Our Specialty: Modern Homes with Historic Detail!
Over the next few months we will be describing the features and influences that create specific styles that are popular here in SW Florida.
Landscaping for Historic Homes
Lush.....Tropical....think Downtown Punta Gorda! A Sunday drive through the Historic District in Downtown Punta Gorda can be a wonderful way to gather ideas for planting your own historic style landscape.
Tips for creating a lush tropical yard:
Go big with green - green plants have a calming effect; use different shades of green, different textures, shapes and sizes of leaves so that there is variation and flow.
| Go All Green - Tall trees with tropical foliage plants beneath |
Plant lush layers - mix tall shade trees with midsize shrubs and groundcover plants to create layers and depth. This structure gives the feel of being far away from the world, even when your neighbors are really right next door.
| Landscape layered Look with a variety of textures and colors |
Decorate with vines - Vines can add just the right touch of privacy and can also add splashes of color to your green garden for a decorative flair.
| Bougainvillea Vine trained upward on a porch column |
Mix in colored foliage - plants with colored leaves instead of flowering bloom, can provide continuous color to your yard in between the blooming cycles of other plants.
Wildflowers - choosing native Florida wildflower plants is a benefit to your yard as well as the wildlife that lives in it. There are numerous choices that will bring a variety of eye pleasing colors to your landscape, and butterflies and hummingbirds won't take long to find your yard and make it their new oasis.
| Container plantings offer a variety of heights and sizes |
Containers - give your containers variety too; mix up textures and styles, trees in containers will thrive as well as plants do with the proper care.
Keep this list in mind when shopping for
landscape friendly choices for the South:
Heat and humidity resistant roses
Drought tolerant perennials
Florida native plants
Fruit trees
Specific landscape choices for historic homes.
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