What is the best landscaping in front of a house?
To create an amazing front yard, plan a design that combines different colors, textures, shapes and sizes. Planting beds with a variety of flowers, shrubs and trees can achieve this, but also consider elements like planters, mulch, a stepping stone walkway and even a small statue or fountain. Create Layers and Texture: Use a variety of plants, trees, shrubs, and flowers to create depth and texture in your front yard. Layer your landscaping with tall plants or shrubs in the back, then a middle layer and then lower plants in front.
What is the most low-maintenance landscaping?
Evergreen Shrubs for Year-Round Interest Evergreen shrubs like boxwood, juniper, and dwarf holly provide structure and color across the seasons. Their low water and pruning needs make them key players in low-maintenance gardens. One of the best evergreen foundation plants, Thuja are coniferous trees or shrubs with year-round color and structure. Smaller varieties suitable for foundation plantings include Tater Tot®, with soft green needles and a rounded habit; and Fluffy® Western arborvitae, with gold foliage and a pyramidal shape.Popular choices include Photinia ‘Red Robin’, Camellia, Skimmia, Pittosporum, Hebe, Choisya, and Box (Buxus) — all reliable, low-maintenance shrubs that offer lasting texture and colour.Arborvitae, chamaecyparis, boxwood, and taxus, among others are great for small front yard landscapes as they do double duty for year round green and privacy. Evergreens give structure, frame your foundation, and provide a visual transition between the hard edges of a building and the soft landscape plants.