Using Plantings and Pots to Create Year-Round Color in Hopkinton and Wellesley, MA, Areas

Plantings and Landscape Design in Wayland, Hopkinton & Sudbury, MA

Having year-round color in your Hopkinton and Wellesley, MA, areas landscape can keep your yard interesting and pretty. Here are some ways to use plantings and pots to bring the dazzle to your property.

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Flowers: Annuals vs. Perennials

When choosing flowers for planting in your landscape, there are two types to consider. Annual flowers only live one season but are generally well-known as plants that characterize a specific time of year. In the spring there are pansies and snapdragon, which can bloom in the still cool temperatures while summer features the peak of the widest array of annual flowers. Among the summer offerings are salvia, verbena, zinnia, and petunias, which can rebloom after the hottest parts of the summer if your landscaper snips the leggy portions. Fall brings flowering kale and pansies and mums while in early winter you can find poinsettias and other festive flowers. 

Perennials are usually bulbs that your landscaper typically plants in the early winter to bloom in the spring. Choices such as tulips, daffodils, peonies, and black-eyed Susans will return year after year to add gorgeous color to your backyard, and perhaps best of all, they reproduce to increase the amount of flowers each time they bloom.

Flowering Shrubs

Your landscapers know that flowering shrubs are another amazing addition to a landscape that needs vibrant greenery and various floral displays. They rely on horticulture expertise, with a detailed knowledge of each shrub, to hand-select the perfect bushes for your unique home and property. 

Their expert installers understand the need for shade-loving shrubs that thrive in the shady spaces underneath trees and sun-loving shrubs that burst with bold summer blooms. 

Sprucing with Pots

Another way that your landscapers can add a pop of color to the patio, outdoor kitchen, and pool area can be to plant colorful pots filled with flowers that reflect your preferred color scheme. While many homeowners love having colorful pots and colorful flowers together, others prefer earth-toned planters to place the focus on the flowers that grow and spill over the edges. 

Native Plantings

Focusing on native plants in the landscape is a popular preference for many homeowners because a landscape service can bring all of the beauty of colorful flowers and shrubs to the landscape but with minimal ongoing care. Because native plants and flowers thrive in the Hopkinton and Wellesley climate once they are established, there is little watering or fertilizing required. 

Your landscapers have the skills to choose the plants that will achieve the look you desire, the soft and subtle flowers, the bold blooms, and the bright green that highlight your landscape, but without the constant watering and attention. 

Horticulture expertise means every flower, shrub, and native species are nurtured in order to prepare them for maximum growth once they are installed in your yard. The garden center can guide your choices to ensure that you have plants with features that foster good health. 

When you are looking for something more, something that dazzles, your landscapers can design the additions that catch your neighbors’ eyes as they drive by and notice spectacular foliage and year-round colorful flowers. In front of a retaining wall, along a walkway, flanking the front entry, flowers and complementary greenery can set the tone for a breath-taking vision at any time of year.

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