How do you landscape a fence line?
Space your shrubs and plants slightly away from it. A curving bed of plants rather than a straight line softens the straight lines of the fence. For great visual appeal, layer the flower beds and plants along your fence. Arrange short plants in the front, medium-sized in the middle, and the tallest ones in the back.
What do you put around fence line?
Some bushes to consider are frost-proof gardenias, Bloomstruck hydrangeas, and snowball viburnum. Appropriately sized flowers include roses, lilies, and petunias. Some ground covers you might consider are creeping phlox, lamb’s ear, and dianthus. Planting along a fence can add a lot to your landscape.
What can I plant next to my wood fence?
Plant vines, like bougainvillea or trumpet vine, along the base of the fence if you want to cover as much of the wood as possible. The vines naturally grow up the fence, adding color while softening the look of the wood.
What should I plant on my fence line shade?
Other noteworthy plants for the shade border include:
- ferns.
- columbine.
- bleeding heart.
- forget-me-nots.
- iris.
- fuchsia.
- impatiens.
- various ornamental grasses.
What do you put around the bottom of a fence?
Rocks and boulders are a simple choice for areas of the fence that have a slight gap, or even for areas that have a long gap that runs along the fence. Use the rocks to build a retaining wall along the bottom of the fence, or create a rock garden.
How do you landscape a front fence?
Take advantage of the fence’s vertical space by planting tall shrubs, trees or climbing vines directly in front of the fence. This adds life and color along the fence line and helps make the barrier appear more natural.
What is a good border plant?
Ornamental grasses such as fountain grass are ideal for planting along borders, paths, or driveways in that receive full sun. Dwarf varieties grow to two to three feet tall, and three feet wide, adn feature fine green foliage in the summer that produces pinkish “foxtail” blooms in late summer to early fall.
What is a good low growing border plant?
What is a good border flower?
Hellebores are a great choice for shady borders and look good planted in small groups or drifts through other low-growing shrubs, grasses and early-flowering bulbs. They are perfect for achieving a natural, woodland look if you have space, but they look equally good planted in containers.
What do you put in front of a border?
If you prefer a neater, more contained look, low-growing hedges of yew or box could be planted.
- Sedums. Cultivars of Sedum spectabile and Sedum telephium are ideal for growing at the front of borders.
- Pulmonarias.
- Coreopsis.
- Alchemilla.
- Hakonechloa.
- Sweet alyssum.
- Nasturtiums.
- Hardy geraniums.