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Beautifully landscaped entry drive and sidewalk lined with Fire Chief Arborvitae, Beyond Blue Festuca and Dragon Prince Cryptomeria

Modern Garden Style to Complement Your Home

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  2. Modern Garden Style to Complement Your Home
  • By Kim Toscano
  • October 4, 2020
Update your landscape with compact growers like Fire Chief™ Arborvitae

By Kimberly Toscano

When is the last time your garden received a makeover?

Just like interior rooms, landscapes become dated over time. Some plants age with grace, while others grow gangly and unattractive. Many old-fashioned varieties have a tendency to outgrow their original planting site, swallowing neighboring plants and protruding into walkways. Modern cultivars make it easy to revitalize the landscape with compact varieties that stay in place and exciting new forms to match any house style.

Fire Chief™ Arborvitae and Beyond Blue™ Festuca energize this tired landscape (above left) with vibrant color and playful texture (above right). Designed with functionality in mind, pairing low-growing shrubs and textural grass provides a warm welcome without hiding the home from view. This design is perfect for entry gardens, sidewalk connections, and street-side plantings to provide a striking first impression. Try installing similar plantings around patios and garden rooms to create a sense of enclosure without screening out the surrounding world.

This color-savvy design echoes the warm earthy tones of the home’s brickwork and woodwork in the fiery orange foliage of Fire Chief™ while Beyond Blue™ Festuca complements the gray-blue siding. Porch containers carry the color to the doorway. Adapt the design to your own home by substituting plants with similar growth habits in colors that complement your home.

Kim Toscano

Kimberly Toscano is a freelance writer, gardening expert and traveler with an eye on design. Kimberly blends her formal training in horticulture and entomology with her passion for design to educate and inspire gardeners.
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Festuca

Beyond Blue™ Fescue

Festuca glauca ‘Casca11’ PP23307
Arborvitae
Close-up on Fire Chief Arborvitae's orange to green fine textured foliage

Fire Chief™ Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis ‘Congabe’ PP19009

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