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Modern landscape design help

7 years ago

Hard time coming up with landscape ideas that accent the modern house and fill in the area where grass grows so poorly . Help ! Please :)

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BeverlyFLADeziner

7 years ago

Don't discount the use of artificial turf. It's quite good nowadays.

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BeverlyFLADeziner
7 years ago
What zone is the home located.
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Susan
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Fill the whole area with a ground cover and add larger stepping stones to the area. Your growing zone is important in choosing the ground cover. In my part of the country (zone 8), I'd choose Asian jasmine. It's evergreen, not choosy about soil, and willing to grow in sun, part sun, or part shade. I hate fake grass, but then, I'm a gardener.
Tems
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
In my opinion key to happy landscaping is eliminating as much grass as possible, using plants than maintain themselves and having a good amount of hardscape. Just get rid of the grass and use those pavers more liberally and see what plants are healthy in your area. I do love evergreens more than anything.
amystroud
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7 years ago
Some good ideas , thanks . Zone 10a.
The organization of the plants seems key to keep it from looking random
Tems
7 years ago
With plants I would keep it simple. Not too many different varieties, using enough shrubs and planting larger groups of the same plant. Large areas of evergreen groundcover, arborvitaes and big-leaved perennials are quite a fool proof method of landscaping.
amystroud
Original Author
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I do like elephant ear and variegated ginger and simillars
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Finding the right Landscape Architect in your area could make all the difference for this cool modern house.

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