Help! Landscaping ideas for front gardens
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Comments (25)yes, it is heavier. This house is similar to the house the DH and I just sold. It had a raised concrete patio in front of the house. I didn't know how to landscape in front of that PIA :o) and I don't know how to landscape in front of this one either. I don't know how this owner feels about their patio, but I didn't want plants large enough that they would obscure the view. Also didn't want the predictable symmetry of two same-size pyramidal evergreens on each side of the house. As I said above, I'm no designer. I'm just playing around with pictures, trying to keep reality in mind. To be real honest, if it were me, I'd never plant the large shrub by the corner of the house, just because I'm onery and it's one of those things that "everybody" does, so I wouldn't! That, and we had to cut down two at our previous home 'cuz they had grown to well over 30 feet high. Needless to say that they dwarfed our little ranch/tract home, a house that already sat on a hill. It was atrocious. Anyhow, thanks for the notice re: balance or lack thereof. I'll leave that to the homeowner, but I would love a suggested solution to landscaping around those darned patios. I don't have one anymore, but I'd still like to know. Moon...See MoreIdeas for new front landscaping please help
Comments (9)Give room for hydrangeas to grow or you will be doing a lot of pruning when they grow to mature sizes. Don't plant too close to the house or sidewalk or driveway. I let a volunteer crepe myrtle grow near the driveway and my wife was not happy when it was over the driveway where she backed her car into the garage. I had to prune this at least twice a year, dug it up once and none of them made it but no fear as CM are hard to kill. In another couple of years it was back at six feet tall with an equal spread. This time I dug it up into five plants - 3 made it while 2 did not. After they made it I cut and sprayed every sucker of that CM. This was my scourge for years....See MoreNeed help - long sidewalk to front of house landscaping ideas
Comments (11)So I assume you want to plant something in the rocks? We need to know your approximate location. It won’t do any good to recommend palms if you live in Minnesota. And what’s the sun exposure of this sidewalk - if your front door faces East, this sidewalk would have full south sun most of the day. And how wide is it, measured from the sidewalk to the wall? It looks very small....See MoreLandscaping ideas for front garden
Comments (12)You would independently make the deck at the most sensible, proper level for the house without regard to the steps connecting to the landscape wall. (BTW, the deck would pitch downward slightly -- 1/8" per foot -- to drain away from the house.) Once the elevation of its outer edge is known, you'd tie it, with a "bridge" section, to match the equivalent elevation or next highest landscape step tread, flush. In order to be exact, one would need to know these elevations and the distances to them from the deck edge. Obviously, you don't want to create too much slope in the "bridge" section. Running the "bridge" section to meet and match a step tread wouldn't look bad if one is careful with details. Alternatively, the existing steps could be removed and new ones built that more strongly agree with the design concept. But that's many more $$$. The bridge is a good and reasonable compromise....See MoreKendrah
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