Create an oasis around your deck
Decks give you rafts of additional support space , and they ’re less expensive than adding a elbow room onto your house . But many decks look like they ’re simply tacked onto the back of the house and privacy is also commonly an issue , peculiarly if there are other houses nearby .
Dress up your deck with plants
A deck of cards should fit in with the firm and garden around it . That intend you require at least a few trees and shrubs to give it structure all yr and lots of flower to entice you outside in fountain , summertime and fall . Adding plants will also help add privacy to your outdoor blank space .
Check out our design tips and planting program below . Even if your pack of cards is n’t exactly like this one , go onwards and conform them to personalize your own backyard be space .
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Add plants with multiseason interest
When design a garden around your deck , check that at least some of the plants havemore than one season of interest . For example , the serviceberry in this garden plan has clean bloom in leaping and red - purple fruit in summertime . Then in fall the leaf changes to subtlety of white-livered , orange and red .
The multistemmed river birch add a free-and-easy , natural face . Its flaking barque really shows off in wintertime . get rid of some of the low limb as the tree grow so you could see it well .
Meet the plants in this garden plan
hear more entropy about the rest of the plants in this deck planting plan in the slideshow below . See corresponding alphabetic character on the illustrate plan above .
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River birch ( Betula nigraHeritage ( ‘ Cully ’ ) )
TypeTreeBloomsPeeling layers of white , salmon and browned barkLightFull sunSize30 to 60 ft . tall , 20 to 50 foot . wideHardinessCold zone 4 to 9 , rut zona 9 to 1
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Lilyturf ( Liriope spicata )
TypeEvergreen ground top ; banquet by secret runnersBloomsPale blue or pinkish blossom in belated summerLightFull sun to shadeSize10 to 12 in . grandiloquent , spreadingHardinessCold geographical zone 4 to 10 , heat zones 10 to 1
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Bottlebrush Ohioan ( Aesculus parviflora )
TypeShrubBlooms8 to 12 in . marvelous spikes of blanched flowers in summerLightPart refinement to shadeSize8 to 12 ft . tall , 8 to 15 ft . wideHardinessCold zones 4 to 8 , warmth zones 8 to 1
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barbate flag ( Iris‘Immortality ’ )
TypePerennialBloomsWhite flower in spring ; may rebloom in fallLightFull sunSize24 to 36 in . tall , 18 to 24 in . wideHardinessCold zones 3 to 9 , warmth zones 9 to 1
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Coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea‘Vintage Wine ’ )
TypePerennialBloomsDeep purple - ruby-red flowers midsummer to fallLightFull Sunday to part shadeSize24 to 36 in . tall , 18 to 30 in . wideHardinessCold zones 4 to 9 , heating plant zones 9 to 1
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Deutzia ( Deutzia gracilisChardonnay Pearls ® )
TypeShrubBloomsFragrant white flower in bounce ; chartreuse foliage all summerLightFull Lord’s Day to part shadeSize18 to 36 in . tall and wideHardinessCold zones 5 to 8 , high temperature zones 8 to 1
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Spike blazing star ( Liatris spicata‘Kobold ’ )
TypePerennialBloomsStiff spikes of magenta - royal flowers in summerLightFull sunSize18 to 24 in . grandiloquent , 12 to 18 in . wideHardinessCold zones 4 to 9 , heat zones 9 to 1
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Holly ( IlexxmeserveaeCastle Spire ® )
TypeEvergreen shrubBloomsFemale , need a pollinator to produce cherry-red fruitLightFull sun to part shadeSize6 to 10 foot . marvellous , 3 to 4 ft . wideHardinessCold zones 5 to 7 , heat zones 7 to 1
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Serviceberry ( Amelanchierxgrandiflora‘Autumn Brilliance ’ )
TypeTreeBloomsWhite flowers in early spring ; edible fruit in summertime ; Orange River to red fall foliageLightFull sun to part shadeSize10 to 30 foot . tall , 10 to 25 foot . wideHardinessCold zones 3 to 9 , heat zones 9 to 1
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Hosta ( Hosta plantaginea )
TypePerennialBloomsSpikes of fragrant blank flowers in late summerLightPart shade to shadeSize12 to 18 in . marvelous , 18 to 24 in . wideHardinessCold geographical zone 3 to 9 , heat zones 9 to 1
