Any advise on a new House with a ugly yard.?

I just bought a house and the yard needs a lot of help. any pointers on certain plants and flowers i can purchase to make it look good. nothing too exspensive, but nothing that is ugly looking. thanx

Any advise on a new House with a ugly yard.?
Lucky you...a new house and a world full of new landscaping possibilities! There are two things you need to determine that will impact everything you do...soil type and Zone. Anytime I lay out a new yard I try to envision the house and yard at various times of the year. You%26#039;ll want to have some conifers and evergreen plants so that in the long winter months you still enjoy your view from the indoors. ( My husband says I just did that so I could decorate them for the holidays.) The type temperatures and rainfall in your region will also determine which plants will survive, so first learn what planting zone you%26#039;re in.





I%26#039;m blessed with a rather large space to work with so I have shade gardens around my trees with confederate jasmine as ground cover, hostas and different varieties of ferns and something called a cast iron plant (which stays in good shape all winter) around my trees. I used holly, lorapetilum and boxwood next to the house to accent the color of the siding, trim and roof color as they keep their color in the winter. I also used some japanese maples whose leaves are inged with reddish purple during the spring and summer and are a beautiful burgandy color in the fall (and are beautiful with the rust colored mums that bloom then). During the spring, there are crepe myrtles, spirea and azaleasthat bloom about the same time the daffodils, lilys and paperwhites come up. As they all loose their flowers, the crepe myrtles bloom and plox, verbena and other perenials start to bloom in their beds. The kitchen garden off the patio is filled with herbs, lavendar, etc, that are also perenials.





Point is, gardening is an ongoing process. If you plant perenials, they multiply and fill in spaces each year so in a couple of years everything will be well established. Choose your anchor plants and shrubs wisely for low maintainance and this too will benefit you.





My favorite place is what my grandson calls mimi%26#039;s secret garden. It%26#039;s off to the back of the yard near the woods and since it%26#039;s in a partially shaded area, I%26#039;ve used all white flowers there...azaleas. spirea, narcissus, lilys of the valley, moss covered rocks and pots, ferns, confederate jasmine, honeysuckle, moon flowers covering an arbor and a night-blooming angel trumpet with white flowers. There%26#039;s a sweet potato vine that has a chartreuse green leaf that pops with all the other dark foliage. This is where my swing is so I can go thru seed catalogs and critique the work I%26#039;ve done and dream about the next project. It%26#039;s awesome on nights when there%26#039;s a full moon because all the flowers seem to glow.





Hope this has given you some ideas for your gardens and yards and that you get as much enjoyment out of yours as I have.
Reply:Perennials, perennials, perennials! You can%26#039;t go wrong with them. Your garden will look sparse and bare this year, because you don%26#039;t want to over plant or plant too close. But, next year it will look wonderful and will only get better year after year.





Day lilies are wonderful...they spread at a decent rate and look great. You get nice greenery in the spring time and then bright flowers late June to mid July and they come in many different colors. Typical colors are yellow and orange.





Your best bet would be to go to a local nursery or garden center and talk to one of their specialists. Make sure you go with the right information - soil type (sandy, clay, etc), soil drainage and the amount of sun/shade the area gets where you want to plant. There are many options for full sun and partial sun. Not as many choices for full shade.





Best of all, it%26#039;s your yard...experiment and try new things. Go with things that appeal to you! :) Have fun!
Reply:Japanese Maple are beautiful. Never do a rock garden they are hideous!!
Reply:Hostas usually work well along walkways or driveways, they grow to be pretty full by the end of summer so plan for the room




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