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Posted: May/29/2006 8:21 PM PST
Hello, I have a rough sketch of the front yard design-- http://www.byegonebooks.com/ebay/design.JPG The nursery originally picked out hicks yew for #1 and a falsecypress for the tree by the sidewalk neither of which I like. I also don't like mugo pines, aborvitae or junipers. I was thinking about hydrangea for #1 but I'm not sure how that would look. I also don't want something that has to be cut way down in the fall so that it doesn't look like anything is there. Any suggestions? I face east and live in zone 5. Thanks |
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Posted: May/29/2006 8:33 PM PST
could you post the dimensions for this area? that would help a lot to determine what would work. 
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Posted: May/29/2006 8:56 PM PST
Ok I added general dimensions. http://www.byegonebooks.com/ebay/design.JPG |
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Posted: May/29/2006 9:26 PM PST
the tree by the sidewalk will be the problem. it'll probably have to tolerate salt(de-icers). a Japanese maple would look great there. also a magnolia but i don't think they'll withstand salt. you might check into a locust tree. i have one growing in my back yard and i love it. their leaves are fernlike and require no raking, they're salt tolerant and VERY fast growers. i like the idea of hydrangeas. look up hydrangea [B]Endless Summer[/B]. Wayside carries them. they bloom on old and new wood so late season frosts won't spoil the blooms. |
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Posted: May/29/2006 9:33 PM PST
Thanks. Not a problem with salt as that sidewalk is the walk coming up to the porch and I don't use salt. A Jap maple might look nice. I was thinking about a rose of sharon tree but a maple might work. |
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Posted: May/30/2006 10:34 AM PST
Your general location will help. That was an interesting design, but what is itrying to accomplish, other than fill space? Some thoughts are winterberry, a deciduous holly with an outstanding winter show (I like 'sparleberry') and clethera, adaptable to almost all situations. The hydrangea option has merit.... There are some very attractive virburnums on the market.... for evergreen I like the Leatherleaf one, tho its bloom is not much. Thgere are many optons in shrubs curl up with a good book. |
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Posted: May/30/2006 1:35 PM PST
If I'm reading this correctly, you're planning on putting 30 feet of the same shrub along the entire side of the house? Are you trying to screen that side of the house? |
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Posted: May/30/2006 2:05 PM PST
Sweetlebee, That's how the designer had it but I can break #1 up into 2 different shrubs. She was thinking a hedge which is popular in my area but I don't have to do that. Yes I do want the side of the house screened as the air conditioner is over there and I won't be landscaping that side. The pear tree should eventually screen that area but I can carry either #1 or #2 into that side area. I saw what hydrangea looks like in the winter and I don't think it will work. The ones that I saw turn brown and the leaves fall off. it won't look anything is there. I need something that pretty much stays the same throughout the year. picture of frnt of house http://www.byegonebooks.com/ebay/house.JPG |
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Posted: May/30/2006 2:16 PM PST
I'm wondering why a designer would recommend you wrap your entire house with the same shrub. The whole plan seems to have too much "sameness" to it. It would be easy-care if that's what you want, but it wouldn't be very interesting either. I also don't understand why the shrub border is so close to the house. Shrubs used as screens are usually used on a property line. I would treat the front of the house differently than the side of the house. A row of shrubs doesn't exactly say "Welcome". |
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Posted: May/30/2006 2:18 PM PST
BTW, hydrangeas are perennials, so they do die back. Treeman wanted to know what zone or location you live in so he could recommend some shrubs. He knows his stuff! |
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