By Alvin Curtis
Plants are the center stone of our outdoor environment. It’s important to make good decisions when choosing plants for your landscaping. You will have to deal with design and location challenges to achieve this. You need to choose plants that match your backyard and will thrive in the location where they’re planted.
Choose Your Color Scheme
When planning for your garden, the first thing to consider is color. Color plays a vital role in room decorations. They do the same in landscaping, where your color scheme will set the tone of your space. Many people stick to three colors maximum in an area or a one garden bed. Despite this, you can select less or more than three colors depending on your preference. To have a monochromatic feeling, choose a single color.
Vary the Shapes, Textures, and Sizes
You need to vary your plants’ shapes, textures, and sizes in an area. The tall thinner plants are best when surrounded by shorter bushes. Plants with thinner leaves have a better look than those with broad leaves.
Consider All-season Plants
Even if your garden may not flower throughout the year, you will have and see it all year round. Check the bloom times of your plants while selecting them. Select trees with different bloom times so that your garden will always have flowers. Add some plants that give winter interest that is evergreen. Plants that add winter interest are those with attractive dried flower heads. They also have interesting seed heads like the hydrangeas. The heather plant blooms in the winter.
The Position of the Sun
To select plants for your garden, you need to know which garden areas receive the least and the most sunlight. Go for plants that need the amount of sunlight present in your garden. Hellebores need very little sunlight, but they will always be healthy and happy in shades. Shade plants need 4 hours of sunlight every day, and part shade plants need 4 to 6 hours of sunlight. The full sunlight plants need over 6 hours of sun.
The Climate
It’s an important step to consider while selecting a Boise nursery garden for landscaping plants. Ensure the plants bought will survive well in your gardening zones. If you are in cold areas, go for plants that thrive in such areas as camellias. The lilacs don’t like heat, making them ideal in cold areas.
Maturity Sizes
Analyze the space you have to know the type of plants you need. Don’t get plants that will mature to become huge for your space. Ensure how big the plant will be when it fully matures. Don’t crowd the plants as they will give you the headache of replanting later.
Soil Type
Do you know your soil type? Most plants thrive well in neutral soils. Other plants like rhododendrons and azaleas grow well in acidic areas. The clematis is for alkaline soil. The hydrangeas will have different bloom colors depending on the soil acidity. A pH test will tell your soil type.
Growing Monstera is easy, it requires well-draining soil, moderate light and consistent moisture.
