Maple Grove Landscaping Company Offers Tips on Planning a Landscape

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - Oct. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- Advanced Irrigation, one of the leading landscaping companies near Maple Grove, has tips for homeowners on how to plan a garden and landscape that will provide color year-round.

Even though we are just approaching winter, it is never too early to start planning for spring. This is especially important for your yard and landscape. As you start raking leaves and cleaning your yard for winter, we want to offer some advice on ways to enhance your landscape and keep it looking good no matter the season.

First, take a broad look at your garden. Do you have a certain focal point? This could be a particular flower or plant. Maybe you would like some stone work like a patio or walkway. If so, the fall and winter months can be a good time to have landscaping companies like ours install them. Once you decide what you want to be the central focal point, you can begin planning the rest of the space.

Formal English gardens are lovely to see and visit; however, they are not practical for most homes. They require a lot of work and maintenance. Even if you plant the exact same plants in rows, they all seem to grow at different rates. Unless you are able to care for your garden full-time, plan to plant flowers in groups instead of rows. This makes the garden much easier to maintain.

Planting flowers in groups rather than rows also makes them look more interesting. You can combine different types of flowers to create a beautiful, unique look. You don’t want all the flowers to match, but you do want to use colors or varieties that complement each other. For example, you can find plants with a similar leaf shape or plants that grow to be about the same size or height.

Plants and flowers work great to soften the harsh edges of a house. Consider planting evergreens near the corners of your home or along the foundation. The advantage of evergreens is they will bring color year round.

In addition to evergreens, you can visit with landscaping companies like ours for other plants and flowers that will bloom year-round. It’s nice to include some of these plants in your landscape so you can always have some color, even during the cold winter months.

Advanced Irrigation has been serving Maple Grove and the entire Twin Cities Metro since 2001. They are one of the leading landscaping companies in the area, also specializing in lawn care, irrigation systems and commercial snow removal. For more information on how to keep you landscape looking good year-round, visit our blog http://www.advancedirrigationmn.com/planning-a-landscape-....