The front yard is the visiting card of a house, as the saying goes. So it's no wonder that so many people go to great lengths to design this area, which is often only a few square meters in size.
A blooming front yard is a beautiful greeting
Front yard performs many functions
Modern front gardens fulfill many functions, but offer little space. In addition to various storage options for garbage cans and bicycles, there must be space for a paved path to the front door and possibly to the carport, and a hedge or other property boundary does not take a few centimeters from the already very limited space. Thanks to creative and well thought-out planting, this area should not only be functional, but also inviting for residents and guests. Wherever you are greeted by brightly colored flowers, you are happy to come home.
What to pay attention to when designing a flower bed
In order to achieve this feel-good factor, it is important to observe a few basic design rules for planting flower beds. The rule that applies to front gardens is that perennials, flowers and other plants cover rather unsightly corners (such as where the garbage can is located) and instead attractively frame the path leading to the front door. There are many options for this: You can place large perennials and shrubs - for example a rose or hydrangea bush or a climbing plant - in front of the garbage can box, which in turn are framed by lower plants. These in turn run along the footpath and thus accompany those returning home or visitors.
style
It is important to match the style of the flower bed in the front yard to that of the house. In this way you avoid a break in style that creates an imbalance and thus lacks any harmony. A farmhouse is therefore covered with a rather lush and romantically planted front garden, while the terraced house only offers space for a maximum of three to five different perennials anyway. However, classic front garden plants such as roses, hydrangeas, cranesbills, columbines or foxgloves fit every style. Pay attention to variety and plant plants of different heights with different leaf and growth forms. However, these should not crowd each other too much, but are better placed in individual tuffs or as bands.
Attractive beds all year round
So that the front garden bed remains attractive all year round, choose flowering plants with different flowering times, as well as evergreen plants, ground cover, ornamental foliage perennials, bulb flowers, grasses and annual summer flowers. A gravel or stone bed also looks very classy, and it always looks well-groomed - weeds don't stand a chance here.
tips
If you have space for it, you are welcome to plant a small spherical tree in the front yard. These species usually remain small-crowned and form a beautiful eye-catcher that can be wonderfully planted with colorful flowers.