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In this post we are again visiting the fabulous lake house where East Coast Landscape artfully merged the home with the natural surroundings. This is a good opportunity to introduce another great plant called Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica). It happens to be another favorite of mine and one that was used nicely on this site. [...]

If your in the colder planting zones you may think a seasonal garden is one that looks good during most of the growing months, and then “blah” during the off season.  That doesn’t have to be the case.  The warmer months certainly have the advantage in terms of flower color, but there are so many [...]

Not Every Foundation Needs To Be Hidden This homeowner has taken the past few years to restore this house, first on the inside, then on the outside.  You can see the newer fieldstone foundation where an addition was made.  This is real stone, just like the original foundation, and should darken in color over time [...]

Used As A Corner Plant This is only one of several ways an ornamental tree can be used in the landscape, and I look forward to illustrating others in future posts.  The basic principle behind planting on the building corner is to help visually blend the vertical line of the building with the horizontal plane [...]