Often, when we consider designing a stunning or luxurious landscape in our yards, we think that it has to be something that requires a lot of work to maintain. With busy schedules, it can be hard for homeowners to take the time in their yard to keep it stunning and would prefer a more low maintenance approach to their landscaping.
The good news is that many professional landscaping design strategies can create a stunning and impressive luxury landscape that requires low maintenance, allowing homebuyers to have an amazing yard without a high demand for upkeep.
Low Maintenance and Stunning Landscaping Strategies
Xeriscaping
This seems like a funny word. Not many words in the English language start with a x after all. The practice of xeriscaping is minimizing water usage in your yard. Not only does this have a lesser impact on the environment, but it also requires less attention to remember to water, and saves money on water usage bills.
Native Plants
The best way to create a stunning and luxurious landscape design that has people in awe, thinking you must spend all of your time in your garden, is to use native plants.
Native plants are those that grow naturally in your area. These plants already have a high success rate because they love the local climate and thrive in it. There is no need to constantly maintain and try to create ideal conditions for a plant that loves weather from another part of the planet.
Evergreens
Washington is the Evergreen State, so one of the best types of plants to have in your Snohomish County Landscape is an evergreen. Choosing plants that stay green through the year is a great way to have native plants, but also have something stunningly visual all the time in the yard. Evergreens create a nice visual grounding point that can be filled in with other seasonal colorful native plants, like perennials that come back year after year.
Mulch
A yard that looks expertly and luxuriously landscaped does not need to have every inch of it covered in plants. There are great design elements that make a yard look stunning that are not plants. One incredibly great way to keep areas of the yard low maintenance is to fill some empty spaces in flower beds with mulch.
Mulch is extremely helpful in choking out weeds, reducing the need to get down on the ground and pull out the pesky nutrient-hording intruders. They are unsightly, grow quickly, and steal much-needed nutrition from wanted plants. Mulch also helps the land retain moisture.
Strategic Placement
The flowering and ornamental plants that draw our interest are often maintenance hogs. You can incorporate these stunning plants and still have an easy-to-maintain landscape. The use of strategic plant placement in the design is important. Placing these plants so they are up front to allow for easy viewing as well as easy access is a professional move. Limiting usage and retaining easy access is the key to incorporating visually stunning plants that require a little more care.
Hardscaping Has a Place Too
Hardscaping is incorporating non-plant elements that need very little attention to keep up. This can include rocks, walkways, pavers, and other structural elements that provide interest and layers to the design.
Consider Colors for Low Maintenance
To create something stunning and luxurious, you want to consider how the colors of your landscape will create a visual work of art, not just in peak blooming season but at all times of the year. Winter can often feel like a gloomy time for plants and landscaping, but it doesn’t have to. Using plants that bring color and continue visual interest through the year is a great way to keep things beautiful without planting new plants each season.
The best way to create a low maintenance landscape that is still luxurious and stunning, leading guests of your home to believe that you are in your yard all the time, is to work with a professional landscape design artist. A professional will know the best plants that thrive in the exact location you live and require little attention and watering from the homeowner to retain their beauty, a great way to create low maintenance landscaping.
The team at First Fruits Landscaping is here to create an amazing low maintenance landscape at your home that does not require several hours out of your week to keep it beautiful. Contact us anytime for expert landscape design in Snohomish County and surrounding areas.