Backyard Landscaping Ideas

This list of basket-worthy and vertically growing plants is a
supplement to BLI’s Hanging Garden
These plants can be grown in containers or trained on walls
and other structures.

Upright plants

Tuberous begonia
(Begonia x tuberhybrida)

12 to 18 inches tall and wide Large flowers in red, pink,
orange, yellow, white and in bicolors. Spring through summer
Lift tubers in fall and store; [...]

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Even the most docile dogs need a safe place to run, play, and explore. By keeping your home’s landscape free of poisonous plants, adding a few pieces of dog agility equipement and maybe even a heated dog house, your dog won’t have any more excuses for chasing the neighborhood cats.
Plant Choice
Like toddlers, some dogs are [...]

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Looking for an easy-to-use computer program for landscape design but don’t want to empty your wallet for the latest garden plan programs? Then try one of these landscape software packages for free.

Smartdraw
Smartdraw is a downloadable program that helps home landscapers plan and create their ideal garden. The program comes ready to go with thousands of [...]

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When you see an attractively landscaped home, one of the first things you notice is the neatness and symmetry. Landscape edging—whether simple plastic or elaborately carved and colored stone—is what creates that clean line between planting areas and lawn or ground covers, maintaining the manicured look of a high-quality landscape design. Edging also provides [...]

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Slopes are one of the most common landscaping problems, particularly
in houses above street level. Although a gentle slope
(two or three degrees) can help direct water from buildings,
and can be landscaped as a flat area would be, a slope of 4 percent
or more requires special treatment. Here are some design ideas and plant choices to improve [...]

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Depending on where you live, river rock is either a beautiful natural landscaping material worth paying good money for or something you long ago got tired of hitting with the lawn mower blade. If you’ve ever landscaped near a dry river bed, you’ll understand the latter problem.

Regardless of whether you have to hunt down the [...]

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Backyard Decor
Garden and backyard decor adds a finishing touch and personal flair to any garden design.
And these days there’s more out there than greyhounds and gnomes — from the neighborhood
garden shop to online shopping, you have access to an
unbelievable array of backyard decor and accessories.

Garden decor like wrought iron fences, carved stone fountains, and [...]

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Free Landscape Plans
Free landscape plans, designs, and ideas are the heart of BLI. A wealth of landscaping
plans and ideas to choose from lets you get an an overview of
what’s possible before investing your time and money in a landscaping project.

Because every home and every homeowner is unique we give suggestions for plant choice and [...]

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Pool Landscaping Ideas
By Michael Aral

Pool landscaping design requires integrating a variety of elements—plantings, fences and walls, decking and pavement, structures, and lighting—around the pool and decking.

Although it may take careful planning, once you get your pool area designed the way you want it, you’ll never have to leave your home for an exotic vacation anytime [...]

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