Soft Garden Landscaping With Flowers, Grass and Trees

Charleston Landscaping With Flowers and Plants

Landscaping with flowers, plants and vegetation is known as soft landscaping. All the vegetation in a garden is collectively called soft landscape. Broadly speaking, this will include ornamental flowers and plants, ground cover (grass or similar), and shrubs or trees. The choices for each are various but should depend upon essential considerations such as how well they will survive local climate and soil conditions; in addition to their place in the overall garden design such as color, texture, shape and when they flower.

The main concern in choosing plants is that they will be able to live and flourish under local conditions; such elements as the temperature, sunlight and rainfall as well as soil type must be given full consideration or else your beautiful garden will likely fail miserably. Discover the best plants for your local area and make your selection from those to avoid disappointment and a waste of time and money. Consider both Perennials and annuals. The perennials will continue to grow and flower each year without replanting and will most likely be the backbone of your soft landscape design; in terms of color, shape and texture. Annuals must be replanted or replaced each year and so you might add variety and change each year with these.

There are many types of grass, or ground cover, available to the landscape gardener and it is not just a case of simply just buying grass seed or turf. Again, the local climate and weather conditions are best taken into consideration so you will get the best type for your garden. Grass is good for filling the spaces between flower beds and other plants, and also provides a good root system for protecting your garden against soil erosion. It can also be decorative both in its appearance and in the shape of area you plant it in.

Finally, the choice of trees and shrubs to grow in your garden will have a great effect upon the overall impression your garden makes. Large plants such as these can provide shade for other plants as well as assist in protecting against soil erosion. But by their larger physical presence they bring a strong visual appeal and act as powerful focal points so should be positioned with care both for their appearance and effect upon other plants. Landscaping with flowers is like painting with living brushes and colors and, in many ways, the lessons of painting might be applied.

Call Porter Hayes Landscaping for help with all your landscaping needs We can help you select the right flowers, plants and trees to make your Charleston landscaping project a success.

Porter Hayes Landscaping LLC

Charleston, SC 29419

(843) 532-3270

http://www.porterhayeslandscaping.com/

The Best Ways to Landscape your Beachfront Property

Beachfront homes in Charleston can provide idyllic surroundings for property owners when utilizing well prepared landscaping. When saltwater is a consider in landscaping, there are added considerations - consisting of capability, maintainability, visual appeals and being cost effective - that should be thought about to produce a sustainable environment that will serve the requirements of nature and your family

Read the pointers listed below and learn more about the best ways to landscape your beachfront property.

Salt tolerant greenery – Among the most essential elements to think about when landscaping a seaside area is salt-tolerant plants. If your house is within 1/8 of a mile from the Charleston oceanfront, you should be planting greenery with differing degrees of salt tolerance. The Japanese black evergreen, willow oak, oleander and confederate jasmine are all kinds of plants that are exceptionally tolerant of salt, sandy soil and dry conditions.

Direct sun exposure – When dreaming of and creating a green landscape for your beachfront property, the percentage of sun exposure is another important aspect to think about. The specific plants you select and where you place them will vary depending upon the kind of sun your home is exposed to. Seek advice from a professional landscaping company to find out if the plants that you're planning to use tolerate full sun, light shade, part shade or full shade. Take note of nearby building such as a shed or pool cabana that will bring partial shade during the day. This will also affect which plants and shrubbery you choose.

Hardscape – Hardscape is all of surfaces that makes up your landscape that are not grass or plants. When possible, avoid utilizing non-porous surface areas, including concrete and blacktop, for hardscape surfaces. Water that runs from these surface areas might include toxins that are then carried off into bodies of water, which can infect our oceans and environment.

Before jumping into a hardscape design, think about the effect you are trying to create. When you have a style in mine, choose just a few materials that will bring that style to life. Avoid a look that is all one texture or color. Find two or three materials that are visually appealing and incorporate them into your beach front landscaping design.

When creating your landscape, integrate porous surface areas, such as brick, mulch, gravel and turf block. These permeable hardscape surface areas are not just good for the environment but they are cost effective and a can reduce the effect of water runoff.

Call Porter Hayes Landscaping when you have an idea of the effect you want to create with your beach front landscaping. We can help you with the design and implementation of your landscaping.

Porter Hayes Landscaping LLC

Charleston, SC 29419

(843) 532-3270

http://www.porterhayeslandscaping.com/