| You can create your garden according to your | | | | evergreen that reaches heights of 20 to 30 feet |
| yard size. Of course, those with a very small area | | | | and may grow as wide as 20 feet. These are |
| feel short-changed in this case, but container | | | | just a few selections and what you choose |
| gardens change all that. | | | | depends on your climate and whether you want |
| Large Yards | | | | flowers or simply showy foliage. |
| Large yards call for not just large gardens but | | | | Small Yards |
| also large species of plants in the garden and the | | | | With small yards, you don't have the luxury of |
| room for more exotic types of displays. A large | | | | sprawling plants but you do get to show off the |
| yard is the perfect place for a cascading waterfall | | | | plants that you have to the maximum. You don't |
| or clumps of pampas grass. The larger the space | | | | have the advantage of creating separate areas |
| you have, the more you'll want perennials. These | | | | like a meditation area found at the end of a |
| types of plants eliminate the need for purchase of | | | | winding path, but you don't need nearly as many |
| new plants each year and the effort it takes to | | | | plants to make a dramatic statement. |
| put them into the ground. | | | | Try to stick to just a few plants rather than |
| Large yards have a drawback as well as | | | | buying every type you see. You'll end up running |
| advantages. Showy displays and large varieties of | | | | out spots in your yard and planting them at night |
| plants fit more easily into a larger area. You'll find | | | | in the neighbors yard with black smudges under |
| that if you want some of the smaller plants, you'll | | | | your eyes and the proverbial ski cap to protect |
| need to carve out an area to display them | | | | your identity. |
| properly or have an ample amount of plants to | | | | Keep the colors limited and use the plants texture |
| show them off well. Many small flowering plants | | | | and for the contrast. Just like decorating the |
| lose their identity in a large area. | | | | house, the less its cut up by changes in color the |
| With a large yard, you have the advantage of | | | | larger it looks. A selection of cooler colors also |
| creating several different types of gardens for | | | | makes the area expand in vision. |
| both variety and purpose. You can use one | | | | Make sure that your plants serve more than just |
| section of the yard for a hidden garden and | | | | one flowering season. If you have a perennial, |
| another for a vegetable garden if you choose. If | | | | most of which flower once a year, make sure |
| you love flowers everywhere there are some | | | | the foliage is interesting. |
| delightful ways to mix the flowers with the | | | | No Yard |
| vegetables for interesting landscape designs. | | | | Containers are the way to go and you can |
| You can create a privacy fence from plants if | | | | splurge if you have a very limited space. Hang |
| you have a large yard and it doesnï't create | | | | baskets, set pots and use every space to make |
| any cramping of your space. Three plants that | | | | your non-yard look like a garden. After all, one of |
| make good privacy hedges are viburnum, holly | | | | the most famous gardens in the world was the |
| and Simpson's stopper. Sweet viburnum is a 25 | | | | Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Maybe you won't join |
| foot tall and 10 to 15 foot wide plant with glossy | | | | the seven wonders but you can have enough |
| evergreen leaves. Holy grows as tall as 50 feet | | | | Mother Nature close at hand to make the area a |
| and 20 feet wide. Simpson's stopper is a large | | | | country estate in the middle of the city. |