5 Simple Fall Landscaping Ideas For The Front Yard

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• 5 Simple Fall Landscaping Ideas For The
  Front Yard

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• Curb appeal takes on a whole new meaning in
  autumn with some landscaping ideas
• The colors of fall make it a perfect time of
  year to really enhance the front of your home
  with landscaping..
• Leverage the cooler weather, as well as the
  beautiful plants and flowers that bloom at this
  time of year, to create a visual impression.

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• Planning your landscaping so that you have
  color and texture all year around is ideal and
  easy to do. Incorporating perennials, shrubbery
  and grasses that bloom at different times of year
  assures you a beautiful front yard (well, with
  the exception of the blanket of snow from January
  through March!)
• If you have deciduous trees on your property,
  Mother Nature will help you along in terms of
  brilliant colors, but theres so much you can add
  to improve upon her good work!

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Fix The Basic

• If your lawn has patches or your planting
  beds need weeding, turning and mulching, now is
  the time. The cooler weather is an ideal time to
  start thinking about overseeing your lawn, to fix
  patches. Why? Because the cooler temperatures
  mean less evaporation of the soil moisture

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• Grass seeds will have the opportunity to
  germinate and build a solid root structure before
  the stems take over, in the spring. Use a high
  quality overseeding soil with your new seeds and
  be sure to give it all plenty of water.
• Dont forget to do plenty of raking to pull
  up the dead grasses and remove your leaves. Your
  lawn can breathe better without the extra layer,
  though some fallen leaf coverage can be helpful
  to protect plant beds from an early frost

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• Its also a good time to take a look at your
  hardscaping and make sure its all in good
  condition for the upcoming winter. Your walkways
  and retaining walls should be repaired, as ice
  forming in cracks can expand and create further
  damage.
• While water features are lovely in spring and
  summer, its a good time to drain yours and
  prepare it for winter by covering up any pool
  basins, so they dont get clogged with falling
  leaves and other autumn detritus.

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Establish Some New Color And Texture

• Your summer blooms are fading, so its time to
  add some shades of fall. In fact, autumn is an
  ideal time to plant perennials because, just as
  with the grass seed above, the warm soil and mild
  evaporation make ideal conditions for roots to
  form and take hold.

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• What flowers and plants will bloom through the
  fall, improving the look of your landscape? 
• Hostas from vibrant blue to dark red, there are
  many shades to pluck up your garden.
• Daylilies pinks and purples to gold and yellow,
  youve many shades of the rainbow in these!
• Daisies who doesnt love daisies? To quote that
  old goody of a movie Youve Got Mail Theyre
  such happy flowers. True.

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• Peonies usually more subtle in creams, pinks
  and lavenders, these flowers add a special
  subtlety to any landscape design.
• Chrysanthemums that quintessential fall flower
  has lovely blooms to brighten your front garden.
• As for texture, theres nothing more elegant
  than some beautiful ornamental grasses, waving in
  the autumn breeze.

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• They can add some flourish when other plants
  are beginning to be cut back for the season and
  are hardy enough to withstand our winters.
• Trees and shrubs often do very well if
  planted in the fall, for the same reasons as the
  grass seed and plants, as noted above, so if you
  dont yet have any trees with leaves that change
  (deciduous) in the fall, now is a great time to
  add some to your landscape plan. Just be sure to
  buy a rake at the same time!

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• Fall is also a good time to consider adding a
  structure to your hardscape, whether that is an
  arbor or a stone retaining wall, slate stepping
  stones or boulders. Whatever look youre trying
  to achieve in your garden, adding structure to
  its already good bones will improve the look
  immeasurably!

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Let There Be Light

• Another way to enhance the landscape is to add
  some strategic lighting. Thanks to solar powered
  units, you can place lighting along your walk way
  or throughout your gardens to highlight the hard
  work youve put into them!

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• Porch lighting can be so much fun if you
  indulge in a wrought iron sconce or perhaps a
  hanging lantern? Whatever you choose, lighting
  the front of your home really improves the
  welcoming look of it.

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Evergreens Are Important Too

• With all this talk about adding colour, dont
  forget that standing evergreens add symmetry and
  consistency to a garden, to say nothing of year
  round privacy and a beautiful backdrop for your
  blooming autumnal plant beds. That contrast of a
  dark green background with flaming florals and
  grasses set in front? Beautiful!

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Improve Your Front Entrance

• In addition to the landscaping, you can add a
  touch of fall to your front entrance by
  incorporating a seasonal wreath or planters on
  either side of the door, filled with fall
  foliage, grasses, flowers and more.

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• The key with entrance decor is to be subtle,
  with a few touches rather than overflowing
  buckets of plants and greenery. This is
  definitely one of those time when less is more.
  Theres one exception to that rule however if
  youre big on the fall holidays like Halloween,
  you can add a lot of color and a whole lot of fun
  with pumpkins and hay bales, scarecrows and fake
  spiders. Just be sure to take it all down before
  Santa comes by on his sleigh!

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• Ultimately, if you have a front porch, keep
  the furniture out as long as you can its a
  lovely way to spend a cool evening, with a
  blanket and some hot chocolate, enjoying the
  landscape youve created! 
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