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Would this be an appropriate board for landscaping questions?
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:11 pm
Don't know if there are any boards that it would fall under.
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Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:14 pm to Powerman
Yes. Have had multiple landscaping discussions on here. Just don't ask about weed and feed. It's already been discussed and stickied at one point.
Welcome power man. Haven't seen you in a long time
Welcome power man. Haven't seen you in a long time
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:14 pm to Powerman
Normally yea, but theres been alot of OT bullshite here lately. Ask away, I used to be in the business. 
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:18 pm to Tbooux
Go for it
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:37 pm to Tbooux
Just looking for some ideas
Have a small area in the front yard of a new house that doesn't have any sod or other landscaping so it's sort of a blank canvas. I'm looking for something that won't be that costly but I don't want it to look like shite either.
The only idea I have so far is to put a concrete retaining wall there. I'm completely ignorant on landscaping.
Anyway, it's not that big of an area. This pic was the day after I moved in.
Some other thoughts are possibly a small orb fountain right there. Main thing is I just need to do SOMETHING so I'm not the neighbor with the shitty yard
Have a small area in the front yard of a new house that doesn't have any sod or other landscaping so it's sort of a blank canvas. I'm looking for something that won't be that costly but I don't want it to look like shite either.
The only idea I have so far is to put a concrete retaining wall there. I'm completely ignorant on landscaping.
Anyway, it's not that big of an area. This pic was the day after I moved in.
Some other thoughts are possibly a small orb fountain right there. Main thing is I just need to do SOMETHING so I'm not the neighbor with the shitty yard
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:44 pm to Powerman
I have no idea and am very thankful that both houses I've lived in came landscaped when I bought them. But my mom did her own landscaping when they bought their house. She just took measurements of the area and made a blueprint and went to a local garden/nursery place. They told her what would work together and helped her get a game plan of what to put where. I'm sure not all of them are eager to do that especially, if they do landscaping installations themselves, but I'm sure there are a lot that would help.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:51 pm to KG6
I would border the sidewalk edge with verigated loriope or dwarf mondo grass then maybe put a single Japanese maple in there.
Keep it simple. U have to think about what whatever you put in will look like in 5 years after it has grown. Not what it looks like the day u plant it.
Keep it simple. U have to think about what whatever you put in will look like in 5 years after it has grown. Not what it looks like the day u plant it.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:54 pm to Easternrio
If you didn't want a tree you could replace it with a few firepower nandinias. Use an odd number, 3 looks like a good number.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 1:57 pm to Powerman
Azaleas under the window left of the door when facing the house and hydrangeas on the other side. Cut 1foot beds along the walking path
On he street side perennials can go there. This fall put down snap dragons and in the spring they will explode.
Search for you local Master Gardner chapter and they will show up and give you a plan, but my advice above is not a bad starting point IMHO
On he street side perennials can go there. This fall put down snap dragons and in the spring they will explode.
Search for you local Master Gardner chapter and they will show up and give you a plan, but my advice above is not a bad starting point IMHO
Posted on 7/1/15 at 2:01 pm to Easternrio
The only reason I was considering the concrete retaining wall is when we get heavy rain the sand tends to find its way onto the walkway and then it gets tracked in the house.
What type of mulch should I put down?
What type of mulch should I put down?
Posted on 7/1/15 at 2:30 pm to Powerman
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I would border the sidewalk edge with verigated loriope or dwarf mondo grass then maybe put a single Japanese maple in there.
Great idea there, mulch heavy with pine straw to prevent any washout and your good to go.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 2:31 pm to Tbooux
I'd also look at getting gutters for that cove on your house in the near future. Your going to have a lot of water from your roof running in that area and splashing on your stucco/windows which will lead to problems in the future.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 2:32 pm to Powerman
If you border with the loriope stuff it will keep the sand in once it's established
Posted on 7/1/15 at 2:38 pm to eng08
Look at limelight hydrangeas. They are sun and heat tolerant.
Maybe but a couple of them out. Then look at some perenials like daylilies. I also like the Japanese maple idea and the mondo grass.
You could put the hydrangeas in the back then the maple and the tier down from there.
Also, a big fan of pine straw mulch.
Maybe but a couple of them out. Then look at some perenials like daylilies. I also like the Japanese maple idea and the mondo grass.
You could put the hydrangeas in the back then the maple and the tier down from there.
Also, a big fan of pine straw mulch.
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