Front yard landscaping help needed!!!!
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Comments (3)Front yard patio, perhaps encircled by low shrubs for a bit of privacy, with grass between that and sidewalk. https://www.houselogic.com/photos/yard-patio/front-yard-patio-ideas/slide/patio-as-focal-point/ If liriope will live in your planting zone, consider outlining your sidewalk and driveway with that … or something similar....See MoreFront Yard Landscaping-Need Help
Comments (8)This is not a list of plants, but is an organizational layout, involving a reshaping of the bed so as encompass the tree out of the lawn and lead the viewer to the front entrance. The colors serve to differentiate one type of material from the next; they're not suggestions for what colors you should use. That's up to you according to what is available. Eventually, you'll be forced to limb up the tree in order to avoid having it consume the porch. Not insignificant is the undersized landing, narrow steps and lack of cheeckwall, that allows either dirt to be spilled on the steps or that plant material cannot be maintained next to them .... basically a permanent "scab" next to the steps. Widen them and add a cheekwall to solve the problem and make for a nicer entrance experience. I would not enclose the steps or walk with planting. They would only serve to obscure the entrance more. While mentioning the entrance, I will say that the porch post next to the garage seems completely unnecessary and serves to create a narrow passageway ... which is not as good as a wider one. I'd remove it. Also, consider getting beefier posts to replace the remaining ones with....See MoreHelp! Need ideas/tips on front yard landscaping and entry area
Comments (5)It's a fact ... you'll not be able to get rid of the mess until you create a permanent, hard walk where there is now mulch. The magnolia roots are going to make it harder, but it must be done if there is to be a cure. I agree with others that something like concrete (simplest and cheapest) or pavers/brick are suitable. A walk laid out to acknowledge the tree will look and work better than one that doesn't. The bench only makes sense if there is a way to get to it ... i.e., use it. But because of Magnolia roots, it would add a lot of difficulty extending the walk to the bench. Therefore, I'd recommend using the bench elsewhere and having only plantings at the front of the house. Consider using a groundcover like Asiatic Jasmine to cover the magnolia roots....See MoreNeed help with front porch/yard landscaping ideas
Comments (14)I'm sorry but a 22" width is not sufficient room to grow much of anything other than annuals or some smaller perennials. About the only evergreen shrub it could accommodate is dwarf English boxwood and even that would need to be routinely sheared to keep it in bounds. Spreading yews could work as well but they would also need routine shearing - they grow faster and larger than the box. From a design and aesthetic viewpoint, your charming home (and it is indeed very charming) is being unpleasantly upstaged by the massive expanse of gravel. Unless this is a B&B or you have a fleet of cars you need permanent parking for, pull it back and allow at least some semblance of a front garden. Get rid of the brick borders and pull those beds out even with the stone landing at the very least. Personally, I'd likley get rid of 75% or more of the gravel. Other than convenience, it is adding nothing to the curb appeal. The choice is a parking lot or a garden....See Morewaynesam
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