Landscape design help!
Joey Moses Menendez
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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Comments (13)I think the biggest problem with your house is the lack of architectural balance. I don't know if it is the case or not but the porch does not look original and it looks like the garage side of the house was added on. Right now it looks like two different houses. While I suspect that expanding the porch across the house is out of your budget, If your budget is that size you may wish to double the window and that side of the house. it would help with the balance and get more light into the house. I would balance the house with the landscaping. Something large needs to be planted on to the side of the porch to balance the porch. The idea is to cover the large expanse below this window. This could be a large Rose of Sharon, azalea, lilac, or similar plant the lives in your area. You may want to put the large bush between the window and edge of the house and the spirea, rose of Sharon in this area with the dwarf lilac, azalea between it and the porch. Possible add a garden in that area with either a hard or soft garden wall to cut it form the yard in general. In this garden you could have lilies, daffodils, roses, ie something to add color all year around. I like curves in garden not hard straight lines and walls. Once you have corrected the imbalance then consider what to do with the yard closet to the side walk....See MoreLandscape Design Help Dry Creek Bed plant Help
Comments (2)I have both and vote for the Tradescantia. It stays bright yellow with great dark purple flowers....See MoreFront landscape design help
Comments (2)I would create a nice path (below large pavers with stone in between) from the front door to what seems to be the driveway on the left. Along the house you can really have fun with a perennial flower bed and choose the plants according to sun or shade. Where there seems to be a tree stump, you can plant a trio of either flowering shubs or trees, on the illustration I show lilacs which are available in different colours, white - pink - purple are nice together....See MoreLandscape Design Help Wanted Please
Comments (5)It's very tough to give advice when we don't know the size of your plants. The "3 azaleas planted that will not get very tall": what cultivar, when were they planted? If they've been there a while and that's their mature height, then either you should move them or plants something lower in front of them. Heather, maybe? If you just planted them and they should double in size bringing them up to the bottom of your window in a year or two, then you should plant low annuals, while waiting for the growth. Or moss Phlox at the edge. Plant bulbs. Daffodils are pretty resistant to critters, but tulips come in more colors. Ideally, you want color in at least 3 seasons. Hellebore does well in winter, moss phlox in spring, You can add a mountaint laurel in the shady section, that will bloom in the sprint. Sedum blooms in the fall....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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