Landscaping Plant Guide
A beautiful garden or front yard surrounding your house not only makes your property look arresting and stunning, but also marks it out from countless other listless properties in your block. To impart a distinct look to your garden that will be an extension of your personality and also recreate a woodland charm that is so romantic and unparalleled, you need to incorporate visually appealing plants and trees into the décor.
Landscaping Plant Guide
Incorporating a few elements of flora doesn’t mean planting a few potted plants and tree saplings here and there haphazardly in some corners of your garden. To up the “wow” quotient of your garden or front yard you need to stick to a definite and suitable plan or design obtained from landscaping softwares or websites or e-books or landscaping designs books and magazines.
You have to find out what plants will suit the soil type and the climate, you have to decide on an efficient irrigation and watering system. Low maintenance native plants are often more practical to have than fancy exotic plants sourced from tropics and Far East. The plants should be planted in a color coordinated manner, according to a specific design and scientific aesthetics. To know more read on.
Rose Bushes
Rambling red roses are winter hardy climbers that can be a great addition to any garden worth its beauty. They bloom in clusters in double rows of rich medium scarlet. It is also disease resistant with strong pliable canes.
You can choose from
- Shrub roses
- Garden roses
- Climbing roses
- Prim rose buds in hues like pink, white, yellow, red.
Flowering Shrubs
This is an indispensable item for any garden.
Take your pick from the exhaustive range:
- Weigela
- Viburnum
- Sumac
- Spiraea
- Rose of Sharon
- Rhododendron
- Pussy willow
- Privet
- Potentilla
- Ninebark
- Lilac
- Juniper
- Hydrangea
- Honey suckle
- Holly
- Forsythia
- Dogwood
- Cotoneaster
- Butterfly bush
- Burning bush
- Bluebeard
Perennials
Instead of seasonal flowers and plants, it is more practical to opt for evergreen flowering plants like:
- Yarrow
- Veronica
- Verbena
- Tiarella
- Thyme
- Sedum
- Scabiosa
- Salvia
- Phlox
- Peony
- Penstemon
- Ornamental grass
- Mullein
- Lungwort
- Lobelia
- Lily
- Iris
- Hosta
- Hibiscus
- Geranium
- Diascia
- Dianthus
- Day lily
- Coreopsis
- Coral bells
- Cone flower
- Columbine
- Clemantis
- Canna
- Calla lily
- Black eyed Susan
- Astilbe
- Aster
- Ajuga
Fruit Trees
- Prune trees
- Pluot trees
- Plum trees
- Pear trees
- Peach trees
- Nectarine trees
- Crabapple trees
- Cherry trees
- Aprium trees
- Apricot trees
- Apple trees
Flowering Trees
- Magnolia
- Willow
- Walnut
- Oak
- Maple
- Cherry blossoms
- Dogwood
- Birch
- Hickory
- Ash
- Red bud