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The best landscape considers the architectural style of your house and integrates that look and ambience into the front-yard design. A perfect landscape is really about balance and harmony. For example, never plant clipped and manicured hedges alongside freely growing patches of wildflowers because one will look out of place in this clash of opposites. This set of landscaping tips then basically exhorts homeowners keep landscaping elements in harmony with each other, using considerations of size, shape, color, texture, or other characteristics.
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ModernLandscapingTips RossCausey Thebestlandscapeconsidersthearchitecturalstyleofyourhouseandintegratesthat lookandambienceintothefront-yarddesign.Aperfectlandscapeisreallyabout balanceandharmony.Forexample,neverplantclippedandmanicuredhedges alongsidefreelygrowingpatchesofwildflowersbecauseonewilllookoutofplaceinthis clashofopposites.Thissetoflandscapingtipsthenbasicallyexhortshomeownerskeep landscapingelementsinharmonywitheachother,usingconsiderationsofsize,shape, color,texture,orothercharacteristics.
It’stheperfectlandscapethatconsiderstheviewofandfromthehouse,shade, balance,andharmonywithotherplantswhenmappingoutwheretoplanttrees.Which particularareaofthelandscapedyardtoplaceorplantthetreesisimportant.Youcan donowrongbydoingamapthatspecifieswheretoplanttreesinyouryard.Keepthe landscapedesignunifiedandrelativelysimplebyusingonlyenoughvarietytosustain bloomandaddvisualinterestthroughouttheseason.Thiswayyouavoidthetrapof plantingoneofeverything. Designyourfrontyardlandscapebasedsimplyonwhattheneighborsaredoingorwhat thenearesthomeimprovementstoreoffers.Mostofall,determinehowyouandyour familywilluseyourfrontyard,whatwillbringyouthemostenjoyment,andmake deliberatestridestowardcreatingabeautifulyardthatyouwillenjoyforyearstocome. Modernlandscapesareknownforhavingaclean,minimalistlookwithnoclutter.In contrasttothenaturalistic,wavyborderspopularinmanylandscapes,thisstyle emphasizesstraightlinesandgeometricformswhichbetterreflectandrelatetothe architecture.Alongtheselines,youcanchoosepalecolorsforyourmodernlandscape, whichexudehonestyandsimplicity.Byusingneutral,naturally-coloredmaterialslike ipewood,limestone,weatheredsteel,concreteandpeagravel,youallowthesleek linesofthearchitectureandthelandscapingtoshine. Youmayalsochooseplantswithadistinctform.Japaneseboxwoodisafavorite becauseitcanbeclippedandmanipulatedintoshapes,butspikyplants,soft-textured weepingplants,andanythingwithastrongvisualpunchcancreatetherighteffectwhen usedskillfully.Andseethatonetypeofplantoronecolortakescenterstageinyour landscapedesign.Thatgoeswellwiththesimplicitytheme. Thisthemegoesoutthewindowifyoupickhotnewcolortrendsforanypermanent elementinthelandscape.Landscapearchitectsnotethatusingatrendycolorontileor otherlong-lastingfeaturesisaquickroutetoadatedlandscape. Otherthingstoavoidifyouwantamodernlandscapeincludeorganicmulchinyour gardenbeds.Thisisbecausetheneutralcolorofpeagravelcreatesacontrastbetween thefoliageandtheground,showcasingtheminimaluseofplantmaterial.Youmayalso betemptedtouseorganicshapesinyourpathways,bordersormaterials.Thisis unwisesincenaturalisticcurvesdolittletoenhancetherelationshipofthelandscape withthearchitecture.Evenwhenchoosingnaturalmaterialslikestone,cuttheminto elongatedrectanglesorcreateageometricpatternsotheyrelatetothehomeandtake onacontemporarylook.
