I need help bad with landscaping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Need help in landscaping!!!!

I was wondering if there were some really nice people out there that might like to help me design the front of my home.

When I purchased the home 5 yrs ago there were some nice bushes in front. They slowly died or at least lost all of the needles on them.

I have a big tree in front of my lawn and it dose shade the area. I don't know if that is the cause or not.

I also have some spider like weeds that keep coming back.

I wanted to plant three bushes with some type of plants that will come back each year.

I can email you pictures if you like.

I am al thumbs for things like this

Answer 1

I do my own landscaping and would be happy to advise you. Please click on my icon and e-mail me. Photos would be helpful.

What state and zone do you live in?

Full shade, partial shade, partial sun, full sun?

Do you want hardscaping (boulders, etc.) as well as softscaping?

Do you want flowering or nonflowering shrubs? Evergreen or not?

Do you want xeriscaping (native plants) or are you OK with watering every few days?

Answer 2

I would say take a ride to your nearest plant nursery and see what plants grow well in your area and which are good for the environment that grow well with less water since the days are getting hotter. I can't say because I know things like pine holds water but can catch fire easily...so is best that you get nursery advice. I used to like arbovita plants around the front of the house but they can grow too tall and too fat and you have to trim certain ones, but then again there are some that you buy that keep their shape and stay small...so you need to get the "right" ones. The spider like weeds are ok for a softer look. There are also hedge like bushes that may have berries or flowers or seeds for the birds, that are colorful.

If I were you I'd get the soil checked to see why the plants out in front died...and if it's not the soil then it's because of the dogs or other animals in your area soaking them. Or, find out if those plants just needed watering. Here we can only water once a week, so you need to grow plants that will survive in your area. Your county's horticulture department will be able to tell you which to plant.

Answer 3

Some more information would help people answer. Why don't you post some pictures. Where do you live and what is the climate like? Do you know what type of tree you have in front? Is it total shade for the shrub area? Possibly the shrubs died due to lack of water. Any idea what type of shrub they were?

Answer 4

I have success only with container gardening, and I've done well with potted vegetables from Southern States or Burpee.

When we bought our house, I did nothing for two years, to see what was worth keeping and what was not. In that time, everything went rampant. One section of our side yard, behind the fence, we called our "jungle."

It's now all cleared, and we have a yard man come in to keep it looking neat.

Our front yard is a disaster with six large pine trees, one bedraggled magnolia, and a lightning-struck maple that we've been told for 20 years was dying, but it's not dead yet.

I wish I could help you, then we could help each other!

Answer 5

Send me the pics. Used to do that full time (& then some!) . Need to know location, orientation(East, West, etc ) , nature of the soil , (Heavy clay, sand , avg, etc) , any deer problems , dimensions of the space,&/or house, & any other details you can think of .

Answer 6

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