Different Photos Of Landscape On The Side Of Houses

Different pictures of landscape beds on the side of homes. Many houses today have gardens and landscape beds throughout their yard. On the side of the house seems to be one of the last areas to be planted. I have had many clients wanting their air condition units or meters covered up with some style of shrubs. I wanted to show you a variety of beds along the sides of different houses. The homes represent a mixture of price ranges. Everybody has their own appearance they want to accomplish. Take a look at the eleven photos and get some ideas for landscaping the side of your home.


The first photo is of a fully mature bed full of Liriope. The plants are in bloom. This is a hedge look but the people wanted a low growing plant. They added some flowers to accent the Liriope. Notice how the front bed curves out and connects with the side bed. This is a great option for you, connecting one landscape bed to another. Of course you can have separate beds as well to have a more defined look. This adds a complete look to the property.



The second picture is the other side of this house. On this side the Liriope is just a border with a mixture of evergreen shrubs. The shrubs are broken up by two tree form Crepe Myrtles. The Crepe Myrtles are a nice break to the shrub pattern. In a side bed like this you have the option of doing all evergreens or combining both evergreen and deciduous plants. Make sure you have no dead spaces throughout the side bed.




















These two photos are plants in a row or hedge. The evergreens in the first picture gives the client year around color. The second photo is another picture of a straight row of mature Hostas. This is an established house.

Above are two totally different houses. The first one has shrubs that were planted for almost three years. The homeowner didn't want big trees or shrubs. He opted for a majority of medium size bushes along with a couple of upright narrow trees. The object here was to break up the look of a hedge or row. Another option he could have done was to incorporate a few more variety of sizes along the side.





The second photo is of an empty side. The railroad ties are put there for a border. I wanted to show you the picture and give you a few ideas for this type of area. There are two window along the house. The railroad ties run about three feet from the house. This is not a large amount of space to work with. An idea is to put some low growing or dwarf shrubs in as their roots will not spread out underneath the foundation. Add some taller shrubs for a different look. Plant some fuller shrubs in front of the meters and air conditioning units. Perennial or annual flowers placed throughout the bed will fill in the dead spaces.

The two pictures are shots of a short side of a home. The house was a new construction and the first picture is of the shrubs starting to grow. The second is their maturity after three years and four months. The variegated Cypresses really begin to show their colors. This is also a picture that is in the related page on the process of planning and prepping of a side bed. To me, it is nice to see the growth pattern even of a smaller landscape area.

I put the second photo in Creating different plants in a garden project for the side of your house as the shrubs were just beginning to mature. The three pictures here are one from right after we planted the shrubs, the growing phase, and their growth rate over three years later. It is good to see the progress of how your shrubs will mature. I really enjoyed this job as one of the things that is so important to me, is to revisit the job site periodically. I loved talking with the clients as well as making sure their outdoor investment was to their satisfaction.