"All gardening is landscape painting."

 William Kent

My daughter and son-in-law have lived in their house for 12 years. They added some plants to the basic holly shrubs that all builders plant but as you can see it got out of control.  The front of the house was totally lacking in curb appeal.  We decided to roll up our sleeves and get out hands dirty.  We started from scratch.  Fortunately the space is small so we knew that the investment for new plants would be minimal and we bought small, knowing the plants would grow.  First we had all the old shrubbery removed, saving only the monkey grass to be planted again later.  After a visit to our local nursery and the help of a professional landscaper, who just happens to be family, we got down to work.  We still have some work to do but I wanted to share what we did in an afternoon.

Before

During

The brick was totally hidden by the abundance of plants as well as the office window.

After

Here's what we planted on the left: Dwarf Japanese Maple, Kaleidoscope Abelia, Dianthus Fire Witch, Monda (Monkey) Grass

Here's what we planted on the right: Thuja O Emerald, Purple Pixie Weeping Loropetalum, Dianthus Fire Witch, Mondo (Monkey) Grass

Phase One complete! Next we'll paint the doors and shutters, add a window box to the window on the left, and hang a couple of ferns at the entry.  And we still have the sides to do.  But we're happy with our new look.  I call it "Less is More."

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Until next time,