Comments on: Landscape the Front of the House

By: Making it Lovely | Transforming the so-so. » Blog Archive » Revisiting the 30 Before Thirty List

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:48:13 +0000

[...] 16. Landscape the front of the house. (Done!) [...]

By: Making it Lovely | Transforming the so-so. » Blog Archive » 30 Before Thirty

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:37:10 +0000

[...] Landscape the front of the house. (Done!) [...]

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:27:40 +0000

FYI Solomon’s Seal is poisonous if ingested by pets or children.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:38:01 +0000

I might add that I’m a landscape architecture student with a horticulture degree who is just a little bit obsessed with garden design.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:35:28 +0000

If you send me some photos of what you’ve got planted, I’d happily come up with some suggestions! I’m in the Chicago area too and we have a similar style and similar home and it seems similar budget. I love your blog and wouldn’t mind coming up with some planting ideas, I am actually working on a cheap&chic garden section for my blog so I wouldn’t mind giving your front a whirl!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:16:07 +0000

I have written twice before about the garden. I have to tell you about one more. It is best in sun but is absolutely beautiful all spring and summer long…flowers are a striking indigo blue…they bloom in May and June, then pods….but the foliage is a blue green and stays fresh all summer. Very easy and does not like a lot of water. It is False Indigo (Baptisia). It gets quite large after a few years. It has a taproot; doesn’t like to be moved, but it can be done. I also want to mention that I live in Northern Michigan.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:25:04 +0000

I agree with the Sweet Woodruff for gound cover. It seems to need not much water (I live in Utah and this is crucial). I have a north facing house and put a few ornamental grasses in and they seem happy too (Karl Forrester Feather Reed Grass- grows 4-6 feet tall. Looks goog year round…). Hostas do well in shade but need more water than I can remember to give.

By: AbraCat

AbraCat — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:47:05 +0000

Your backyard looks so peaceful and lovely– I can’t imagine that you’ll go wrong in the front. Besides, part of the fun of gardening is experimenting.

By: elle sees

elle sees — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:36:55 +0000

This is one of the few times I’m glad not to have a yard!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:26:02 +0000

Oh, I just remembered, I also have the Annabelle Hydrangea. You cut it back in the fall. It is different than the pink or blue hydrangeas. It grows tall and has huge green to cream colored flowers on each stem. Very easy and you don’t have to worry about blossoming. It always does (later in the summer).