i would like some ideas for landscaping my backyard in a up north feeling; like a log cabin landscaping theme

Question

give me some ideas for plants, trees, flowers, etc.... i would like to see more wildlife too.

please, no immature answers; just mature, nice answers

Answer 1

You don't say how much room you have, but if there is a lot of room get a few evergreens started. Get a few deciduous trees.... maples, birches, some things that are native to your area. A kousa dogwood or something flowering that you can look out on would be nice. There are some nice grasses: carexes and hakonechloa. Put some ferns in and some rocks and foxgloves and mosses, maybe some columbines and iris. Get a couple of comfortable chairs and sit back. There are bird feeders that attract the birds. Set up a birdbath of some sort, it will attract the birds.
It is hard for me to know how to advise you not knowing where you are located. This is just some general ideas.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A LOT more information is needed.... What zone do you live in? What type of soil do you have? How big is the area? Without these, we are all only guessing at best, but I'll give it a shot...

Consider selvaging downed trees from a local park or area where building has started to clear off the land. Select logs for framing your flower beds as well as for creating reliefs in your garden and possibly even furniture, a bird bath, stepping stones, fire pit and seats and don't forget mulch!!

Decide how you want it to feel: formal, casual, hodge-podge, meandering. Do you want privacy? A place to sit quiety? Entertain large groups? Sit at a camp fire?

If you are looking for privacy and shade, consider framing the outer area of your space with arborvitaes. Placing a grouping of 3 pine trees in each corner with soften and provide shade. Consider blue spruce as a contrast against the darker green arborvitae. For a heritage tree that could grow 100 years, consider a mighty hemlock in the center of the back border. It will be stately and a welcome refuge for many woodland animals...

In one corner I'd build a low, deep sitting area much like a low day bed, that you can make a cushion for and use as a reading and napping area.

If you are into hammocks plant two maple trees, or aristocrat pears so that you will be able to string a hammock between them, say 10 feet apart.

For flowers I would use fragrance sparingly with lavender being my favorite choice. Lilacs are best used sparingly as they can overpower you with the scent. Lemon thyme can grow between and around stepping stones and when stepped on emit a pleasing pungent smell.

I'd fill in most of the area with native flowers to your area that will need little care to thrive in your climate and soil eliminating a LOT of tedious work for you.

I'd also build a pillared structure, either like a skinny pyramid to be placed as a focal point in the flower bed,. You can train any vining plant to grow up the structure to add height and interest to your flower bed; or build a more massive structure like a shade arbor in your sitting area out of wood.

Split logs just laid at the front of your flower bed can create a neat, yet natural border that is easy to do and lasts a long time.

A large tree stump can make a great seat for around a fire pit. A smaller diameter one can serve as a bird bath base. You need only purchase a large ceramic plant dish and nail it to the wood using a water proof marine caulk to fill the hole in the center if there is one.

You can also go garage sale shopping and look for large colored glass jugs, ceramic jugs and pots and group them and place them as focal points in you woodlands.

Wow, sorry I've rambled so much! Hope something I've suggested helps!
Most of all have fun doing it.....

Answer 4

For an evergreen tree as the backdrop, I suggest whatever type of pine trees are hardy in your area. Blueberries are a nice touch...often found in northern areas; you can eat them and so will wildlife. Lupins, columbines, wild roses and native grasses. incorporate some river rock and logs. Maintain as much of the natural habitat also...that way you will attract the most local wildlife.

Answer 5

For an UpNorth feel, try pine trees and roses. If you can plant apple trees go right ahead, this will attract more wild life. My kids like to see the birds and squirrel eat from our yard, so I bought these cute bird feeders in a shape of a ladybug, they attract lots of birds and squirrels. You can get them anywhere, but I got mine at www.miogarden.com

Good luck and hope your backyard turns out great!

Answer 6

Many of the great evergreens like fir and spruce do not do well in the south. Try Deodar, Cedar of Lebanon, Blue Atlas Cedar or Cryptomeria as good alternatives. Azaleas, especially the deciduous ones, are native to many parts of the south. They are a little harder to find, and not as flashy as your standard evergreen azaleas, but really lovely in bloom. Oakleaf Hydrangeas are woodsy. Their white flower panicles are beautiful and their fall leaf color is too. Fothergilla bloom with little white bottlebrushes early in the spring, before they get their leaves. Plant them in front of an evergreen like holly or Cryptomeria, to show off the early white flowers against a dark green background. Then in the fall they have great color. All across the southern states, but especially in the Southwest, a good woodsy-looking tree with great fall color is Chinese Pistache. (Not many trees tolerate the desert SW and have decent fall color as well, but the Pistaches are a gorgeous orange in fall.) In my area the Heritage River Birch is overused and hackneyed, but it does tolerate hot summers and reminds me of the white and golden trunks of the birches of Maine. A cool small tree is the Witch Hazel, (Hamamelis). They bloom very early in the spring, really winter, with fragrant orange, brick-red, or yellow fragrant flowers. They also have very nice fall color. Lastly, spiky perennial flowers like Veronica, Cimicifuga, Foxglove, Cardinal Flower, Lythrum, Acanthus and Veronicastrum fit in well with a woodsy look. Some of these may live in your area (you never said which part of the southern states you were in). Some may not survive in your area.
As to wildlife, if you have deer, you may want to closely study each plant that you consider, to see if deer like them. If you don't, you will waste money feeding the deer instead of beautifying your yard. For example, deer eat all Hydrangeas "back to the nub".

Answer 7

Try using a variety of columbines mixed with dwarf and standard conifers. Throw around some scotch moss and of course ferns will always look great. Try a dogwood!

Answer 8

Dedicate part of your yard to wildflowers. It will attract butterflies and humming birds.

Answer 9

Kill a lumber jack and hang him from your back porch.

Answer 10

TWO WORDS> CHINESE LANDSCAPING, ITS BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RELAXING