Get a Little Conversation Going With These Landscaping Ideas
If you’re getting a little bored with hostas and hedges, or your landscape design has always centered around red geraniums and Japanese maples, you may be ready to stir things up a bit. Make your house the talk of the neighborhood with some landscaping ideas that will jazz up your yard and lend a quality of other-worldliness to your garden.
Coming up with plants that will garner a little attention may take some hunting, but here are a few plants that you should consider implementing into your landscaping ideas to get your neighbors to stop and stare.
Korchia Balls: These may resemble little fuzzy aliens scampering across your lawn, and lend an air of fun to your landscaping. They can be bright green or hot pink, so choose a variety that goes with your other plant selections. The seeds need to be soaked overnight to get them started and then placed in peat moss.
Blue Passionflower: This fascinating flower looks like an architectural masterpiece. It will thrive best in warm climates, but you won’t need many to get a good population of blossoms. A few vines will suffice. They can be planted in warm, moist soil.
Wild Maypop: Is that a flower, or a miniature Medusa? The gorgeous tendrils radiating out from the center resemble something out of an ancient myth. This flower does best in cooler climates, though its bloom looks like something that got caught in an electrical socket.
Dwarf Weeping Larch Tree: If you always wished Cousin It was a part of your family, here’s a way to realize that dream. The dwarf weeping larch tree looks like it could be shuffling toward you, and if you stare hard enough, you might just see a pair of eyes hidden in that hair-like mop of a tree.
Black Bat Flower: This flower looks bewitching enough to capture the attention of Dracula, but purchasing seeds might require the budget of a count, too. Seeds are a whopping $10 each, so for each one you plant, cross your fingers that you’ll find success.
Prickly Caterpillar Beans: If you want something to entertain your garden guests, or you’re looking for an unusual garnish for your dinner plate, prickly caterpillar beans are just the plant you’re after. Just be sure to avoid actually eating them because they really are prickly!
Giant Allium Flowers: A relative of the onion, these huge purple globes don’t look like anything that would grace a dinner plate. Plant giant allium bulbs in a spot where you can enjoy them year after year for a Dr. Seuss-approved garden.
Maybe you’re tired of the same old landscaping ideas, or perhaps you just have a taste for the whimsical. No matter how creative a combination of plants you use in your garden, they’ll look great with Kincaid Plant Markers.
