LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 15

Landscape Renovation: Analyzing Aesthetic + Visual Problems

If your property’s landscape seems out of whack, but you can’t tell why, ask your Crabapple LandscapExperts for some insight.

Inappropriate plantings may be the culprit. Use of plants whose form or texture doesn’t complement the buildings’ architecture may cause a failure to fit. For example, desert plants would not be in harmony with typical Georgian residences.

Clashing Colors are another example of how plants may not fit in. Flowers, fall leaf color or even colorful fruit may look disagreeable with the building paint color or trim; for example, lavender azaleas with orange brick walls. Other times, plants that bloom at the same time may conflict visually with each other.

Plants can also fail to fit together if their Growth Rates are very different. A faster-growing plant may dominate the other plants in the landscape, or even out-compete for water and nutrients, causing them to decline.

Crabapple LandscapExperts have the solution for each of these landscaping challenges.