Susan’s front yard makeover in Illinois

Happy Monday , everyone ! And while we ’re at it , Happy Tax Day ! Perhaps today ’s makeover will exhort you to spend your taxation riposte in the front chiliad . It ’s from Susan Wawrzynowicz in Chicago , Illinois .

She says,“As we all know , gardens are not only in the back yard . A few months ago I finally decided my home in Chicago desperately necessitate a curbing appeal garden makeover . The makeover included landscaping , rail off , stairway , and walkway .

“ The stairs and walkway were clothe in a Unilock paver product : Yorkstone Honey Gold and the railing is powder surface sword . The landscaping let in two Hinoki falsecypress , Hydrangea‘Little Lime ’ ; ‘ Coral Carpet ’ rose;Vinca minor‘Bowles Variety ’ , ‘ Karl Foerster ’ reed grass , ‘ Plum Pudding ’ coral bells , ‘ Crimson Queen ’ Japanese maple , Echinicea purpurea‘Magnus’;Coreopsis‘Full Moon ’ , loosestrife , Hosta ‘ enceinte Expectations ’ , and ‘ Happy Returns ’ daylilly , accent with Kichler Path and Mini accent lights . The mulch is pine bark . The plantings are rather simple-minded , low maintenance , in burnished colors , with immunity to drouth and athirst rabbits and leaving plenty of room for emergence and newer improver . ”

Your front cubic yard looks so much more interesting , Susan ! I would be intimate to see how it develop of the next few yr . Keep us post !

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