Want a garden that looks like this?
It's beautiful isn't it? Well this is a lovely little part of Dulwich Park's landscaped gardens, not someone's back garden, but there's no reason that with a little knowledge of landscape gardening you can't have something just as lovely in your own garden!
Don't worry, you don't all have to run out and get Wonga.com loans to pay landscape gardeners! With enough time and elbow grease, it's something everyone can achieve!
Map out your garden, think about what you want, look online and see what sort of things you like. There is so much advice and so many images of beautiful gardens - big and small - all over the Internet, just have a look!
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Photo: Peter Gasston (Flickr)
Gardening and landscaping is an art by itself, but many people tend to get confused which plants to select, and where to put them so in the end it will all come together and look beautiful. Of course, picking from the vast maze of options available at your local plant shop can be a nightmare, but this article will tell you how flowering shrubs can help your garden.
There are many different advantages to using flowering shrubs, it can help create a structure environment, used to hide something that causes an eyesore, give those little bees and butterflies something to munch on by acting as a food source, cast shade over a selected area, and reduce the amount of grass that needs to be mowed. Of course, these are just some of top picks of why flowering shrubs are great, there are many other benefits too - like some produce edible berries on top of dazzling with their beautiful display of flowers.
As our cities become more and more crowded and land tends to reduce in size, causing high density everywhere, we might find ourselves having to stare at an ugly building of the neighbor or just something we want to hide. Flowering shrubs are quick growers so they can be used to hide an eyesore quite quickly. For the ultimate privacy, a year round evergreen shrub is the way to go!
Want to save the bees? Plant flowering shrubs and give them a place to feed on and in turn they will work hard as a bee to pollinate your beautiful flowers and plants in your garden. If shade is what you seek, flowering shrubs can greatly help in a fast and natural way. Protect yourself and loved ones from the sun by erecting a seating spot so the quick growing shrubs can rise and give you the shade you seek.
One of my favorite applications for flowering shrubs is they help reduce the amount of lawn that needs to be mowed. In turn they produce beautiful scenery with plenty of flowers to look at. No matter what, flowering shrubs have great benefits and can produce natural shade that as well as great ways of hiding unwanted eyesores.