5 Tips for Planning Your Home Landscape

When Planning your Landscape, there are several factors that need to be taken into Home Landscape, be sure to keep these helpful Tips in mind.
consideration. Failure to consider these factors can result in unnecessary expense while also creating more work for you in the long run. Therefore, before you start purchasing plants for your

Tip #1: Understand the Needs of Your Plants Just because a plant looks good in the nursery, it doesn't necessarily mean it will work well in your Landscape. Check the plant to learn more about its climate needs as well as its soil requirements and the amount of sun exposure it can withstand. Also, consider the ultimate size of the plan to determine if it will fit well in your Landscape. It is easy to forget about how big a plant will ultimately get. Make sure you have the space available to let the plant reach its full potential.  

Tip #2: Create a Theme It is easy to fall in love with a variety of plants and to want to buy them all for your garden, but a lack of theme or plant continuity will result in a hodgepodge Landscape that is unattractive and difficult to maintain. If you absolutely must have a variety of plants, choose a few theme plants to repeat throughout the garden in order to help pull the whole garden together. 

Tip #3: Plant to the Proper Depth Many Home gardeners plant their plants too deep, which will ultimately cause the plant to die. This is particularly problematic with trees, which may start to die off after they have become mature simply because they were planted too deep. Not only does this ruin your Landscape design, but getting these trees removed and replacing them with new trees can be quite costly. 

Tip #4: Choose Well-Drained Soil Poor-draining soil is a leading cause of root rot and other problems with plants. Amend your soil with organic material in order to create good drainage and to encourage strong root growth. If you are growing native plants, amend the soil with sand or pumice. 

Tip #5: Prune Your Plants Properly Improper pruning is not only unattractive, it also weakens your plants. Avoid pruning your plants into the shape of a ball, creating big puffs of foliage at the ends of their branches or stripping away the lower leaves of your plants. Similarly, don't make the mistake of thinking a dormant plant is dead. If the plant has branches that are dry and that snap easily, it is dead. If the branches are pliable and difficult to break, however, it is still alive.

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