Invaluable landscaping tips

5 Best Landscaping Ideas Need landscape ideas to add variety to your garden or add color year-round? We've got you covered. Try some or all of these landscaping ideas to spruce up your yard. Plan for Year-Round Appeal Evergreen shrubs retain their leaves or needles all year long, so they're constantly providing cover and color. So, evergreen plants advantageously placed near the house, such as in front of corners, can help soften the vertical lines of the house, giving it a more inviting appearance. 2 Connect With a Walkway Instead of trampling down the lawn, resulting in a makeshift path of dead grass between your patio, fire pit, and garden, create an attractive walkway using concrete stepping stones, natural flagstone, decorative brick, or crushed stone. It's all about connecting elements in your landscaping. Make a Water Feature Look Natural A water feature, even a small, self- contained unit that stands alone on a patio, should look like it belongs in its surroundings. You can use natural stone to buíld it up,the same stone or material that you find on the house. Do not to use too many materials or the effort may backfiré. Combine a Variety of Plants Choose a diverse range of plants that bloom at different times so ornamental leaves will be visible all season long. Otherwise, if all the flowers bloom at the same time, they'll look attractive during that time frame but will lack color the rest of the year. 5 Give the Landscape a Rustic Look Local lawn and garden centers typically sell old-fashioned wagon split-rail wood fencing, and other materials that deliver a rustic appearance. You can creatively incorporate these elements into the landscape to achieve the look you want. LANDSCAPING I JOHANNESBURG CALL TODAY: 087 551 0843 www.landscaping-johannesburg.com