How do add curb appeal to my mobile home?
My new mobile home is a slate color with white trim and black shutters. I would like to know what to plant as far as low growing bushes; i.e., name of bush, color and type of bloom, to plant around it that would complement the slate color of the home.
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Some low lying , or can be trimmed shrubs are Boxwood, gardenias, I don’t know the name, but those reddish burgundy shrubs. You can do an all white theme of flowers, with the gardenias.
Yellow, bright green flowers and plants would be striking against the dark colors.
I agree about the boxwoods, but would recommend maybe getting some that are pretty mature because they are a slow growing plant. You could even do some raised beds and add colorful flowers behind the boxwoods.
Peggi, how fun to begin planting for your enjoyment of bushes and flowers as well as curb appeal! On the sunny side (usually the South or West sides) you could plant any number of mini rose bushes. Also, lilac bushes do well, and hollyhocks, and holly bushes as well as variegated bushes. On the shady side think more of the hosta families and even some species of wild roses. Here is one mobile home that put in above round planters and worked on curb appeal: https://www.hometalk.com/diy/grow/flowers/mini-garden-of-flowers-or-how-to-make-a-mini-garden-36566911
Mini Garden of Flowers or How to Make a Mini-garden
Congratulations! What zone are you in? My in laws used to have a protea and rosebushes out front and in back they had a small veggie / herb garden.