Outside the Box(woods) - Ashley Bristow Designs

Hopefully, the name of your page made you chuckle. Ha! Even if it was at my attempt at humor.

I am going to use some of the photos I took to divide the section of plants. Some of the plants can be used throughout the landscape to create a more cohesive look, but they are intentionally suggested for that area. I know you don’t like red, but I can’t remember whether you said that you liked the knockout roses? Those are labeled red, but (to me) they are more pink as their blooms spread. If you like that coloration, I will filter it throughout as a pop, and layer it with purples, whites, and a little yellow to brighten the darker spaces. If you would like a different color scheme or do not like the knockout roses, let me know and I will adjust my thinking.

Against The House

In the gap between the purple bush and drain pipe, I am looking for another purple bush (loropetalum) that will hide the HVAC.

Let’s replace the green bushes with either the Double Play Doozie Spirea, or something similar. It is semi-deciduous, but it offers a lot of color. Plus, it blends all your existing plants.

Since this area of the the house does not get tons of sun, in order to get a white hydrangea that will bloom we need a macrophyllia variety. The only one that I have been able to find is the Wedding Gown Hydrangea. It gets 2.5′ tall, but 3-5′ wide. Therefore, it would have to be trimmed off the sidewalk, but you could use the blooms for inside vases.

For height, I am going to try and find the Sugar and Spice Arborvitae, because it only gets 10-15′ tall, and 3′ wide. This would make it where it never needs maintenance.

We would add in some red drift roses under the window, because they are the same red hue as the knockout roses. In addition, we would add some variegated liriope in between plants to brighten up the space, and add color in the winter when the hydrangeas and roses are baren.

While you are on the drift roses website, check out the other colors in case there is one you like better. I am also a fan of OSO Easy roses. But we would need to make sure the one selected will fit the needed dimensions.

Under the weeping maple, we can add the spreading variegated vinca. It will grow on top of the drain pipes, and put out light purple flowers.

I am curious to see what these boxwoods look like now, but due to the deep shade, we will be limited to what we can put in front for color. These are our options. We can do a pretty pattern to make sure there is a good blend of evergreen versus deciduous.

The Circle

Here is a list of plants that I am considering for the circle. I am going to integrate plants that have similar variations but are more compliant with the sun levels. I am not going to list the “fluff” plants/perennials until we have the shrubs more concrete.

Hillside

We can use a little bigger things on the hill because it will make them look like small bushes when looking out the front door. You put the bigger stuff further down the hill, and the smaller stuff on top. Here are a few things to mention that have not been previously listed.