:49
If you choose the right flowers and plants and correctly place them in the room, you can make your interior sparkle with new colors. Here are some examples of how you can effectively use indoor plants at home:
Vertical gardening is able to divide a large room into two different functional areas, such as a kitchen and a living room. The presence of green decorative elements will help create an elegant backdrop for delicate and romantic designs.
Climbing plants will solve the problem of low ceilings, visually lifting them, giving the space extra volume.
An original composition of various types of domestic cacti
11/09/2021 at 13:53
Let's start with the most accessible and free material - car tires that have served their time. Every car enthusiast has them, and they will be happy to share them with you at any tire fitting shop.
An important advantage of this improvised material is its very high durability and resistance to any climatic conditions.
Of course, I'm not going to suggest that you just lay out the tires on the site, fill them with earth and plant flowers. It would be too primitive. You need to somehow ennoble these tires or give them an unusual, original look. We will try to do both. Moreover, in order to cover more options, we will consider not only flowerbeds from tires, but also flowerpots that can be made in the country with your own hands.
11/05/2021 at 10:54
So, you have decided to build flower beds with your own hands in the country.
Sooner or later, all summer residents decide on this, even those who, in principle, are far from gardening. This is due to the fact that a country house is very difficult to imagine without flowers, because they not only decorate the landscape, but also favorably emphasize the main elements. In addition, a properly located flower bed will help hide imperfections on the site.
11/03/2021 at 15:23
A variety of plants are used to create flower arrangements: annuals and perennials, herbaceous forms and shrubs, flowering and decorative foliage. For beginners, a perennial flower bed is the most suitable option, since these plants in the bulk are quite unpretentious, frost-resistant, hardy and can delight with their flowering for many years.
05/07/2020 at 10:49
The best decoration of landscape design is beautiful perennial flowers. There are many different varieties and varieties of these plants. They differ in many characteristics and external qualities.
In this article, we will take a closer look at the different categories of perennial garden flowers that bloom all summer.
04/22/2020 at 18:01
Just a couple of years ago, such a problem as the rational planning of a suburban area did not exist for people in principle. With a size of less than ten acres, it was only necessary to know how to plan the site in such a way as to not only accommodate everything necessary, but at the same time fulfill the requirements of SNIP for everyone.
The requirements themselves have hardly changed during this time, however, the area of the plots has increased significantly and now all the owners of the plots want to see a convenient and practical building.
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The layout of a dacha of 8 acres is also complicated by the fact that when choosing a location for objects, sanitary requirements must be taken into account. However, they are dictated by quite rational considerations, therefore, it is worth listening to them not so much for fear of being fined, but for reasons of infectious safety.
Here, as in the case of fire regulations, the most important role is played by compliance with the minimum allowable distances between objects of different types.
Thus, the distance from a residential building to other buildings should be:
04/16/2020 at 05:59
Yard - part of the land adjacent to a private house. It is divided into the front, or front yard, and back. The front yard is between the facade of the apartment building and the fence. It is open to everyone who wants to look behind the fence, and is the calling card of the owners. For this reason, its design is treated with particular scrupulousness.
The back yard is behind the house and hidden from prying eyes. A secluded resting place is arranged here, outbuildings are located, poultry and animals are kept.
04/12/2020 at 19:51
Today, the dacha has ceased to be only a place where vegetables and fruits are grown. It is used primarily to take a break from everyday work and the bustle of the city.
And in order to fully enjoy the beauties of nature, it is necessary to think over the stylish design of the site and arrange the landscape as effectively as possible.
Stylistic directions in landscaping and their characteristics
Today, landscape designers distinguish two main directions that affect the overall concept and nature of the arrangement of a summer cottage:
04/09/2020 at 01:31
strive to improve the garden every year, embodying more and more new ideas. Of course, you can always buy garden decor in the store, but it's much more pleasant to create it yourself with your family, and then enjoy the results of your work.
This material contains the best DIY ideas for giving, maybe you will apply some ideas on your site.
04/03/2020 at 05:28
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After the joy that has “overwhelmed” the newly minted owners of their own land, confusion often comes. Its reason is the need for competent placement of all buildings, without which a normal life is simply impossible.
The allotment is not small, but not too large, so the difficulty is that fitting all the buildings in a harmonious, practical and convenient way is not as elementary as it might seem. Planning a plot of 8 acres is the most important stage in arranging a piece of land, it has its own rules and principles. It is difficult to achieve the desired result without knowing the nuances of design.
04/02/2020 at 15:28
After theory, we move on to practice, namely to the zoning of the site. The house, its location on the site, the primary task and the starting point for planning other buildings. We place it closer to the entrance, facing the street, and not into the courtyard. From the point of view of saving on one foundation, it is recommended to build a garage near the house. Such an arrangement is convenient from several sides:
One wall, one foundation - we save a valuable piece of land. The minimum distance for leaving (as you remember, we build a house near the entrance).
In bad weather, from the garage we move into the house without mud and a drop of rain. 9House with a garage Here it is important to design both the facade of the house, and the combination of all the elements that are present according to the plan. In this case, the design of the backyard of a private house is no exception, because it should not only be cozy, but also harmoniously combined with the rest of your site.
Some people like decorating with natural stones and green plants, others like decorating with lots of water (fountains, pools, etc.) and wood elements. If you look at the presented photo of the backyard, you will see iridescent colors of flowers, as well as structures made of soil, made of several levels.
03/27/2020 at 20:44
Yard - part of the land adjacent to a private house. It is divided into the front, or front yard, and back. The front yard is between the facade of the apartment building and the fence. It is open to everyone who wants to look behind the fence, and is the calling card of the owners.
For this reason, its design is treated with particular scrupulousness.
The back yard is behind the house and hidden from prying eyes. A secluded resting place is arranged here, outbuildings are located, poultry and animals are kept.
03/25/2020 at 08:04
15 min.
After the joy that has “overwhelmed” the newly minted owners of their own land, confusion often comes. Its reason is the need for competent placement of all buildings, without which a normal life is simply impossible. The allotment is not small, but not too large, so the difficulty is that fitting all the buildings in a harmonious, practical and convenient way is not as elementary as it might seem. Planning a plot of 8 acres is the most important stage in arranging a piece of land, it has its own rules and principles. It is difficult to achieve the desired result without knowing the nuances of design.
03/25/2020 at 07:03
You can improve the site in accordance with your tastes and preferences, but there are certain rules that must be followed.
Having in front of you a site plan on a piece of paper, you need to divide it into functional zones.
Residential area in which a country house is located. The layout of a plot of 8 acres must begin with it, because the convenience of the location of the remaining objects of the summer cottage depends on it. Usually a small area is allocated for a house.
How to make your garden beautiful with your own hands, garden design photo
A beautiful colorful garden from spring to late autumn is not a dream. But not everyone wants to spend all their time on the site, planting flower beds and caring for the lawn. How to make a garden beautiful and cozy with a minimum of effort - to enjoy the colors of the garden, lying on a deck chair with a book or rocking on a garden rocking chair? Firstly, competently plan the landscape and, secondly, select plants that require a minimum of care. We tell you how to make a beautiful garden with your own hands - photos and ideas are attached!
RHS Chelsea
Think about which garden is easier for you to keep tidy - a regular French garden that requires frequent cutting of garden forms, beds that exclude even a hint of weeds, or a slightly neglected English with its free layout? Logic suggests that the English version is more convenient.
Dear Garden Associates, Inc.
In the photo: a picturesque lawn with wildflowers will help you easily create a beautiful garden with your own hands
The fewer flower beds in the garden, the easier it is to care for. Choose vibrant shrubs that change their appearance throughout the season. But still it is difficult to imagine a luxurious garden without flowers at all. How to beautifully decorate a garden without making a lot of effort? Lay large areas under the lawn or a picturesque lawn with clover, daisies, tenacity. Weeds are not so noticeable on it - it is enough to mow them. By the way, daisies easily tolerate a haircut and bloom remarkably, very low above the rosettes of leaves.
Jerry Fritz Garden Design
In the photo: how to beautifully decorate a garden without flowers? - Plant ornamental shrubs!
A beautifully flowering front garden that fills the space in front of the house will create the feeling of a painstakingly cultivated garden.
But the rest of the area can be left under the lawn, surrounded by bushes. Instead of flower beds with geometric shapes, create mixborders with a free arrangement of different plants. They look more picturesque and look good even when overgrown with weeds.
Choose frost-tolerant plants that are resistant to our climate. Combine plants with different foliage in height, shape and color so that even when not in bloom, the garden remains decorative and beautiful. Arrange mixborders at the intersection of paths to complicate the look of the garden.
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In the photo: when deciding how to decorate the garden, give preference to beautiful compositions of unpretentious plants and various decorative elements
Van Zelst Inc
If there is a landscape difference on the site, do not be afraid to create terraces and retaining walls - they will enrich the picture of the garden, make it more picturesque.
A paved patio will also do the job of creating a backdrop for the flowers, and it will also reduce the hassle of mowing the lawn, a tiring task even with a self-propelled petrol lawnmower.
By the way, quality equipment will greatly simplify the care of the garden. In addition to a lawnmower suitable for open flat spaces, stock up on a petrol trimmer to cut grass and weeds around bushes and trees.
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Lawn Tip
Once the grass has grown over ten centimeters, a weekly mowing (or at least once every two weeks) will accompany your gardening experience. Remember that proper lawn mowing involves mowing with a “snake”, so that the grass crushed by the wheels falls under the blade of the mower going in the opposite direction.
The shape of the lawn and the organization of the plantings around it is very important. The more separately growing plantings in the middle of the lawn, the more time you will spend.
The border between the lawn and solid plantings is another important decision to simplify care.
Optimizing lawn mowing is no reason to completely abandon the tapeworm in the middle of it. If we are talking about a tree, form its crown at such a height that you can walk under it freely. Plants that should be spaced apart should not be planted closer than the width of the wheels of a lawn mower, otherwise you will have to cut the grass with a trimmer, and this is quite tedious.
RHS Chelsea
To avoid clogging the soil between out-of-lawn plantings, cover the soil with a decorative mulch (such as bark). Between young plantings, it is worth covering the ground with non-woven material and sprinkle with gravel - this will save you from weeding and ubiquitous grass. Or, if fresh plantings of shrubs and perennials require filling in the space between young plants, colorful annuals can be used. These simple tricks will help you not only save time on caring for the site, but also decorate your garden.
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do not require pre-germination, bloom for a long time and brightly, and also sown next year by self-sowing: escholzia (Eschscholzia), self-seeding poppy (Papaver rhoeas), annual flax (Linum grandiflorum), cornflower (Centaurea), flaxseed (Linaria vulgaris), calendula (Calendula officinalis).
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Bulb flowers: buried and forgotten
Tulips and hyacinths are magical spring flowers that delight the eye at the beginning of the season. But imagine what will be in their place in the summer, as soon as the flowers fade? Drying leaves that you still can’t cut off, so as not to deprive the bulb of the accumulated nutrients in this way. But after the leaves have completely dried, you need to have time to dig the bulbs to dry.
And in late summer or early autumn, you will have to re-plant them.
If you really want tulips, plant wild species: they look rather unusual. Daffodils in one place can bloom well without digging for about 4-5 years. The only problem is yellowing leaves that cannot be cut until completely dry. Therefore, choose a place for them next to perennials, which will cover them with their leaves in summer.
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However, if you cannot imagine your English garden without large beautiful tulips in spring, place their bulbs in plastic nets in the ground - it will be easier and faster to dig them out to dry. Allow yourself to forget about this process for a year - one summer spent in the ground without drying out will not cause such terrible damage to the tulips blooming next year. The ideal "shelter" for faded bulbs will be hostas, peonies, daylilies.
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Do not be afraid of weeds and constantly fight with them.
The garden, close to the country style, suits a slight neglect. The latest trends at the Chelsea Garden Show are further proof that weeds can brighten up any garden.
Keep the natural forms characteristic of your soil. They will give the garden a more natural look. For example, an ordinary garden chamomile creates beautiful compositions without any participation of a gardener, links plantings together. In addition, it blooms for a long time and is very resistant to heat and drought. Even burdock with its huge leaves can look impressive, and thistles can decorate a composition with lupins and rudbeckia with their flowers.
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perennials - only the most unpretentious
peonies require regular fertilizers, pouring before flowering and cutting out of the winter.
care will pay off a hundredfold when the garden is filled with huge fragrant flowers. Daylilies thrive in full sun and, like peonies, even after they have faded, will look decorative and neat.
Ornamental foliage and beautiful arrows with white or lilac bellflowers of the host - ideal for semi-shady and shady places (including under trees, but not near the trunks). True, the hosts will need to be cut off after the first frosts, which will “beat” their leaves, and in October they will be mulched with earth for the winter.
Irises - Siberian (Iris sibírica) and marsh (Iris pseudacoru), easy to care for - will decorate the humid sunny places of the garden. Before the onset of winter, they will also need to be cut at a height of 10 cm above the ground. Bearded irises will require more care: weeding, digging rhizomes (bearded irises stop blooming profusely and start to hurt when their rhizomes deepen), shelters for the winter. But still, bearded irises are one of the best garden decorations in June.
To make it easier to care for them, choose old proven varieties that grow quickly and are resistant to diseases.
Daisies, lupins, rudbeckia - all these are very resistant plants that look beautiful both in flower beds (elongated flower beds) and separately in a mixborder. They can be grown in the garden directly from seeds.
Biennials - Turkish carnation (Dianthus barbatus), stem rose (Alcea rosea) - are also suitable for flower beds and mixborders and are very easy to grow. The only thing to consider is that they bloom only in the second year after planting, and then they must be removed and planted again, otherwise there will be no lush flowering.
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Flowering Ornamental Shrubs
shrubs . Arrange shrubs of different types, heights and shapes around the perimeter of your garden, near the fence, next to the buildings.
The more picturesque, the better - even if one of them freezes over during the winter, the neighbors will hide its untidy appearance.
The common lilac is a must have in a low maintenance garden. In May, the fragrance of her flowers will flood the entire garden, and everyone knows about the beauty of the luxuriantly flowering bushes. Choose varieties with large double flowers - "Hope", "Beauty of Moscow" and other varieties of L. A. Kolesnikov, striking in the size of flowers and wintering well in the Moscow region. The only concern is to trim the faded brushes after flowering.
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Grow quickly in a sunny place into a huge sprawling three-meter bush capable of vesicle. To create a contrasting composition with other shrubs and flowers, choose one of the brightest expressive varieties - Physocarpus Diablo with dark foliage.
In June, it will be covered with white flowers, collected in slightly pinkish corymbs. In June, mock orange (garden jasmine) will decorate the garden with its white flowers with the scent of jasmine.
White Derain (Cornus alba) in its popular variegated form blooms beautifully in spring, expressively turns pink in autumn, and its red twigs are spectacular even in the winter garden. Plant sod on moist soils, where it develops rapidly, and always in the back of the composition, otherwise soon you will not see neighbors behind it - sod, like the silver sucker, behaves quite aggressively, taking up much more space than was allotted according to plan.
Don't forget about wild rose - after fragrant flowers, it leaves bright fruits to decorate the garden.
Decide for yourself, after evaluating the amount of necessary autumn work, whether you are ready to see forsythia in your garden. This yellow-flowered yet leafless shrub makes a big impression in early spring. By autumn, its graceful foliage is painted in different colors.
But for good flowering of forsythia, it is necessary to hide it in a shelter during the winter near Moscow: in the fall, you will have to pay special attention to forsythia, bending its branches to the ground and wrapping it with lutrasil.
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For the foreground in a composition of shrubs and perennials, spireas in all their diversity are suitable - gray spirea (Spirae a cinerea), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica), Vanguta spirea (Spiraea vanhouttei) and others. All of them are very decorative: they bloom beautifully, moreover, at different times and without any care. The branches of a low gray spirea are completely doused with small white flowers in the spring. In summer and even again in autumn (when pruned after flowering), Japanese spirea blooms with corymbs of pink flowers.
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Hydrangea arborescens and Hydrangea paniculata are a decoration for semi-shady places in the garden.
It looks great in compositions with coniferous plants.
Barberries (frequently found common barberry Berberis vulgaris and Thunberg's barberry Berberis thunbergi) do not bloom with yellow flowers, but their characteristic leaves and branches with small red berries look very decorative. Moreover, last year's berries remain on the bush. The same can be said about the European spindle tree, extremely decorative in autumn thanks to the flaming foliage and its special fruits in the form of opened bright pink boxes with orange berries inside.
Willow 'Hakuro Nishiki' (Salix integra Hakuro Nishiki) is another low-maintenance ornamental shrub whose leaves, not flowers, are worthy of becoming a garden decoration. The white leaves on the young shoots of this willow are painted in the sun in pale pink tones.
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Tender plants for the garden
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trees in color and not only
It usually needs to wait too long for young trees to be manifested throughout young people.
beauty, and not every gardener can master the planting of large-sized plants. So if your garden already has large trees, let them be the basis for creating compositions from shrubs and perennials, because without them it is difficult to achieve a sense of natural luxury and scope in the most beautiful garden.
Of the things worth adding to the garden, apart from beautifully flowering apple trees, cherries, plums, is bird cherry in its red-leaved form. Horse chestnut with candles of flowers and decorative foliage is good even in the form of a young tree. Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica) due to large openwork leaves, growth rate, excellent winter hardiness is another candidate for your garden. The red-leaved forms of oak and maple will support the purple barberry bushes, the red-brown foliage of the Diabolo vesicle with the color of the foliage.
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Be sure to add coniferous shrubs and trees to the garden.
