Landscaping Shrubs and Trees

What are the best shrubs for front of house?
What are the best low-maintenance shrubs?
What shrubs look good all year round?
How do I choose a landscaping shrub?
What are the 7 principles of landscape design?
What kind of shrubs stay small?
What are the easiest shrubs to grow?
What can I plant for low-maintenance landscaping?
How do I landscape my front yard for low-maintenance?
What shrubs love full sun?
What shrub stays green all year?
How tall should shrubs be in front of house?

What are the best shrubs for front of house?

Upright conical evergreen trees and shrubs such as arborvitae, spruces, boxwood, and yews are excellent choices for planting at house corners. Columnar trees can frame the front of your house and accent your other foundation plants.

What are the best low-maintenance shrubs?

17 Low-Maintenance Plants and Dwarf Shrubs

Butterfly Bush. Prune these plants by late August, so plants have time to harden off before freezes arrive. ...
Fringe Tree. ...
Coral Bells. ...
Denver Daisy. ...
Ninebark. ...
Contoneaster. ...
Purple Pixie. ...
Agapanthus.

What shrubs look good all year round?

31 Flowering Shrubs for Year-Round Color

Fothergilla. Bottlebrush-like blooms open at branch tips in early spring, before leaves appear. ...
Azalea. Spring explodes with color when you include azaleas in your yard. ...
Mountain Laurel. ...
Rhododendron. ...
Weigela. ...
English Lavender. ...
Lilac. ...
French Hydrangea.

How do I choose a landscaping shrub?

Think About Shrub Size

There are factors to consider such as placement in the garden, and proximity to other plants. You want to make sure to plant shrubs that you can handle, and one that will complement your other landscape flowers and trees.

What are the 7 principles of landscape design?

The Seven Principles of Design

SIMPLICITY. Elements that do not provide improvement or impact on the design can be omitted. ...
VARIETY. Shape, size and form selections should be diverse in order to create visual interest. ...
BALANCE. Everything that is placed in a design will carry a certain visual weight with it. ...
EMPHASIS. ...
SEQUENCE. ...
SCALE / PROPORTION. ...
UNITY.

What kind of shrubs stay small?

10 Great Low-Maintenance, Dwarf Shrubs

Franklin's Gem Boxwood. Boxwood are the king of evergreens! ...
Magic Carpet Spirea. Magic Carpet Spirea is an excellent choice for adding curb appeal to your home. ...
Dwarf Norway Spruce. ...
My Monet Weigela. ...
Emerald 'N Gold Euonymus. ...
Fox Red Curly Sedge. ...
Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper. ...
Cityline® Paris Hydrangea.

What are the easiest shrubs to grow?

Double Play^® Gold Spiraea. Double Play^® Gold spirea shines in the landscape from spring to fall with little to no pruning needed. ...
Gatsby Gal^® Hydrangea. Native oakleaf hydrangeas like Gatsby Gal^® are easy to grow in sun or part shade. ...
Oso Easy^® Cherry Pie Rosa. ...
North Pole^® Arborvitae. ...
Spilled Wine^® Weigela.

What can I plant for low-maintenance landscaping?

14 Low-Maintenance Plants for Easy Landscaping

Shrub or Small Tree: Smoke Tree. ...
Flowering Perennial: Peony. ...
Tree: Hawthorn. ...
Groundcover: Liriope. ...
Ornamental Grass: Feather Reed Grass. ...
Ornamental Grass: Ribbon Grass. ...
Ornamental Grass: Fescue. ...
Tree: Thornless Honeylocust.

How do I landscape my front yard for low-maintenance?

6 Ideas for a Low-Maintenance Front Yard

Trade the Lawn for Gravel & Succulents. ...
Grow a Front Yard Meadow. ...
Select Lush, Low-Maintenance Plantings. ...
Plant Natives Amongst a Bed of Gravel. ...
Go Modern with Grid Plantings of Cacti & Grasses. ...
Convert to a Water-Wise Xeriscape. ...
Trade the Lawn for Gravel & Succulents.

What shrubs love full sun?

18 Flowering Shrubs for Sun

Wine and Roses Weigela (Weigela florida 'Alexandra') ...
Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius) ...
Midnight Wine Weigela. ...
Japanese Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles 'Pink Lady') ...
American Cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus var. ...
Sunshine Blue Bluebeard (Caryopteris incana 'Jason')

What shrub stays green all year?

Evergreen Shrubs Bring Non-Stop Color

Variegated Winter Daphne. Fill late winter and early spring with the sweet fragrance of daphne. ...
Bird's Nest Spruce. ...
October Magic Ruby Camellia. ...
English Lavender. ...
Sprinter Boxwood. ...
Kramer's Red Winter Heath. ...
Mountain Laurel. ...
Romeo Cleyera.

How tall should shrubs be in front of house?

Planting Tips

Planting a shrub that reaches 8 to 10 feet tall in front of a window with a base that is 5 feet or less off the ground blocks the window. Foundation shrubs should not grow taller than the eaves either, because they may damage the gutters, or the foliage may fall inside, causing issues with drainage.