When you want to design a beautiful landscape you will need to determine what type of landscape you want. One type of landscape that is a favorite for many homeowners is a four season landscape. When creating a seasonal design landscape or garden there are a few things you will want to consider when making your four season landscape. Mickey’s LawnScapes will share how to design a four season garden that you will love.
Design a Layout for Landscaping
When designing your home’s landscaping, you will first want to decide the landscape’s layout. Will you be putting down paver stones, walkways, or do you want a lawn with a flower planter? Before you begin worrying about what plants you are going to want, you will want to do the overall design of your landscape’s layout. When designing the layout of the landscaping, you will need to decide whether to have an irrigation or lighting system. Both are great features to have especially the irrigation system. When planning out the design of the landscape, it helps to seek a professional landscaping and design service.
What are Four Season Plants?
Once you have your landscape shaped and designed, the next step is to determine the type of plants you want. When you want to have a four season garden you will want a combination of perennials and annuals. With the combination of having annuals and perennials you will have plants all years round and the option to change out the annuals. Annuals only live for a season and will die off. You can find annuals for each of the seasons. Many people love to be able to plant something new during the spring, summer, fall and winter. When your perennials go to sleep for the fall and winter season, you can still have green and colorful plant life by planting new annuals. However, the important part is finding the right plant for our climate and our seasonal changes.
Annuals for Your Four Season Garden
For a four season landscape you will want to replant annuals for the proper seasons. There are some plants that do grow in each season. However, winter is limited. Even so, there are some plant options to ensure your yard is still green even in the winter. Here are some of the annual plant species and their seasons.
Spring Plant Species – Spring will have a ton of options and most annual species come to life in the spring. For beautiful and colorful annual spring plants, some popular choices are Tulips, Crocus, Snowdrops, Daffodils, Peonies, Pansies, and Forsythia. These spring time annual plant species can be easily found and will look amazing for the spring.
Summer Plant Species – As the season warms up you will want to begin planting for your summer garden. Some recommended summer annuals include the Daylily, Coneflowers, Zinnia, Hydrangea, Gaura, Black-eye Susan, and Nasturtium. Many of these summer annuals will last into mid fall ensuring you get the most of your four season garden.
Fall Plant Species – There are some beautiful plants for the fall that will last into the later winter season. For a colorful and likely fall garden, some of the recommended fall plant species are Mums, Asters, Hardy Begonias, Ornamental Kale, flowering cabbages, and Pansies.
Winter Plant Species – There are not many winter annual plant species. However, you can incorporate evergreens into your landscape. There are evergreen trees and bushes that will help keep you yard lively all year long. Some beautiful and even some with color evergreen plants are Evergreen Hollies, Chokeberry Busk, and Firethorn. One annual plant species that can tolerate cold temperature are Snowdrops and Hellebores.
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If you want to create a four season landscape, contact Mickey’s LawnScapes and ask about our seasonal design landscaping services today.
