Ich habe vor Kurzem die Vorderseite meines Hauses erneuern lassen, um mich auf den Frühling vorzubereiten. Gibt es irgendwelche Pflanzen oder Sträucher, die ich pflanzen würde? Ich dachte vielleicht an Buchsbaumsträucher oder Fuchsschwanzfarne, aber ich mag es, etwas ausgebreitet zu sein, um einen sauberen Look zu erzielen. Offen für alle Vorschläge!
Von: AccomplishedPie4292
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If it were my place I’d do a nice row of a flowering bush like azalea or hibiscus. That or a row of assorted irises or daylilies.
Second the flowering bush idea. I planted hydrangeas and they were stunning. Depends on your zone and what direction your house faces, though!
Oh how pretty! An array of small evergreen shrubs and conifers. Are you looking for something minimal? Colour?
Ooooooo clean slate. Plant a matching bush on the other corner of the brick? Then a climbing plant like morning glory on the pole in front of the porch?
Not sure of your zone. I would also consider gardenias and possibly a daphne both have very sweet fragrance. Just look for the sub type that fits your height. Another option might be a tea olive for fragrance. But if you get the wrong subtype it might require a lot of trimming
Anything native to your region
If you’re on the east coast, inkberry is a good, native choice instead of boxwoods. Strongbox is the commonly available cultivar, and stays low. If you’re in the southeast, dwarf fothergillas would also be something to mix in – they’re deciduous though if you’re wanting green throughout the year.
Look into local native plants. Depending where you live the state/county/city might have a garden in a box native plant program.
If it gets full sun or at least mostly sun go with a flowering native perennial…as is being suggested by others here.
Chicken tractors
Geranium
Native and pollinator garden
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Climbing roses on the pergola. Hydrangeas or Roseum viburnums on the trunk on the right. Plus some low-growing groundcovers. Marigolds, pansies, and thyme are relatively maintenance-free. I’d probably plant fruit trees too. Imagine three apple trees blooming in spring, fragrant, and red apples hanging from the trees in front of the house in the fall.
Rhododendron?
Anything would really look good! Your neighborhood looks like it could use more bugs.
Important question for you which isn’t obvious based on the cloud cover: Which direction is the front facade facing? It’s important to consider how much sun does/doesn’t hit the spot you’re choosing to plant in since it’s so close to the house.
Try GardenDream for suggestions.
You are missing a native tree. Every yard deserves at least one tree. They come in all sizes
Something with thorns under all the windows. In front of those, Marigolds.
This is so ridiculously beautiful I thought it was Ai
When in doubt, grow Zinnias!
Any thing but holly, knockout roses, loropetalum and sunshine privet.
Opium poppies.
A tree. Maybe two.
Pursalane
For a clean, spaced look, try a loose arc of 3-5 dwarf boxwoods under the window, a slim vertical like Sky Pencil holly by the porch post, then drifts of foxtail fern with a soft edge of dwarf liriope or gulf muhly, and add 3 drift roses for seasonal color if it gets sun. I usually use [Gardenly](https://gardenly.app/) to visualize my ideas. Maybe you could give that a try?
If I could make a suggestion. Put more dirt to raise the bed some. I helped my beds out a lot.
I know you just had the bed prepped, but honestly, I would at least double how wide it is. I’d have it start at the corner of the cement pad on in the second photo, and then arc outward slightly before arching back to meet where the mulch is at the far corner.
That bed is too narrow to really support any shrubs to speak of; they will end up crowding the walkway and walls quickly. Most shrubs are going to get at least 6 feet wide eventually, unless you’re going for a topiary or close cropped hedging plant (which means trimming 2-3 times a year). So if the bed is too narrow for you to lay down in it with feet to wall and head to lawn, it’s too narrow. Otherwise you’ll end up with the shrub too close to the house, sprawling out over the lawn, and either getting whacked back to mow the lawn or shading out the grass and killing it.
If you keep it the width it is then I’d go for perennials. You mention foxtail ferns, which Monrovia says to “Avoid harsh, hot afternoon sun exposures,” so I don’t think they will thrive on your west facing aspect. Bummer, because I do think they would look lovely. (I haven’t grown them, myself.)
Kill your lawn, plant native grasses