Landscape Plants Popular
A rustic walkway of irregular bluestone and a garden space heavily dependant upon texture.
Landscape plants popular. The robust foliage of hosta and the feathery fronds of ostrich fern matteuccia struthiopteris contrast well with the delicacy of the variegated ribbon grass phalaris arundinacea var. That is they are not known for putting on spectacular flowering displays but they have attractive leaves. Available in shades of pink white and red astilbes are some of the best perennials for shady moist spots. I give charlotte landscape architect jay sifford constant grief about planting swaths of everillo carex on every single one of his jobs but it s easy to see why he does.
If you love outdoor plants garden flowers and flower plants plant flower bulbs to add some beauty flair and cut flowers in your future. Plants are easy to obtain thrive in nearly every climate and can live for over 100 years if cared for properly erin benzakein author of floret farm s cut flower garden. This mounding grass like perennial glows bright chartreuse yellow all year. One of the easiest ways to add some interest to your home s front yard is to plant a colorful border of flowering plants to enliven your entryway.
This shrub grows to around 4 to 6 feet tall and features white flowers in the early summer along with oak like bright green leaves. In addition to being hugely popular peonies are very easy to grow. Plant peonies in spring or fall in full sun or in morning sun and afternoon shade in very hot summer regions. But many homeowners want more from a ground cover.
In this front garden idea a mixture of annual and perennial flowers such as hydrangeas and petunias are used for a pop of color while a few evergreen bushes ensure year round greenery. A very popular ground cover for landscaping on a hill that falls into this group is blue rug juniper. Picta across the path. The double pink variety shown here sarah bernhardt is popular in mixed borders and as a specimen plant.
Known for their fragrant spring flowers herbaceous peonies paeonia lactiflora are deciduous. Stop wasting time and money on plants that are not suited for their location. The feathery plumes of astilbe rise above fernlike foliage for a month or more in late spring and early summer. Plant a swath of these perennial flowers for a memorable display year after year.
From succulents snake plants and air plants to aloe vera plants fiddle leaf figs zz plants and monstera plants we have many house plants flower plants and indoor plants to make your spaces sing. Use them to generate a plant list for your garden or print them out and take them with you to the nursery. But for four season interest it s hard to beat the oak leaf hydrangea. Growing 12 to 18 inches tall and wide it s great for lining paths illuminating shady areas growing in containers and mixing with blue.