Landscaping Pictures
By David Beaulieu, About.com Guide
- Make Your Yard "Pop" With Color, Style
- Beautifying the Different Areas of Your Yard
- Types of Plants: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Creating Visual Interest for the 4 Seasons
- Hot Holiday Decorations
Make Your Yard "Pop" With Color, Style
When you find examples of great curb appeal in other people's yards, what is it, exactly, that tends to catch your eye? Color exerts a power effect, but there's so much more at play than mere color. Great designs display focal points, textural contrasts and plants with an interesting variety of forms. View my landscaping pictures to see design principles in action!
Beautifying the Different Areas of Your Yard
You've probably heard the saying, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." And while that's certainly true in landscape design, sometimes it's easy for beginners to learn the tricks of the trade by focusing on the distinct components of a yard, one at a time, before trying to tie everything together. The purpose of these landscaping pictures is thus to examine, separately, some of the basic components of the beautiful yard, par excellence! Learn what sections of the yard you need to focus on, as well as what plants and hardscape you can employ to jazz them up.
- 10 Components of a Beautiful Yard
- Create an Appealing House Entrance
- Beautifying and Securing Property Borders: Fence Pictures
Types of Plants: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Plant pictures are pretty to look at, but let's face it, the DIY landscaper needs more than that. Consequently, I append informative notes to my photos of plants, as well as links to additional resources. So make sure you follow all the links! The links are there to guide you to more detailed resources that will aid you in selecting the plant just right for your situation. Of course, not all plants are desirable; so you may also want some help in weed identification. My landscaping pictures will help you identify such "bad neighbors" as poison ivy and poison sumac, as well as weeds commonly found in lawns and gardens.
- Landscaping Pictures for Plant Selection
- Photos of Vines
- List of Flowers With Pictures
- Photos of Poison Ivy
- Poison Sumac Pictures
- Weed Pictures
- Pictures of Flowering Trees
- Types of Wildflowers
- Pictures of Plants With Silver Leaves
- Photos of Poisonous Plants
- Invasive Plants
- Pictures of Noxious Weeds
- Types of Roses
- Pictures of Variegated Plants
- More Types of Flowering Trees
- Flowering Ground Covers
- Pictures of Evergreen Shrubs
Creating Visual Interest for the 4 Seasons
Ultimately, the goal of designing a yard includes achieving four seasons of visual interest. I hope my landscaping pictures inspire you to achieve that goal. Two of the most interesting seasons in the yard can be spring and fall. They don't always last long but can pack quite a visual wallop. Enjoy visual interest in the yard all summer by growing long-blooming perennials. Winter is the Scrooge of the four seasons, but my winter landscaping pictures reveal some ideas for dressing up Old Man Winter.
- Spring: Pictures of Flowering Shrubs
- Summer: Long-Blooming Perennials
- Autumn: Fall Foliage in Photos
- Winter Landscaping Pictures
Hot Holiday Decorations
One way to spice up the yard on a seasonal basis is to decorate for holidays. Of course, how you do so will depend on personal aesthetic tastes, plus where you live and what holidays you care about. But below I link to photo galleries showing holiday decorations from my own region, which can serve as examples. Find out how others are decorating, then feel free to copy -- applying your own unique twists, as desired.