We constantly harden what is “in” and “out” when it comes to home design – like the moving movements of residential nucleus that we do not want to come back and things that look their appearance – but what about the actual landscape? Just like the veranda and the foyer indicate the sound for the inside of your house, the facade and the landscape are also about the attractiveness of the curb. Excessively maintained lawns could disappear in favor of more naturalistic designs (although there is still a time and a place where we love these clear lines and precisely hedges!), But this is the only thing that hope that landscape designers hope to run away and stay away.
Adam Millhouse is a co -founder of Millhouse Howell Landscape Company, A Birmingham, Alabama, landscape design company with the task of tinkering with rooms that complement your surrounding landscape
The landscape trend professionals want to stop
Cance off your beds overdated! “An element for existing landscapes, which are often commissioned for correction, are overcrowded foundation plantings and overgrown shrub boundaries,” says Adam Millhouse. “These existing conditions probably looked good on 'day one', but five to ten years later the house in plants and surrounding landscape areas is unmanageable.”
Filling a bed immediately does not give the plants space to grow overtime. You could plant a number of smaller plants to fill a mere landscape, but as soon as you start growing everything, everything becomes a large, involved chaos. Treat your landscape like you the inside of your home – and subtract things while you live with it. If you make small changes on the way, you can really see what works best in a room that also applies to your plantings.
Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller
Why they have to stop overfilling their plants
Let your house have a breath. “When we remove old plantings, the house can” breathe “and it becomes obvious that simplicity is usually the best strategy,” explains Millhouse. “The right trees, strategic anchor plantings, suitable soil covers and a width of the lawn are never out of fashion.”
Look: Overcrowded plantings can make your landscape look slightly chaotic, and before you know it is your house on the block that is known for it, overgrown and neglected. This can also lead to a breeding floor for unwanted pests and fungal diseases. This not only makes it more difficult to properly maintain your landscape, but if you are planted too close to the house, the roots and branches can cause damage to foundation, siding and block windows.
Cost: It is also more expensive, both in advance when buying a surplus on plants as well as later when tidying up and replacing plants that may not have been doing well due to lack of light or too much moisture. Instead, have the space allowed between each planting with a size taken into account. Vary the height and scale of your shrubs, flowers and earth cover systems; And use mulch or pine straw between plants to create a finished look without overflants.