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It doesn't have to take a complete overhaul to spruce your lawn up.
By Erin Cavoto
BRIE WILLIAMS
Once the snow melts away, the birds start chirping again, and you can leave the house without a hat and mittens, you may find yourself walking out to get the mail, turning around, looking at the front yard, and thinking, "Huh. I bet that could look a lot better than it does."
That's when you're most likely to get the urge to take your DIY ideas outdoors. Thankfully, making a more beautiful front yard doesn't require hiring expensive landscapers or breaking the bank. All you need is a little time, and a few good ideas. These front yard landscaping suggestions are perfect for the homeowner looking for some landscaping inspiration that people of any skill level can create. Your home will have the best curb appeal in the neighborhood after you've read through this list.
No matter what type of refresh you're looking to do, there are ideas for anyone who has a green thumb, such as planting hydrangea bushes or adding an "island" to your yard. You might be interested in ways to update your porch and patio, which you can also find tips for. These include adding colorful flags to your porch railings or decorating it with greenery for a natural look. There are also several ideas for anyone who's handy, including building a stone walkway and adding a water feature that won't break the bank.
Trust us: Your front yard will be just as gorgeous as all your backyard ideas once you're through with these landscaping tips.
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Use a yard edger.
It may sound basic, but cleaning up the edges of your lawn—in addition to keeping it mowed—creates a cleaner look, and instantly smartens up footpaths, and actual curbs.
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Plant rose bushes.
Rose bushes are classic yard-improvers. They're relatively easy to care for, grow well in most parts of the U.S., and of course they look and smell great. It's a simple move that will elevate your curb appeal.
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Build a stone pathway.
Lay a simple stone pathway that weaves through your lush yard or garden. It's easy to create and makes a great addition to any home.
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Display planters.
Frame your front walkway with a pair of earth-tone planters.
It creates a naturalistic effect that goes well with most landscaping.
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Hang a greenery garland.
The addition of this garland of greenery wrapping along the front porch blends the yard and house into one cohesive concept.
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Use front porch bunting.
Decorate your front porch with colorful bunting to add an extra dimension to your home's curb appeal.
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Grow hydrangea bushes.
Nothing spruces up a front yard better than some beautiful hydrangea bushes.
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Add a flower bed border.
This has to be the easiest and cheapest landscaping idea out there. Simply add a stone edge and mulch to pretty up plain flower beds in a snap.
Get the tutorial at Jenna Burger Design.
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Hide your A/C unit.
Air-conditioning is a necessity, but the units can be quite the eyesore for your home's exterior. Build a cover to keep it out of sight, out of mind.
Get the tutorial at Ugly Ducking House.
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DIY a water feature.
Not everyone has a pond or stream on his or her property. But installing a water feature doesn't take a ton of money—and it does wonders for any outdoor aesthetic. Here, an iron tea pot and an old whiskey barrel team up to make one gorgeous DIY fountain waterfall.
Get the tutorial at Hometalk.
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Give your garden hose a home.
This DIY hose holder completely camouflages all of that tubing and serves as a planter. Carpentry not your thing? This DIY fencepost hose-holder may be more your speed.
Get the tutorial at DIY Candy.
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Make a path for high-traffic areas.
This blogger needed a walkway in between her back door and garage. She made this one using salvaged wood beams and concrete.
Get the tutorial at Ohio Thoughts.
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Link points of interest with a path.
Use reclaimed pallet wood to add some character to an underutilized corner or connect two points of your backyard.
Get the tutorial at Funky Junk Interiors.
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Design your edging layout with temporary spray paint.
Edging adds professional-looking definition to garden beds. Outline your design first using a temporary marking spray paint.
Get the tutorial at A Concord Carpenter.
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Light up the night.
Not only is landscape lighting aesthetically pleasing, it also increases safety by making sure paths (and obstacles) are visible after sunset.
For inspiration, check out UK-based John Cullen Lighting (pictured here).
Get a tutorial at Lowe's.
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Go heavy on the evergreens.
Opt for evergreens like boxwood shrubs—often used in formal landscaping—to give your yard color year-round.
Get the tutorial at Gardening Know How.
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Use a retainer.
Retaining walls can help define flower beds, create visual areas of interest, and, most importantly, prevent soil erosion.
Get the tutorial at A Crafted Passion.
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Get on island time.
Gardening expert Mike McGroarty planted herbaceous perennials and trees of varying heights—lavender twist red bud tree and a laceleaf weeping Japanese red maple—to form this "island" in his front yard.
Get the tutorial at Mike's Backyard Nursery.
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Clean your walkway.
Sometimes, all it takes is a good cleaning to get your sidewalk looking like new.
Get the tutorial at Rain on a Tin Roof.
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Rock on!
This spiral border contains a small vegetable garden using a variety of similarly sized rocks in complementary colors.
Get the tutorial at Oh My! Creative.
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Feel the berm.
Berms—landscaper speak for small mounds—are used to create a border between properties or break up a monotonous yard. Check out Tamarack Landscaping (pictured) for ideas and inspiration.
Get a tutorial at SF Gate.
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Erin Cavoto Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.
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Some people love the backbreaking business of tending to lawn and garden.
Then there’s the rest of us—we’d rather relax and let that little piece of heaven largely take care of itself. Ahead, find easy ways to make your outdoor space the envy of the neighborhood.
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1. Play Hard
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Less lawn equals less work. That’s the best argument for hardscaping—that's the use of pavers, brick, or decorative stone. Whether you opt for a patio or lay garden paths, you’ll have a durable surface that never needs weeding or watering, although you might want to sweep it occasionally. Options abound, from neat grids to a patchwork effect—great low maintenance front yard landscaping is just a stone’s throw away.
RELATED: 9 Ideas for a Beautiful Brick Patio
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2. One and Done
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Perennials are the gift that keeps on giving, season after season, unlike annuals, which you have to plant every year. Some perennials are more carefree than others, though.
Forgetful gardeners will love the drought-tolerant pasqueflower or the delicate-looking but durable penstemon. For hot and dry climates, we like brilliant sedum, and, yes, yarrow (don’t dare call it a weed!).
RELATED: 50 Plants That Thrive in Any Yard
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3. Go Native
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Plants adapted to their environments long before people did, so native species are a wise choice for the laid-back landscaper. Native plants require less fertilizer, water, pesticides, and overall care than plants brought in by settlers. To learn what will thrive in your neck of the woods, type “native plants” and your state into a search engine—you’ll find tons of info.
RELATED: 34 Amazing Plants That Are Native to North America
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4. Fake It
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Artificial grass has come a long way from your granddad’s Astroturf.
Today’s synthetics, made of nylon or polymer, have varying heights and color gradations to look and feel more like the real thing. You can even plant a tree in it. Though pricey ($7 to $18 per square foot), your faux lawn will be absolutely fuss-free.
RELATED: The Best Artificial Grass for Your Outdoor Space
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5. It’s Easy Being Evergreen
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What could be simpler than plants that keep their vivid, verdant color all year long? Put dwarf varieties into flower beds, set shrubs near your house to disguise the foundation, choose tall, columnar types for privacy—there are even creeping varieties for ground cover.
RELATED: 10 Evergreens to Beautify Your Garden Year-Round
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6. Borders Without Bother
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For interesting edges without the effort, try clumping monkey grass (Liriope muscari) along flower beds, borders, and walkways.
This Asian native is hardy and stands up to dogs, deer, bugs, and weeds. As a bonus, it grows well in a variety of soils and climates. Monkey grass can grow to about 15 inches, so trim it if you wish or go long.
RELATED: 20 Plants to Use as Lawn and Garden Borders
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7. Less Is More
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Rather than crowd a bed with lots of plants you’ll need to tend, put in just a few high-impact, high-performance varieties. Planting one or two nice trees and some powerhouse perennials gives you more time to sack out in the hammock.
RELATED: 20 Tiny Backyards We Love
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8. Set in Succulents
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If watering falls low on your to-do list, succulents (like echeveria, agave, and sedum) are your garden go-tos. Tough, colorful, and captivating, they also play well with others, so mixing ’em up adds more excitement to your landscape.
Drainage is key, however: Depending on your local soil, you might be better off putting these shallow-rooting, sun-loving plants in raised beds with porous, well-aerated soil.
RELATED: Solved! Why Are My Succulents Dying?
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9. Flower Power
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A rose by any other name probably isn’t as easy as the Knock Out rose. These set-’em-and-forget-’em flowers are heat resistant, pretty much prune-free, and “self-cleaning”—you don’t even have to deadhead them. Just use a good organic or chemical granular rose food in early spring, and follow up with foliar feedings (liquid fertilizer applied to the leaves) through the blooming season.
RELATED: 12 Fast-Growing Shrubs to Plant This Fall
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10. Stay in Your Zone
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Remember to pick plants suited to your USDA hardiness zone. Anything too tender is destined to failure, and who needs the frustration? While you’re at it, a soil test will diagnose your dirt and tell you what nutrients it might need to keep your plants low maintenance.
Your local extension office can help advise you, too.
RELATED: Buyer’s Guide: The Best Soil Test Kits
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11. Crunch, Crunch!
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Strew irregularly shaped rocks around for the no-sweat simplicity of paving with a softer, more organic vibe. Gravel can be either man-made, which is ideal for high-traffic areas, or natural (smoother but less stable—so use where traffic is light). To keep the space looking spiffy, banish errant leaves as necessary with a wire-tined rake.
RELATED: The 9 Best Types of Gravel for Your Driveway
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12. Pass on the Grass
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Give your mowing muscles a rest—and lighten your water and fertilizer load—by swapping traditional turf for a no-effort ground cover. These plants create a pleasingly plush carpet, and there are enough varieties to suit just about any climate and traffic condition.
Consider mat-forming creeping perennials like New Zealand brass buttons (Leptinella squalida), Scotch or Irish moss (Sagina subulata), or low-growing clover.
RELATED: The Dos and Don'ts of Planting Ground Cover
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13. Set and Forget
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Remembering to stay true to your watering routine can be tricky. Take steps to automate it so you’re less apt to forget. If you have an irrigation system, set up the timer based on what’s appropriate for the season. And if you don’t have underground sprinklers, you can still automate the process by purchasing a timer that attaches to your hose bib. Your grass will thank you.
RELATED: The Best Sprinkler Controllers for Lawn Care
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14. Trouble-Free Trees
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When selecting trees for your landscape, choose those that are low maintenance to avoid having to spend your free time cleaning up a carpet of spent blooms, hickory hulls, or invasive seedlings.
Opt for evergreens and standard shade trees that don’t drop a lot of extras or reseed themselves all over the lawn.
RELATED: 10 of the Best Trees for Any Backyard
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15. Skip the Rake
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Why spend hours and hours of your fall weekends raking leaves? Run over leaves with the lawn mower to make a mulch that will act like a superfood for your lawn. Then sell your rakes in the next yard sale.
RELATED: Buyer’s Guide: The Best Mulching Lawn Mowers
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16. Set Some Barriers
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The more time you invest up front putting down weed barriers in your landscaping beds, the less time you’ll spend battling the unwelcome plants later. Just be sure to choose fabric barriers that are permeable enough to let water run through, especially near any tree.
Contending with fewer weeds equals more time relaxing with family and friends—it's a win-win.
RELATED: Wage War on Weeds With 7 Unbeatable Tools
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17. Maintenance-Free Mulch
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Want an easy way to cross a major spring and fall project off your to-do list? Replace organic material mulch like wood chips or pine straw with pea gravel or river rocks. These options require much less maintenance and don’t need to be refreshed every year. If any weeds pop through, take the little bit of time needed to pull them right away. Once weeds go to seed, you can expect even more of the same next year.
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18. Ease Watering Woes
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That timer on your hose or sprinkler system can automate lawn watering.
But what about your garden beds and vegetable beds? A few tools can ease this burden. Start by laying out a soaker hose and covering it with a thin layer of mulch to protect it from the elements. Then set a reminder on your phone to run it as needed, or use an automatic hose timer.
Speed up your watering even more by investing in a quick connect system. This little tool makes it easier to thread hoses to soaker hoses and sprayers or switch out watering tools. Install a male end on the soaker and sprayer and a female end on the main hose. When it’s time to change watering tools, just pull back on the female end and pop it onto the connector.
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19. Choose Plants That Make New Plants
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Although some flowers grow only as annuals in your area, you may be able to save time by starting them one year and leaving them to self-seed so they just appear out of the ground spring after spring.
Productive seeders worth consideration include colorful cosmos, California poppies, giant larkspur, nigella, and portulaca. On the herb side, try dill (a host for swallowtail butterflies) or parsley. Best of all, it’s your neglect that helps them reproduce. Leave the faded flowers on, especially toward the end of summer. That allows seeds to drop or blow in the wind, and it might even feed a few birds.
A similar strategy is to choose plants that spread via runners. Many good candidates are ground covers like creeping jenny, but some edible plants, such as strawberries and mints, also send out runners and re-root. Leave them to spread as they will or control them as needed.
RELATED: 10 Fast-Growing Plants for (Almost) Instant Curb Appeal
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20. Plant and Repeat
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Once you get the hang of caring for a native or otherwise low-maintenance plant, add another one. If you lose a shrub, replace it with a duplicate of one that worked for you.
It’s likely that any plants that have thrived in your conditions and care (or even your benign neglect) will be good bets going forward, as long as the sun exposure and soil are similar from one spot to another.
If you think owning several of the same plant is just too lazy, think again. A tenet of landscape design is the “rule of threes”: to unify the landscape, repeat elements in groups of threes or in other odd numbers. For instance, you might place three matching Knock Out roses irregularly in the landscape, or plant a line of three ornamental grasses, or station three identical containers along a wall.
RELATED: 30 Plants for Your Easiest Garden Ever
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21. Redirect Rain
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Catching rain in a well-designed barrel is an eco-friendly way to garden, saving nature’s moisture for dry times. Truth be told, however, a rain barrel needs periodic cleaning and should be emptied before winter, so it tends to add to your landscaping tasks.
Another option is to simply redirect the rain. If you can force the water that pools under your downspout to travel 15 feet away to your tree, you can prevent puddling and reduce the time (and water) you would otherwise have to commit to irrigating the tree.
There are several ways to do this. One is a French drain, which requires some work up front but allows you to direct the water underground toward the thirsty target. An easier DIY project is to create a dry riverbed by digging a gentle slope from the ground below the downspout to the perimeter around the tree, then filling the pathway with rocks, gravel, or river rock.
RELATED: How to Make a Rain Chain
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22. Let Nature Control Pests
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There is nothing more natural than critters eating other critters, so do your best to encourage natural predators to visit your property and take care of undesirable pests. Attract barn owls, which feast on flying insects and rodents, as well as other helpful pest-eaters like woodpeckers, bluebirds, and cardinals, by providing water in the form of a bird bath and appropriate shelter, such as nesting boxes or even dense shrubbery—which mean less pruning for you! You can also try introducing lady beetles or other beneficial insects into your landscape and hope they stick around.
RELATED: Buyer’s Guide: The Best Bird Baths
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23. Reduce Container Care
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Containers add pretty color to your landscape, but they can dry out quickly and need to be watered more often than beds. You can invest in an outdoor self-watering container for herbs or ornamental plants, or purchase a few simple tools. For instance, try plant stakes that draw water from a reservoir, or take a tip from ancient irrigation techniques and bury an olla jar in a container or garden plant for consistent water that seeps through the clay. You will have to fill your olla jar or other watering tool periodically, but not every day. And that slow, steady seeping or dripping is better for the plants than rushed, inconsistent watering.
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10 simple ideas that will turn your garden into a masterpiece of landscape design
A wonderful collection of various conifers can become a hallmark of your garden. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
To renew your garden, you don't have to make drastic changes, you can get by with a little bloodshed - correctly place accents that emphasize the uniqueness and uniqueness of your site. Such an important mission can be entrusted to garden structures, original lamps, unusual garden furniture, thoughtful group plantings, or even separate corners like a rock garden or a moss garden. And of course -
spectacular plants: flowering perennials, trees with an unusual crown shape and bright shrubs.
On the "brutal" section of the garden, decorated with stones, bright flowers are an effective accent. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
The role of accents is not only to draw attention to the garden. Bright details can also solve other important problems of site design: zoning the space, adding color nuances, emphasizing the originality of the relief and interesting architectural solutions.
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Green garden sculptures are the result of years of hard work. But if you're patient enough, it's worth a try! Photo: ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
Making garden accents is an incredibly fun game that allows you to express your individuality and realize your creative fantasies.
Garden accents should be clearly visible and not necessarily proportionate to the area being decorated. But do not get carried away by their number.
nine0018The main advantage of accents is variety: you can change them and arrange them in new ways. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru
Remember, the main thing is a good idea; of course, “inventing” it is more difficult than following the canons, but in this case, you create the canons! It’s easy to feel “your theme”: we all subconsciously gravitate towards certain “landscapes”, you just need to catch your own mood and “decorate” it with plants and objects.
When placing accents in the garden, follow the rule: they will be more appropriate where they are most visible.
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No matter how large or small the site should be, there should not be more than four or five, but preferably one or three accents. Moreover, the size of these elements should not be proportional to the size of the plot: it is more appropriate to create a large accent on a very small area, otherwise the garden will look “flat”. And in the overwhelming majority of cases, the accent is quite noticeable, and not a miniature detail. Place the accent where it will stand out. For example, against the background of a gazebo or flower garden, on the border of the garden area or on the front lawn, which is visible from all points of the garden. nine0003
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Exhibits of the garden "opening day" - mosses and succulents. Enclose them in beautiful frames, and they will resemble the works of great painters. Photo: ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
There are three main principles for this: similarity, contrast and expressiveness.
For example, using similarity, you can make a beautiful bend of the path more expressive by duplicating it with a chain of garden lamps. Or emphasize the round shape of the flower garden by including a spherical thuja in addition to flowers. As for the contrast, shade the textured, “monumental” plant with plantings of graceful cereals. Well, an expressive, original large container with flowers will emphasize any part of the garden. nine0003
Stylistic dominants are very different. The main thing is to stick to one direction.
A mirror imitating a small window breaks through the plane of the wall, complicating the space. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
Variants of plant accents
1. Single plant
The design of the garden is favorably emphasized by a beautiful conifer, a curly trimmed shrub, an interestingly shaped tree - weeping birch or goat willow. Even the common castor bean, which is often called the baobab near Moscow, is suitable for this role.
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Any plant is suitable for the role of an accent, if it differs in originality - it has a non-standard crown shape, spectacular shape or color of the leaves. Sometimes there are unexpected, even curious options - for example, an ordinary plantain, resembling a hosta in size, can act as an accent if you choose the right place for it.
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2. Group plantings
Nearly black pansy flower bed with mirror ball companion; groundcover rose bush with bright red flowers against the background of a stone obelisk... All these compositions can make a garden at least unusual. Another option: create a flower bed-basket of green-flowered gladioli or a "flower garden" where lettuces or ornamental cabbage live. To draw attention to the flower arrangement, tie it with a satin ribbon.
Plants with colorful foliage can be used as accents. Or large clay pots.
In this case, they are an integral part of a mini-waterfall. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
An accent in the form of a garden of mosses or stones, a small rock garden will not go unnoticed.
3. Garden collection
Enthusiastic flower growers who do not recognize sculptures or figurines on their plot should create a “fashion collection”. Choose what you like: alpine plants, miniature conifers, giant dahlias or rare varieties of tulips, and form spectacular flower beds out of them. This will be your main theme in the garden.
Another option is to dedicate your garden to a particular plant. For example, roses: cover the gazebo and garden mesh screen with climbing roses, plant miniature and ground cover varieties on the alpine hill, and decorate the front part of the plot with bush ones. An appropriate accent for the rock garden will be a magnificent standard rose, the tenderness of which will be shaded by a clearing of white gravel.
The role of sculptures can be played by individual trees and shrubs. nine0003
Any plant that has a spectacular crown, color or shape of leaves and flowers can become a real decoration of your garden. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
7 more ideas for garden accents
- Beautiful large stones, boulders are best - a stylish accent, especially if they have an interesting shape and unusual color. Such "cobblestones" can be varnished to create a "wet" effect, or they can be painted and painted.
nine0070 The accent can be an originally designed withered tree or an unusual man-made structure - for example, a table-well.- A decorative gate can be crafted from an old sewing machine trellis.
- Floral sundial is a fashionable novelty that will be out of competition.
- A giant container in the form of an ordinary terracotta pot impresses with a combination of a familiar shape but an unusual size.
nine0070 An example of a small accent is a beautiful bird feeder.
- From sea pebbles you can build small three-dimensional sculptures: an apple, a fungus and even a “toy” castle – you will get a real work of art!
A pyramid of carefully stacked stones is a frequent attribute of rocky beaches. In the garden, this element will also be appropriate. Photo: living4media/Fotodom.ru; ShutterStock/Fotodom.ru
Any woman knows how important the right jewelry is for a particular outfit. They can make a little black dress (and by extension you) irresistible or kill all its elegance. The role of accents in your garden is also great: a plastic gnome paired with a frog in front of a luxurious flower bed will destroy all botanical delights and carefully selected colors. If you love your garden, treat it with respect - emphasize the results of your work with beautiful and original accents. There are many possibilities and techniques for this, choose the most suitable for you. nine0003
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Fresh 20 landscape design ideas for inspiration and the examples of my girlfriends testify to this.
You can even go online every day and you will be presented with more and more new options for arranging a summer cottage or landscaping a private house. nine0003
In addition, every year thousands of residents of our country equip their plots and share photos of the results of their own efforts. There are more and more landscape designers every year, and their professionalism is also developing. New trends are coming that can be put into practice.
The idea of organizing the space in front of the house, this is the suburbs. Let's walk around this beautiful area for a bit.
Another view of this space. I am very pleased that our, domestic specialists are now creating worthy, at the world level, projects. nine0003
An example of a walkway and fence. Ornamental shrubs. lawn, lanterns, stone path.
My favorite conifers, planted in groups, visually divide the space. creating separate compositional areas.
On the plot there was also a place for a rockery, in the center of which a decorative pine tree was planted.
A little further away is a place to rest with a bench. Pay attention also to the fence - it is made in two boards with an offset - a very beautiful solution for fencing. nine0003
Separately, I want to note the idea of such a solution with stone and gravel backfill. This is already beautiful in itself, in this composition either a small decorative leafy bush or a short conifer will look great.
Original design ideas for a private house in the Czech Republic - the owner of the site, in all likelihood, is very fond of topiary art, since most of his trees are neatly trimmed.
The idea of paths and rockeries on the site in front of the house from the St. Petersburg landscape design studio Sakura. nine0003
Beautiful idea for a flower planting in a round flower bed under a tree.
Home design idea - the space between the walkway and the wall looks amazing!
The idea of a semi-circular flower bed near the house with a central accent in the form of a beautiful hydrangea.
Today, by chance, I have more conifers in my collection of country design ideas, probably due to the fact that they are evergreen, therefore, even in winter, there will be pleasant greenery on the site.
The idea of a winding path with a beautiful combination of paving stones and bush plantings. nine0003
By the way, if you decide to plant arborvitae under the windows, then pay attention to the fact that with age these plants can block the view, so plant undersized varieties directly under the windows, and plant tall, columnar varieties between the windows.
The idea of a magnificent flower bed under the windows, the principle of layering is clearly visible here, the plants are well located in height. Mulching with stained wood chips to match the soil color eliminates weeds.
Nice rockery idea in front of the entrance to the house. The combination of hostas and conifers, in my opinion, is great, however, it should be borne in mind that this is the western side and hostas are in the shade most of the time, as these are shade-loving plants.
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