Article courtesy of Garden Gate Magazine
There’s no better way to greet guests than with a vibrant front yard. Adding bright blooms and lush foliage around a front door not only improves the look of the house, but adds color and energy to the front landscape. It seems to say, “This is more than a house. This is a home.” And with just a little time and a bit of creativity, you can make your entry as warm and inviting as the one you see here.
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.
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