Category: Landscaping

Different Types of Perennials A list of perennial flowers for sun and shade. The best types of perennials for every garden. Perennial plant care tips. Buy orange, yellow, pink, and red flowering plants that bloom in spring, summer, and fall. Herbaceous borders filled with long flowering perennials. Flowering perennials play many roles in the landscape.… Continue reading List of Perennial Flowers with Names and Pictues

Pictures of a Mediterranean backyard landscape design built around a pond. The hardscape featured here includes: a patio, covered outdoor walkways, and a garden summer house. Ideas for landscaping a hill. Safety Tip: A pond should always be well lit at night. You wouldn’t want a guest to accidentally wander into it. Thoughtfully placed lighting can… Continue reading A Backyard Landscape Design Dominated by Water

Get pool landscaping ideas from these swimming pool landscape design photos. Good plants to use when landscaping around pools. Landscaping around reflecting pools. Pool landscaping pictures. Backyard Pool Landscape Reminder: It is a good idea to keep all the pots the same color. Otherwise, you risk creating a hodge podge effect. There is a great… Continue reading Pool Landscaping Ideas Pool Landscape Design

5 front yard landscaping ideas. Landscape design pictures show you how to: Say it with Shrubs, Let the Trees Tell the Tale, Get Creative and Create a Vignette and Frame a Focal Point. Say it with Shrubs This front yard landscaping picture shows just how much weight shrubs can carry in a landscape design. The… Continue reading 5 Front Yard Landscaping Ideas

Photos of river rock landscaping water features that will inspire you in landscaping with rock at your home. How to prepare ground for river rock and calculate the amount needed for your landscape design project. River rocks are smooth round or oblong natural landscaping stones that you can purchase (usually by the ton) for use… Continue reading River Rock Landscaping 5 Water Features

Stunning waterfall landscape design pictures and tips to inspire you in landscaping around your rock garden waterfall. Discover which plants are best to use around a rock water garden. Great Price on Double Knock Out® Rose Collection Plants for Landscaping Waterfalls Palm Trees Tropical landscape designs and water features belong together like Hibiscus flowers and Hawaiian islands and… Continue reading Waterfall Landscape Design Ideas Rock Garden Waterfalls

These above ground pool landscaping photos will help you develop ideas for your poolside landscape. Plants you should not use in above ground swimming pool landscaping. Above ground pool deck landscaping tips. Color Coordination in Above Ground Swimming Pool Landscaping This is a good example of how color can be used to unify an above… Continue reading Above Ground Pool Landscaping Ideas

Pool Landscaping Pictures Need help planning your swimming pool landscape design? These photos will inspire and excite you. Tropical landscaping tips and ideas for planting around a pool in a temperate climate. I’ll start with the swimming pool landscape designs that are not in the tropics or subtropics. This photo is an example of backyard… Continue reading Swimming Pool Landscape Design

Five different ways to use water in a desert landscape design. How to create the “oasis illusion” in desert landscaping designs. Pictures of gardens in Arizona, California and Morocco. Install a Pool or Fountain Pictures from Lotusland in CA Swimming pool in the Aloe Garden. Shell fountain at the pool’s edge. A pool, pond, or… Continue reading The Importance of Water in Desert Landscape Design

Landscaping ponds with flowering plants to create excitement in the garden. Design a calming, green fish pond landscape with foliage plants. Placing rocks and boulders around a garden pond. Japanese Garden Pond Landscaping Japanese Garden Display at an RHS Tatton Park Flower Show Same Display, Corner View The dark, finely cut foliage of Japanese Maples… Continue reading Ideas for Landscaping Ponds Garden & Fish Pond Landscapes