Trees For Front Yard Landscaping

It s a reliable shade tree with good leafhopper resistance.

Trees for front yard landscaping.

Petunias are often overlooked by green thumbs and experienced landscapers but this humble but tough flower can not only add to your front yard landscaping idea but can even be the star of the show. While star magnolias often bloom earlier saucer magnolias provide a larger bloom. These trees are exceptionally beautiful and showy for the front yard. If you fall at the colder end of this range you may be persuaded to overlook the one fault of this 20 to 35 foot tree with aromatic powder puff flowers.

Because it only grows 15 to 20 feet in height and width it is a perfect tree to include in your front yard. Trees for fall foliage every front yard should have at least one tree that provides dazzling fall color with leaves that seemingly overnight turn brilliant shades of yellow orange red or purple. Magnolia trees magnolia spp are among the showiest specimens. Plant it with climbing roses carolina jasmine clematis or other vining plants.

Magnolia wilsonji and magnolia stellata are perfect trees for small gardens. Star magnolias bloom early but saucer magnolia blooms are bigger. Consider attaching the arbor to a picket fence to make your front yard feel like a welcoming garden enclosure. Albizia julibrissin is another favorite tree for front yards that isn t perfect.

Sun valley maple acer rubrum sun valley a fast growing red maple sun valley brings outstanding fall color to a front yard. Magnolia trees are one of the best trees for front yard landscaping. Some trees like the sugar maple will produce a kaleidoscope of color turning from yellow to orange and finally to red. Red foliage is one of those aspects that turns heads and always stands out regardless of season.

Bloodgood japanese maple has that stunning red foliage not only in the fall but also in the spring and summer. Any well planned yard will contain at least one flowering landscape tree of exceptional beauty. Trees including white oak and hickory send down deep roots but others such as maple and cypress have roots just beneath the surface or in some cases even extending above the ground. Not only do the fallen nuts require constant removal the tree produces a chemical called juglone.

Put an arbor over the walk to your front entrance. In this yard petunias are used both in the hanging baskets on the porch but as a highlight in the flower beds as well.