When we find it necessary to stay and vacation at home, we can also create landscape features which make our home a place to enjoy in new ways, more than just landscape planting. Adding walks, benches, and patios can provide a beautiful, peaceful retreat, a reading area, or just an area to experience the solitude of nature. Properly landscaped areas can not only function as living space but also can provide added solitude and enjoyment. Choosing the right combination of plants – considering types of flowers, color, time of flowering, texture of leaves, and the use of companion plants -is an important part of your décor. Plants continue to appeal to the eye throughout the year and not just vacation time. A proper mixture of plants can accent your total landscaping through each season. Some plants can bring nature to you, worth fruits, flowers, stems, and roots that help draw wild birds and animals. Trees can provide shade to cool your home; windbreaks with evergreens can protect the intrusion of wind and create a courtyard to keep your area secluded. They also serve to insulate your house from the winter cold and bring down the cost of heating.
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