![]() Cacti can also be finicky when getting established, as I’ve learned watching them sunburn or rot from over-watering. If you have a plant that doesn’t seem to do well in your yard, better to lose 3-5 than 10-15 plants due to stress. You can plant your trees and a section of bushes, then see how they acclimate through the hot or cold season– they may take extra watering through the first summer. Especially since in my opinion, a nice landscape has A LOT of plants. If you are doing a large yard yourself, you may want to plant a section at a time to allow yourself to see how the plants do. ![]() Plants come next and decorative rock last. For hills of any significance, I’ve seen most yards need a small tractor or bobcat and some extra fill dirt. Irrigation lines first, then hills and hardscape like cement, fences, or crushed granite walkways. We decided the back yard would have a zone for higher water plants, since they wanted to plant some non-native pine trees along the side of the house in back, and so we planned that one higher water line would come through a hole in the block fence and allow three citrus trees near the fence in the front yard. So all plants needed similar water requirements. Have some fun with the decoration: making swings out of wood and rope is pretty easy, as is hanging up mirrors on the side of your shed to make the yard look. Use a transfer pen to create your own unique desert landscape with the recommended stitch. For this yard, we planned the entire front yard on one zone (meaning all plants get watered on the same schedule). Explore the lines of the desert with this DIY embroidered pin kit. Either way, it is important to plan before you plant so you can consider water requirements and your irrigation system’s capabilities. Plan water systemĮither you already have an irrigation system in place or you plan to build one from scratch. Since they are smaller, we filled them in where they could be seen from the front and along walkways. Aim for three times as many bushes as trees, if you have the space. Once you have your main area that you will be focusing on in your yard, it is time to move to the next step. Feel free to copy planting ideas you’ve seen elsewhere! Use bushes to fill in and make a landscape lush. This is known as landscape zones and no matter if you use this method in the middle of the Midwest around your deck or deep in the desert, this concept will apply. Notice how landscapes that have been professionally designed use a variety of plants but always in multiples that repeat throughout the landscape. Cluster bushes in groups of at least three, odd numbers look good. Consider where you want shade, where you don’t want roots, and what looks natural. ![]() Add plants! I like to avoid planting trees in a line. ![]()
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