Front Yard Design Guide

Front Yard Design

CREATIVE DESIGN FORMULAS FOR INSTANT CURB APPEAL

Welcome to Serenity

SET THE TONE FOR A PEACEFUL HOME

HOW TO GET THE LOOK: Ready to invite more peacefulness into your home? This is the design for you. Create a front entry that instantly relaxes you every time you come home. This serene entrance allows visitors to unwind with every step. Broad-leaved and finely textured foliage plants act as soothing counter points. A small tree offers a focal point, and adds the calming view of leaves that gently flutter in the breeze. Choose a color scheme that leans towards muted and soft tones. Look to plants in soothing shades of soft blue, white, or green to serve as restful anchors for the eye.

1. Jade Butterfly Ginkgo

2. Eola Sapphire Hosta

3. Cunningham's White Rhododendron

4. Jurassic™ Pterodactyl Eared Lady Fern

1.JADE BUTTERFLY GINKGO 2. EOLA SAPPHIRE HOSTA 3. CUNNINGHAM’S WHITE RHODODENDRON

4.JURASSIC™ PTERODACTYL EARED LADY FERN

SMALL TREE

BROAD-LEAFED SHRUB OR PERENNIAL

RESTFUL ANCHORS FOR THE EYE

FINE FOLIAGE FOR SOFTNESS

CORAL BARK JAPANESE MAPLE UP TO 25’ TALL, 20’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 5-8

BONSAI BLUE JACARANDA UP TO 12’ TALL, 8’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 9-11

JURASSIC™ PTERODACTYL EARED LADY FERN | UP TO 18” TALL AND WIDE PART TO FULL SHADE | ZONES 6-9

FROSTPROOF GARDENIA UP TO 5’ TALL, 4’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 7-11

JAZZY JEWEL® OPAL HIBISCUS UP TO 5’ TALL AND WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 9-11

EOLA SAPPHIRE HOSTA UP TO 3’ TALL, 4’ WIDE PART TO FULL SHADE | ZONES 3-9

ELIJAH BLUE FESCUE UP TO 12” TALL AND WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-11

MONDO GRASS UP TO 15” TALL AND WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 6-11

CUNNINGHAM’S WHITE RHODODENDRON UP TO 4’ TALL AND WIDE PART SHADE TO PART SUN | ZONES 5-8

SPEK-TACULAR CAST IRON PLANT UP TO 3’ TALL, 4’ WIDE FULL SHADE | ZONES 9-10

TECTONIC™ CALDERA BEGONIA UP TO 6’ TALL AND WIDE PART SHADE | ZONES 8-11

JADE BUTTERFLY GINKGO UP TO 15’ TALL, 10’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

WATERWISE BEAUTY ENTRY

Waterwise Beauty

LIVELY, LOW-WATER DESIGN FOR A SUNNY ENTRANCE

HOW TO GET THE LOOK: Replace a water-hungry lawn or upgrade a thirsty landscape with a droughttolerant stunner like this one. Anchor your foundation planting with the eye-catching texture of a unique shrub, succulent, or small tree. Then, layer bright pollinator perennials with upright, aromatic plants. Finish the look with a tough, water-saving groundcover, which provides natural weed control and limits water evaporation in your waterwise landscape.

1. Mexican Grass Tree

2. Tuscan Blue Rosemary

3. VIBE® Ignition Fuchsia Salvia

4. Blue Chalksticks

1. MEXICAN GRASS TREE 2. TUSCAN BLUE ROSEMARY 3. VIBE® IGNITION FUCHSIA SALVIA

4. BLUE CHALKSTICKS

Alternative Choices

BLUE ARROW JUNIPER UP TO 15’ TALL, 2’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

FEELIN’ BLUE DEODAR CEDAR

UP TO 5’ TALL, 10’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 6-9

MEXICAN GRASS TREE UP TO 6’ TALL AND WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 8-11

SUNSPARKLER® LIME ZINGER SEDUM

UP TO 4” TALL, 18” WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

ICEE BLUE® JUNIPER

UP TO 4” TALL, 8’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 3-9

BLUE CHALKSTICKS UP TO 1’ TALL, 3’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 10-11

EVOLUTION™ EMERALD ICE SEDUM UP TO 15” TALL AND WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

HARLEQUIN™ PINK BEARDTONGUE UP TO 22” TALL, 16” WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 5-9

VIBE® IGNITION FUCHSIA SALVIA UP TO 24” TALL AND WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 7-11

LACEY BLUE RUSSIAN SAGE UP TO 18” TALL, 26” WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-10

PHENOMENAL FRENCH LAVENDER UP TO 3’ TALL AND WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-8

TUSCAN BLUE ROSEMARY UP TO 6’ TALL, 4’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 8-11

1. Scallywag™ Holly

2. Little Darling® Lilac

3. Seaside Serenade® Glacier Bay Hydrangea

Nostalgic Cottage

A BALANCE OF OLD-WORLD

4. Scent from Heaven™ Angel of Purity Dianthus

ELEGANCE

AND NEW IMPROVEMENTS

HOW TO GET THE LOOK: The tidy, understated, and year-round elegance of upright evergreen shrubs makes them the perfect choice for foundation plantings. Here, they set the tone for this romantic entryway full of captivating blooms in soft shades. Reblooming hydrangeas and roses are fantastic flowering shrubs for achieving this look; opt for compact, disease-resistant varieties for low-maintenance beauty. Greet your visitors with delightful fragrance by planting scented flowers like lilac,

or gardenia near your door.

1. SCALLYWAG™ HOLLY 2. LITTLE DARLING® LILAC 3. SEASIDE SERENADE® GLACIER BAY HYDRANGEA

4. SCENT FROM HEAVEN™ ANGEL OF PURITY DIANTHUS

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Alternative Choices

SPRING BOUQUET LAURUSTINUS UP TO 6’ TALL AND WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 7-11

NITTY GRITTY™ WHITE ROSE UP TO 3’ TALL, 4’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

SEASIDE SERENADE® GLACIER BAY HYDRANGEA | UP TO 3’ TALL AND WIDE PART SHADE TO PART SUN | ZONES 4-9

LITTLE DARLING® LILAC UP TO 4’ TALL AND WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 4-8

BANANA SPLIT® DAPHNE UP TO 4’ TALL AND WIDE FULL SHADE TO PART SUN | ZONES 7-9

EVERBLOOMING GARDENIA (GRAFTED) UP TO 5’ TALL, 3’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 8-11

ITSY BITSY® WHITE FALSE HEATHER UP TO 12” TALL, 24” WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 9-11

BABY PETE™ AGAPANTHUS UP TO 15” TALL, 24’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 8-11

SCENT FROM HEAVEN™ ANGEL OF PURITY

DIANTHUS | UP TO 8” TALL, 12” WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

TASMAN RUFFLES PITTOSPORUM UP TO 10’ TALL, 5’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 7-10

GREEN MOUNTAIN BOXWOOD UP TO 5’ TALL, 3’ WIDE PART TO FULL SUN | ZONES 4-9

SCALLYWAG™ HOLLY UP TO 4’ TALL, 3’ WIDE FULL SUN | ZONES 5-9

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