Landscaping design ideas
Ashley Riley
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Comments (9)It's not likely that a single tree is going to do a good job of providing privacy. This is probably going to be achieved through a combination of small trees along the property perimeter and some large shrubs. (The small trees might also be made of large shrubs since you don't necessarily want to overwhelm yourself and neighbors with a small yard full of massive trees. If you want shade, It will most likely come from large trees that have been limbed up to maintain ground clearance. What do you mean by "privacy wall"? It sounds like you're after a full back yard development. It would be to your advantage to create a plan and submit it here. A simple base plan looks like this, except that it will show your backyard.: Include the existing trees in the base plan, showing only dots for their trunk locations....See MoreLandscape Design Ideas
Comments (2)I suspect we are not seeing the best view(s) to well understand the layout. We also probably need to see the overall property in plan view in order to figure out how all the features relate. Does it show up on Google Satellite View? That might be a place to start....See MoreLandscaping design ideas?
Comments (8)You have a large project here (to include the deck) and I wish you would hire a local landscape designer. They would give you a plan which you would DIY over several years as time and finances allow. I have a gut feeling that you're going to do this yourself without a designer to save money, which is why you asked for suggestions on Houzz. So I'll throw out a very mundane plan which will be easy to implement. Round 1: Along the front porch I want six reblooming azaleas, three on each side of the entrance. They won't form a heavy row, they will be dotted along. Among them you will plant spring bulbs and summer annuals. My color choice would be pink to harmonize with other spring bloomers but you should pick your favorite color. They must all be the same color. Along the side of the house I'd place yews with tall hollies at each downspout. Azaleas, yews and hollies are all highly amenable to pruning which is why I'm using those along the foundation. Mind, you're not planting them right on the foundation, you're placing them five feet out. Next, I'm placing two kousa dogwoods in the lawn in front of the house. You could also seek out an anthracnose resistant cornus florida if you want to do a little legwork. Just don't buy a cheap native dogwood at a box store because it won't be anthracnose resistant. On the lawn toward the left corner of your yard will be a semi-circular bed containing your weeping spruce, a couple more dogwoods and any cute evergreen shrub that catches your eye while you're out shopping for the basics. The nifty plants go out in the lawn where you can admire them while sitting on your porch, and their growth isn't constrained by proximity to the house. In the backyard you need to build the deck and identify the septic field then we can talk next spring. If the leaning tree with vines in it (visible in the first photo) is growing on your property, please remove that this spring....See MoreLandscape Design Ideas
Comments (4)Possibly boxwood and they should be moved to the front of the bed. You need something tall and evergreen behind them with yellow foliage for contrast, like a dwarf conifer, if that area doesn't get full sun. I would set up the side yard as a little dining area where the chairs face each other around a small table instead of having you stare at the fence. Nestle some pavers in the gravel as your patio. I wouldn't plant anything in the ground with your hot climate made even hotter with gravel. Use containers set on the gravel and hanging baskets on the fence. I would've started the gravel further away from the air conditioner so you could've planted a foundation shrub in the soil and screened the a/c from view of the seating area....See MoreAshley Riley
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