
Foundation plantings
Most houses, no matter how beautiful they are, have a lot of hard, straight lines. But a foundation bed can soften those hard lines and draw guests’ eyes up from the ground toward the home. Make conservative choices for the front of your home — the idea is to complement your house’s beauty, not distract from it. Here, a few understated shrubs fill in the back of the border, while begonias, petunias and hakonechloa mix along the front. Repeated bold plants add color to the border while still looking elegant.