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Landscape architect rendering of a garden plan of the First Impressions garden at Southern Living Idea House

Street Side Garden Plan

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  • By Southern Living Plants Staff
  • August 6, 2019
Ideal for part of your yard separated from main landscape by a sidewalk or trees

As visitors approach our homes they first see the area of the landscape adjacent to the street. Here homeowners have an opportunity to greet passersby and provide a glimpse of the garden’s character. However, the approach to many landscapes is often visually or physically removed from the home and rests “outside” the main garden. This is certainly true for the Idea House, where roadways approach a corner of the landscape hidden from view of the home by dense trees. But that doesn’t stop the designer from making a statement.

Even in remote areas of the landscape, gardeners can create a powerful first impression with minimal effort by massing shrubs, grasses, and perennials with vibrant color or texture. In a shaded area “vibrant” may mean white, as is the case here, where a mass of Crazy White™ Echinacea brightens the understory. Year-long interest is also important. Incorporate evergreens, including those with colorful foliage, and blooms for every season.

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Plant List

Chef's Choice Rosemary Crazy White™ Echinacea
Provides a mass of flowers to anchor the street corner. Low-maintenance and long blooming is ideal for out-of-the way spaces.
Southgate® Grace™ Rhododendron
Evergreen foliage and early-season blooms provide year-long interest. The large size transitions between the understory tree canopy and lower shrub layer.
Chef’s Choice® Rosemary
An outstanding new Rosemary specially selected for its higher oil content and spicy flavor. This is the Rosemary of choice for container, herb, and kitchen gardens.
Little Gem Magnolia
‘Dura-Heat’ River BIrch
Pink Muhly Grass
Blue Velvet St. John’s Wort
Dwarf Fothergilla
Terra Oakleaf Hydrangea

 

Southern Living Plants Staff

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Plants Featured In The article

Rosemary

Chef's Choice® Culinary Rosemary

Rosemary officinalis ‘Roman Beauty’ PP18192
Rhododendron

Southgate® Grace™ Rhododendron

Rhododendron hybrid ‘Elizabeth Ard’
Echinacea

Crazy White™ Echinacea

Echinacea hybrid ‘Noam Saul’ PP21024
Hydrangea
Semmes Beauty Hydrangea's delicate white blooms sit atop oakleaf-shaped foliage

'Semmes Beauty’ Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hyrangea quercifolia ‘Semmes Beauty’
Hydrangea
Large white tightly formed Hydrangea bloom head of Tara Hydrangea from Southern Living Plant Collection

Tara® Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia ‘BIV01’ PP30565
Magnolia figo (Banana Shrub)
Pink petals and brown fuzzy buds of Stellar Ruby Magnolia figo.

'Stellar Ruby' Magnolia

Magnolia figo Hybrid ‘Stellar Ruby’ PP29778

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