Once you’ve started daydreaming about your new landscaping project, you can’t wait to get started, right?
Can the landscaper start the new patio tomorrow? Bring on the outdoor kitchen — you’ve got steaks thawing! Can you plant flowers that will bloom by the weekend?
Patience, please. Landscaping schedules aren’t instant. This stuff takes time. But how much time?
You want beautiful trees, plants and shrubs in your yard, but you don’t want a chore list every weekend.
What plants are best for low maintenance? There are lots of beauties, from Idaho native plants like fiery burning bush and bird favorite coneflower to easy-care varieties with cool names like zebra grass and ‘Tiger Eyes’ sumac.
When it comes to planting native plants in Boise and Idaho Falls, we’re truly fortunate. There’s a substantial list, and you might want them all.
So, you have a fence. Why do you need to add plants?
Maybe it’s ugly and you want to hide it. Or it’s too open and you want more privacy. It’s a cool architectural element and you want to highlight it. You want a natural lawn-free buffer so your mower doesn’t damage the fence. You’re a plant fanatic and will add them anywhere that isn’t moving.
So - what can you plant near a fence?
If your landscaping has stayed the same but you’re on your fourth hairstyle and fifth pair of jeans, you probably have some outdated landscaping.
Take a close look. Any red mulch out there? Overly clipped shrubs? So many ornamental grasses people mistake your place for a garden center?
Landscape design trends change.
So your yard is so huge an airplane could safely land. You could host a pro football game. People mistake it for a sod farm.
