Showing off the front yard to its greatest advantage will make a great first impression when you show a house. One nice addition to a home’s exterior is a flowerbed of annual plants, because annuals are bred for their brightly colored flowers. Annuals are prone to mature the best during spring and summer months. A fence covered with sweet peas or morning glories in flower is relaxing and welcoming. Of course annuals are, well, annual, and that can be a shortcoming. Going to seed after all your planting and caring is a less attractive characteristic of annuals, since, after all, who wants a seedy house? If you plan upon a speedy sale, annuals are a good idea, but if not, be ready to lug away the old dead plants and swap them with something more in keeping with the season. Pansies might have to be replaced the summer dianthus or anemones as the climate grows cooler. Like annuals, bulbs grow for a season, make big showy blossoms, and seem to wither in the fall, but mature back in the spring, making them a kind of “annual” that will not necessitate continual plantings each year.
The type of plant that grows for a lot of years is the perennial, although its blossoms are barely ever big and showy like those of the annual. The ones that do have great blossoms do not have them all year round. The rewards of perennials are that you only have to plant them one time, and they mature great. A huge bush or tree in the front lawn can offer the sense of constancy and permanence. Some perennials, of course, do flower with brilliant colors and flowers. For example wisteria vines growing on top of doors and fences giving a appearance of both beauty and constancy. Jacaranda is another tree that blooms in lavender. Rose bushes are another perennial that come in a vast variety of colors. Many varieties also give off a pleasant scent that can give a good impression as well. An additional great variety of perennials are fruit trees. They do not merely have nice-looking blooms in the spring, but bestow fruit in the summer and fall. The thought of going out to gather fruit from their own tree is something buyers will like.
If a plant is truly an annual or a perennial is partially a function of the climate. Nurseries in your neighborhood can tell you whether or not a plant is considered an annual or perennial. Plants that can only live for a season in cooler climates might survive perennially in California.
Combining annuals and perennials is perhaps the best landscaping plan. Nasturtiums, poppies and marigolds stand out well alongside the greens of privet, boxwood or climbing ivy. A ring of flowering annuals such as petunias in a variety of brilliant shades is a classic decoration surrounding a shade tree such as a maple, elm or sycamore. Pots of annuals, bright decorations, can simply be taken away from a courtyard or balcony when they shrivel. Advice on which annuals and perennials will work best for your house can be provided by your local nurseries.
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