Optional Looks
Driveway:
This is a mixture of what’s already there, and just adding a little height and fluff.
I added Mint Julep Juniper, transplanted the yew against your house, then added Blue Marvel Salvia. the red is the existing amaryllis.
Deck:
Option 1:
The tall plants are Fastigiata Yew
Yellow: Candy Corn Spirea
Evergreen: Coppertone Distylium or Otto Luyken Laurel
Option 2:
Tall: Sky Pencil Holly or Rotundifolium Ligustrum
Yellow: Golden Dragon Yew
Evergreen: Coppertone Distylium or Otto Luyken Laurel
Screening:
Option 1:
You already have the cypress on the left. I would find a matching one to put on the right.
Inner Tall: Spartan Juniper / Emerald Green Arborvitae or even the hollies if you like that look
Front Greenish/yellow: dwarf sweet tea olive… I have to go by a nursery to get the actual variety name
Bright Yellow: Candy Corn Spirea or Magic Carpet Spirea
Option 2:
Difference from above:
Medium Sized Butterfly Bush: Miss Violet Butterfly Bush, if those are too big, look at the Pugster Series
I would transplant that Grass when you come in the back gate here.
Plant List / Alternate Options
Evergreen Uprights — Slim
Evergreen Upright — Moderate Width
- Emerald Green Arborvitae — never needs pruning
- Nellie Stevens Holly
- Sweet Tea Olive — requires the most pruning, but flowers and smells amazing – can be hedged to any size
- Chindo Viburnum — these also have white flowers
Evergreen Shrubs
- Cinnamon Girl Distylium (dwarf) or Coppertone Distylium (mid-size)
- soft touch holly or golden soft touch holly (dwarfs)
- Kaleidoscope Abelia (yellow and red) or Radiance Abelia (yellow and lime)
- Mojo Pittosporum
- Mountain Fire Pieris — these are very slow growers, thus very low maintenance.
- Miss Scarlett Anise
- Bananappeal Illicium
- JC Raulston Hardy Viburnum
- if you like textures:
- Soft Caress of Indian Flair Mahonia
- Gold Mop False Cypress
Semi-Deciduous
- Pugster Butterfly Bush (dwarf) — has four different colors (I’m partial to the blue, but I enjoy all the colors)
- Candy Corn Spirea — there are also larger (mid-size varieties if you want something similar but larger)
Decidious
- Perennial Hibiscus —- red: Midnight Marvel Hibiscus or White: Ballet Slippers, or Lunar White
- Floralberry St. John’s Wort, either Rose or Champagne
Perennials
- Coreopsis — there are so many different looks/styles: Early Sunrise, Globe, and Zagreb are my top three. You would never know they are the same plant.
- Blue Marvel Salvia — usually blooms from end of spring thru fall. There are other varieties that are different size, color, and bloom spans. I just use this one a lot because it has won numerous awards throughout the years.
- Dianthus — there are endless colors, foliage textures, bloomstyles, etc. I am slightly fond of Fruit Punch Series (my favorite in the series is Cranberry Cocktail,) Firewitch Cheddars, and Everlast Orchid.
Other mentionables:
- Oleanders — These should easily work in your yard, the only reason I didn’t put them farther up is because they are toxic to dogs. If it was put in your front/side yard, I do not think you would have to worry.
- Bloomerang Lilacs — Deciduous Reblooming Lilac that only gets around 5 foot by 5 foot after many years.