{"id":7035,"date":"2015-09-12T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2014-11-22T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T20:57:39","slug":"fall-landscaping-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/09\/12\/fall-landscaping-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Landscaping Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young ‘Winter King’ hawthorn contrast beautifully with two large evergreen trees<\/p><\/div>\n

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Young American holly (Ilex opaca) at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cool autumn temperatures and increased\u00a0rainfall make\u00a0Autumn an ideal time to plant.\u00a0Attractive landscaping adds value to your home and property. Selecting select deciduous trees and shrubs may reduce home winter\u00a0heating bills and provide\u00a0cooling shade in summer. Gardeners living in\u00a0condos or townhouses should also consider a winter hardy evergreen or flowering shrub for their deck or patio.<\/p>\n

Trees and shrubs are key landscape components that beautify over\u00a0many decades. Select\u00a0plants \u00a0that are cold and heat hardy where you live,\u00a0their mature size versus available garden space\u00a0to fill, and their\u00a0ornamental features such as seasonal leaf color, flowering, ornamental fruits. Plan before you go to the garden center to make your purchase.<\/p>\n

A few helpful tips when shopping for plants:<\/p>\n

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  • Around a home foundations, plant low growing evergreen and\/or\u00a0flowering shrubs. Dwarf and semi-dwarf growing shrubs reduce the need to prune.<\/li>\n
  • Utilize vertically branched shrubs\u00a0to define entrance ways or\u00a0to soften corners (edges) of homes such as pyramidal yews, columnar junipers and hollies, and many other\u00a0choices.<\/li>\n
  • Large densely branched conifers planted on the west or north sides around the property can\u00a0shelter against prevailing winds and lower\u00a0winter heating bills.<\/li>\n
  • Broadleaf evergreens, such as hollies, azaleas, and\u00a0rhododendrons, produce colorful flowers or berries, and\u00a0maintain their foliage\u00a0year-round.<\/li>\n
  • Ground covers are low cost alternatives for stabilizing\u00a0slopes and for seasonal flowering and fruits.<\/li>\n
  • Unique dwarf, weeping, or colorful leafy shrubs and trees\u00a0are good\u00a0accents planted in containers\u00a0around patio and deck areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Cool autumn temperatures and increased\u00a0rainfall make\u00a0Autumn an ideal time to plant.\u00a0Attractive landscaping adds value to your home and property. Selecting select deciduous trees and shrubs may reduce home winter\u00a0heating bills and provide\u00a0cooling shade in summer. Gardeners living in\u00a0condos or townhouses should also consider a winter hardy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,299,440,710,144,806,617,665,992,628,853,623,551,791,202,843,936,601,729,777,630,646,7,113,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7035"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7050,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions\/7050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}