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Foundation Planting Mistakes
Creating an inviting landscape around your home’s foundation in a front yard garden bed is a wonderful opportunity to improve curb appeal. However, a few common missteps can detract from its potential charm.
In this video I’ll share these mistakes so you can transform your foundation planting into a stunning feature that welcomes everyone to your home.
Mistake 7: Not Using Evergreens & Structural Plants
Mistake 6: Incorrect Plant Spacing
Mistake 5: Having the Wrong Scale
Mistake 4: Lack of Balance
Mistake 3: Garden Beds Are Not Deep Enough
Mistake 2: Not Keeping it Simple
Mistake 1: Not Addressing Draining Issues
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33 Comments
Drainage No. 1. Definitely.
I had low expectations first this video that pop up in my algorithm. However, this video is REALLY good. The first reason is the immediate delivery of the information – no time is wasted. GREAT information is given. Of course, I’m going to subscribe. THANKS!
Hey Amy! Thanks for the videos. I always learn something about garden design when I watch you ❤
Some constructive feedback here! I work at a big nursery and I also go to college for horticulture. In my experience, there are 2 big mistakes that my costumers make. One is not choosing their trees and shrubs based on the light conditions of their site – junipers, cedars, spruce are usually sun loving plants. People wanna put them in the shade. As a result, the plants look like crap in a few seasons. Light is SUPER important. Second, they don’t know how to plant a tree properly. They plant it sooooo deep in the soil the plant dies. Since you have a growing audience, it would be nice to talk about this in your videos. Your garden centre friends will thank you! ❤
For the homes that is wrap for the winter, leave plenty of space or plant what you can cut back in the fall before wrapping
Thank you for this fantastic advice!
Thank you for the straightforward explanations. Do you ever recommend taking out the lawn, or not putting one in for new construction, or new homeowners? Using native plants?
Even if the house foundation is lower than the yard, what we can do is to regrade two to four feet of the space around the foundation and make a good slope leading water away from the foundation.
Will have to just read the transcript. Seems nice and knowledgeable, but I can't take the up-lilt at the end of every thought so that everything sounds like a bloody question. Nothing wrong with sounding authoritative and self assured. The unrelenting tone of doubt ruins the advice.
What a great find this video is? I’ve literally made every single mistake 😂, BTW do you consult ?
#6 – I would rather size control than wait 15 years for my plantings to reach their full mature size.
Hi, new here and loving your content! I’ve needed this. One thing: my contractor husband advises leaving a ‘ladder’ space between shrubs & house. As the gardener, I can second the wisdom of this idea; it saves many an innocent plant! 😂🌿💕
What do you think about forgoing foundation plantings altogether? It seems to me you could get an attractive landscape by planting in the middle of yard rather than next to the house.
Wow I so needed to find your channel! Subscribed and now will be bing watching😉. Thank you for all the tips.
Ex designer here…. These things are so blatantly obvious to anyone with any amount of training and noticeable by most people even if they don’t quite understand what’s wrong. We used to call it a “homeowner special.” I think number 7 should be number 1 on this list. It’s a tragedy and it’s everywhere. One of my neighbors has freakin daylilies planted as if they’re foundation shrubs…. Daylilies!! Another thing I never knew before working in the industry is that elderly people have a tendency to overuse evergreens. God forbid any of their plants lose their leaves in the winter…
First time watcher here. I live in California where wild fire is a major issue. We need to keep all shrubs and plants at least 5 feet away from the house. Do you have ideas for landscaping where wildfire (plus deer foraging) is an issue? Thank you for the video. Really enjoyed it.
Walking or driving thru neighbors seeing all the mistakes infuriates me in a deep level -_-
I can just about date a subdivision by the type and size of the foundation plants. Then, to my horror, the place we bought had Burford Holly planted 1 foot apart and 1 foot from the foundation 😕
At least they took the radical pruning well. I might replace them all but they're huge, root wise. Good advice here!
I don't understand why you always label these videos as "mistakes", cuz gardening is all about successes and failures. I never view any of my failures as mistakes because I learn something from it and apply that knowledge to future garden plans. I never give up on a plant if it doesn't survive the first year. I plant it somewhere else and try again. For me, that's also a part of the beauty of gardening. Great tips though!
i just bought 4 spiral junipers. Now I am perplexed where to put them. I think I will put them in big pots and place them where I think I want them and see if I can live with it. Or if they can live with it. Then I can fill around them with spillers. I think 4 in my small front yard is too much. Maybe 2 in the front and 2 in the back yard. Somewhere.
I first clicked on the video thinking it was discussing plants that are bad for your foundation (as in houses foundation). Even though i got the syntax wrong, i really enjoyed the video! I have not come across videos about avoiding foundation damage yet, though, and i would really love to see some coverage on that topic. Just bought a house, and had to immediately spend 8k removing old cast iron and tree roots before even moving in. All the trees on my lot are dead, and as much as i love trees, the thought of them tearing into plumbing and branches falling on the roof or the car is enough to steer clear. We also have honey suckle on a trellis next to the exterior, and my realtor advised we chop it down. But i would love to see a video on preventing structural damage.
I was expecting to hear advice not to plant strong root plants near the house since they could create damage to the foundation of the house! Such as moisture issues?! Trees could cause this issue.
We live in an area where insurance wants fire safety and making owners cut down trees etc that’s close to the house. Any ideas for doing “foundation planting “ to frame your house but keep it away from the house.
What is foundation planting?
Sadly my entire garden runs like a corridor and is only 12ft in its entirety…
Thanks for mentioning drainage, it is really important.
Thanks for the video. Can you plant monstera deliciousa next to your home. I'm looking for some plants that won't damage my foundation 😅
Do designers consider root damage to drains around the foundations? seems like any type of tree type plant would be an issue. same with shrubs with deep roots. Can you do a video on shallow -not spreading root plants, flowers, shrubs, trees. etc?
Thank you for the advice. I've been gardening for years and still ever-learning. It's good to be teachable in all aspects. By the way, that green chest, in your background, I love it. Very nice. Gives me ideas for mine in my den come autumn. (New subscriber) 😊
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Also… a lot of the time, plants right by the foundation is a bad idea. A flower bed beside my foundation destroyed the foundation wall after years of watering. Had to have a structural engineer come. Big trees are also a huge mistake as tree roots can crack cement. Aesthetics are really the least of it.
Thanks for the video just wondering can I not have my perennial flowers planted a foot away from my house is foundation
This is the first home I’ve owned and it’s a new build. So there is no landscaping whatsoever and barely any grass. I’m finding the idea of having to plan out the landscape design, taking in to consideration the soil, the amount of sun, etc., blooming, size, color etc – basically all of the numerous variables completely overwhelming. This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched and you explained things so clearly it gives me some hope that I might be able to figure this thing out in a few years lol.
Thank you!