Miami Landscape design, please help. Front yard
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Comments (6)This struck me as very familiar - see Sat, Mar 10, 12 at 12:29 linked below. I don't mean to suggest the same situation can't be posted more than once, but perhaps that thread of almost 13 months ago exhausted the ideas. Here is a link that might be useful: Front yard landscaping help, Pt. 1...See MoreFront Yard Landscape Design Help!!!
Comments (10)You have a spruce tree that is too close to the house. Its limbs are over the roof and may be touching the roof. It will serve as a squirrel ladder to your roof. Squirrels will explore every nook and cranny they can find, looking for a way to enter the structure. Red squirrels have been known to chew a hole next to chimneys to gain entrance. You must keep squirrels off the roof. Secondly, spruce needles are acidic and will be a nuisance to the roof and rain trough. Those tend to stick to the trough instead of flushing away during rains. You will be forever cleaning the rain trough, and the acidic nature of the needles will promote corrosion. During winter snows, the limbs can droop from 1 to 4 feet from snow loads. It will rest on the roof - very bad. During warmer weather, it will tend to keep the roof damp and promote moss and lichen growth - bad. This tree will only get bigger and its problem grows with its size. I'm sorry to say, but you need to cut this tree. It should have been much farther away from the house. Spruces do not have tap roots. As it gets taller, it may blow over in a windstorm. If you sanitation sewer line exits from that corner of the house, the spruce roots are avid water seekers and may invade you drain line. It is nice to have an evergreen out front to have a bit of greenery during the winter months. However, do not locate a large evergreen at the southwest quadrant from the house. It will shade the house from winter afternoon sun, the opposite of what is desired....See MoreLandscaping in front yard lacks cohesiveness. I need some design help!
Comments (3)"What is the green plant in the foreground?" I forgot to mention, fill in all the blank space between whatever regrouped perennials and shrubs you were able to use, with groundcover. It could be something that already exists in the plot; you just add more. (I see something low growing at the foreground of the second picture but cannot tell what it is ... if a weed or a good groundcover.) Or it could be a new addition. I don't know what's there, or even where you are, so I'm not calling out a specific groundcover. Plants have to be moved at the right time and/or by the correct method, or they will suffer. Usually, with perennials, they will get over the suffering and move on. The stone curb has some pieces that look to be about 10" or 12" in dimension. It would look better if the entire curb had that uniform width. I'd reset the stones, trying to achieve that, if you have access to more of them. It would mean that some of the smaller stones get doubled up. I would also try to set their top surface with some uniformity. Weeds are always the bane of a bed that has exposed soil. Get rid of them as much as possible, up front. After the planting has concluded, cover all the exposed soil with a layer of plant-based mulch (wood chips, bark, hulls, etc.) Apply Preen according to mfg. directions. Preen is applied on a schedule so be sure to enter the reapply date in your calendar. I'm convinced this is where most people become dissatisfied with it and say it doesn't work. Also, it may not be as good during the first application simply because there will be spots missed. The subsequent application will bring improved results. My Lowe's sells a smallish Preen for almost $20. Home Depot sells a large tub of it (almost 3x the size) for under $30. I would recommend the latter as it is much cheaper per square foot....See MoreAre Front Yard Fruit Trees Landscape Design Acceptable? HELP
Comments (10)You can plant fruit trees anywhere the conditions exist for them to grow well - front yard, back yard, side yard....... There are no "rules" about placement :-) As to what kind of fruit trees to grow, check what's on offer at local nurseries and garden centers. Not all kinds of fruit trees grow well everywhere. If I lived in SoCal, I'd for sure have a couple of citrus trees - lemons/limes - and probably an avocado....See Moresahmed0102
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