Green And White Plants Along the Foundation Create A Soft Look For Your Home

Green and white color tones along your foundation create a soft look. This theme colored base garden is geared towards the front of your home. You can use these two combination colors in any landscape project.

I have done several gardens for clients requesting a clean and almost pure appearance. Of course we all know that green is the dominant color in most landscape gardens. These two colors work real well with white siding and white paint. If your house has brick or stone, both of the colors will do great along your foundation. Another style house is one with wood on the exterior.





The different color grains in the wood compliment the shrubs and flowers. Remember to consider the color of your front door and shutters. Blend them in with your plants. Take a look in the gallery of plants at front yard landscape photos and see how much the color green is used. Consider blending in different tones of dark and lights. Below is a simple design key to follow along with a few pictures and brief descriptions of each plant specimen.

1. Robin Holly



2. Chinese Snowball Viburnum



3. Raphiolepis Olivia Indian Hawthorn



4. Kaleidoscope Abelia



5. Sea Green Juniper



6. Garlic Chives

Robin Holly - fast growing evergreen tree. Grows anywhere from fifteen to twenty feet high and ten to twelve feet wide. Put one on each side of the end of the house. It balances well having a tall shrub on either end. The Robin is an upright and can take full sun to part shade. Good to grow in zones five through eight. Other Holly varieties can grow in zones three through eight. This small tree can be pruned back to control the height and width.

Chinese Snowball Viburnum - deciduous shrub that does well in zones six through nine. Big clusters of white flowers appear in mid spring. There are many different varieties of Viburnums that will grow in different climates. The Cranberry Bush Viburnum can grow in zones three through seven. The Chinese Snowball can take full sun to part shade. This has a magnificent show of big white blossoms. Since this shrub will die out in the winter, place a few evergreens close to it.

Raphiolepis Olivia Indian Hawthorn - evergreen shrub with tiny white flowers in springtime. Blue to black colored berries will appear in the in fall and winter months. The shrub grows great in zones four through nine. This shrub with its crisp color adds a great touch around your foundation. The Olivia will take sun to part shade. A normal watering schedule is fine after the plant is established. It will grow four feet high and around two feet wide.

Kaleidoscope Abelia - This plant will grow three to six feet high and three to six feet wide. Can take sun or shade, but does require six hours of sunlight. Rich yellow and green color leaves and red tone in branches. Will do well in zones five through nine. Even though I brought in a little bit of yellow with this shrub, the red in the plant matches well with the other two colors.

Sea Green Juniper - This shrub is a great plant specimen to use along the front. The shrub grows in well drained soil and will mature four to six feet high and four to six feet wide. It is an upright with branches that sprawl out, looking somewhat like a fountain. This plant is also called the Chinese Juniper. Does well in full sun and in zones four through eight. I like using this shrub because of its bright color tones. Are there other plants that you might being thinking about but didn't see them on this page.















Garlic Chives - This herb is the smallest member of the onion family. You may think it is odd to plant an herb along the front of your house. The beautiful tiny clusters of white flowers appear in the summer. The long skinny stalks make a group of garlic chives very attractive along side the Sea Green Juniper.The most popular place it grows is in the northern state of New Hampshire. Chives grow in clumps and will mature one to two feet tall. They are one of the first herbs to peep through the ground in warmer regions. Chives are perennial and great in gardens or containers. I like garlic chives, as it produces a mild garlic flavor. Dead head the flower after blooming, to ensure the plant to continue its growing pattern.

This is just one suggestion for a soft look along your foundation in the front of your home. Using greens and whites and adding a touch of yellow with a little red, gives you a striking year around look. Take at look at the other two color theme garden pages. I will be continually adding on different themes in the near future.