Having a beautiful landscape design can make your home the envy of the neighborhood. However, not everyone has a green thumb, so it can be difficult to get started. Below are some landscaping tips to ensure you end up with stunning results.

How to Impress With Your Landscape Design

1. Use Walkways to Bring Everything Together

If your lawn has small islands of landscaping or hardscapes, it can seem disjointed. Bring everything together with walkways. You can add a few simple stepping stones or an ornate design of natural stones and brick pavers.

Walkways will save you time and money spent on over-landscaping to fill the space. When you’re ready to add more to your landscaping, you can shorten and rearrange the walkways to accommodate.

2. Don’t Get Stuck on One Variety of Plants

A single type of plant is easy to manage, but it’s less versatile. Start exploring a diverse variety when you begin your landscape design. CChoose a base of evergreens like azaleas (Rhododendron indicum) and boxwoods (Buxus sempervirens) that are shapable and easy to care for.

Create height with paper birch (Betula papyrifera), mimosa (Mimosa pudica), or witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) trees, and add color with annual touch-me-nots (Mimosa pudica) and geraniums (Pelargonium). You can then blend perennials like asters (Symphyotrichum), hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), and ornamental grasses to ensure something new is always blooming.This diversity will also give you plenty of texture, color, and height contrast to add character to your garden.

3. Plan for the Future

Gardens will inevitably grow, so don’t overcrowd from the start. Consider that shrubs will get bigger, tree canopies will expand, and that the soil may change. Add retaining walls to grades prone to erosion and speak with garden center professionals about the size changes in maturing plants. Keep future decks, stonework, patios, and pool installations in mind. Landscape design is an ongoing, interactive art form, so don’t limit future possibilities.

If you’re looking for quality products and plants in the Greensboro, NC, area, stop by Edgefield Plant & Stone Center. This garden store is owned and staffed by passionate landscapers who will provide expert guidance on your latest project. They carry a wide selection of landscaping and stonework materials, which you can explore on their website. Call (336) 662-0081 to speak with a sales associate.