Create a flowerbed in the front yard

Front yard fulfills many functions

Modern front gardens fulfill many functions, but offer little space. In addition to various storage options for rubbish bins and bicycles, there must be space for a paved path to the front door and possibly to the carport, and there must also be a pinch hedge or another property boundary not a few centimeters from the already very limited space. This area is now supposed to be thanks to a creative and well thought out planting not only functional, but also inviting residents and guests. You like to come home where you are greeted by brightly colored flowers.

What to look for when designing a flower bed

In order to achieve this feel-good factor, it is important to observe a few basic design rules for planting flower beds. The rule for front gardens is that perennials, flowers and other plants tend to have unsightly corners (such as the garbage can stand) and instead invitingly frame the path leading to the front door should. There are many possibilities for this: For example, you can put large perennials and shrubs in front of the garbage can box - For example, a rose or hydrangea bush or a climbing plant - put, which in turn from lower plants be framed. These in turn run along the footpath and guide the returnees or visitors.

Style direction

It is important to style of the flowerbed in the front garden to match that of the house. In this way you avoid a style break that creates an imbalance and thus lacks any harmony. A farmhouse is therefore given a rather lush and romantically planted front garden, while the terraced house only offers space for a maximum of three to five different perennials. However, classic front garden plants such as roses, Hydrangeas, Cranesbill, Columbine or thimble. Pay attention to variety and plant plants of different heights with different leaf and growth forms. However, these should not be too crowded, but are better placed in individual tuffs or as ribbons.

Attractive beds all year round

So that the front garden bed all year round remains attractive, choose flowering plants with different flowering times, as well as evergreen plants, ground cover, ornamental leaf shrubs, bulb flowers, grasses and annual summer flowers. A gravel or stone bed also looks very noble and always looks well-cared for - weeds don't stand a chance here.