? The humble scarlet beebalm (Monarda didyma) has a lot to recommend it, especially in eastern North America, where it originated. This easy-care perennial not only attracts bees to your garden, but butterflies and hummingbirds also find it irresistible. It’s a welcome addition to a perennial garden, a naturalistic garden or an herb garden. If that’s not enough, its fragrant leaves have long been used for tea, and its flowers can be added to a bouquet or brought into the kitchen to use in everything from salad to dessert.
Add impact to fences and arbors. Trellises attached to other garden structures, like fences, gates or pergolas, both increase privacy and give the structures more presence in the landscape. Adding a trellis to an entryway gate, for example, can set a clear boundary between the public street and private home but will still feel inviting, since one can see through the trellis to the garden beyond. Used in the landscape, trellises attached to fences or arbors can act as dividers between garden rooms, partially concealing the area on the other side.
Garden sheds and other outbuildings often lack architectural details like windows or trim. Trellises offer a way to add interest to an outbuilding’s exterior and tie it in with the surrounding garden. In this backyard in Princeton, New Jersey, a pair of curved, wall-mounted trellises with purple flowering clematis vine form an attractive accent for the pool house. Due to their graceful shape, the trellises add interest year-round, even when the clematis dies back in winter.
Create dimension in a narrow space. Long, skinny lots and side yards can be tricky spaces to work with. Trellises, with or without vines, provide an opportunity to change the layout of the space, the path one would walk and the way one’s eye falls in a narrow garden. The designer of this London garden cleverly attached a series of staggered trellises to the side walls to break up the space into smaller areas and screen the edges of the lot from view. By encroaching on the pathway, the side trellises effectively narrow the yard further but simultaneously pull one’s gaze to the nooks they conceal, giving the side yard more dimension. -or use to conceal or accent or make private space.
Show off a specimen climber. Create a focal point along the side of the house or a garden shed with a wall-mounted trellis and an eye-catching vine. To really showcase the plant, look for simple trellis designs like those made from mounted wires that visually disappear. Alternatively, go for a trellis with a bold frame and almost unnoticeable interior wires, like the zinc-finish one here. A trellis with this structure acts like a giant outdoor picture frame to show off a dramatic climber like a living work of art.
Maximize growing space. A wall-mounted trellis can be a real boost to small gardens, creating the potential to grow climbing roses, fragrant star jasmine, rambling blackberries, passionflower and other vines without taking up floor space. The clematis planted in this sunny backyard in Bristol, England, will quickly cover the simple wooden trellises mounted to the existing walls. You may notice that the trellises extend above the walls, giving a few more feet of climbing space and increasing privacy for the homeowners.
nice lighting
The previous deck was rotting from improper installation, so we tore it all down and reconstructed it with AZEK Decking material with Rail Lighting. This multi-tiered deck has plenty of room for entertaining. The rail lighting adds accent lighting as well as ads safety. We also reconstructed the deck that connects to the master bedroom with the same decking and light rail.
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nice color and texture
The Gate!
beautiful path, dogwood?, lilacs, The two trees flowering at the end of the path are Malus ioensis 'Flora Plena' (Betchel Crab).
Love
love this shed and the paint color
a place to sit.
gate/ entrance and steps
tulips and Japanese maple
Gorgeous--- In this photo I used a blend of Ajuga, Lobelia, Thyme, Dwarf Veronica and some Creeping Phlox.
Horses...nice touch. we could use grandchildren's silhouettes :)
lighting
rock wall, dining
Another easy job
Simple
Love this little place!
Love this gate!
Yes, please.
Ahhhh- like entering our private sanctuary.
levels, terraced, gorgeous
oh my...with a bench Steve
LOVE the pavers...could use grass
Love the trellis and planter
would need big tiles or something in our wonky yard
stacked stone is beautiful
A bench
LOVE
STEVE
Flowers and gravel...steve- beautiful!
Lights
Fountain
Show off spring blooms and fall color. Deep forest-green fences can work just as well as black to provide a dark background for pale blooms. In this garden in Melbourne, Australia, white and blue agapanthus blooms nearly float against the deep green backdrop.
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