Nice area doesn't need much. I would clean the logs and stain them and the back trellis with oil based stain, as it will soak into the wood. ( I advertized on local buy and sell for oil based stain in browns and reds and mixed them together as we cannot buy the real oil based stain anymore, it has lasted 5 years so far). For the beds I would section off into a pattern you like keeping some sections small for the best shrubs add more mulch. In other sections I would either add more mulch or stones for visual interest and add yard art, this can be anything you like, colourful ornaments, old garden tools, solar lights anything that will make you smile when you look at it. The piece I get the best comments on was made from stuff out of the junk pile. Sorry I can't find a picture of what I did. You can search pinterest for yard art ideas and lots will come up. Good Luck.
What zone are you in? I think it's a great area! Maybe you could add some day lilies across the top section to grow against the lattice work. Then I would look for some plants or shrubs for the rest of it. Hostas and some sedums would look great and are easy to maintain.
I would plant some Angelica sedums as a ground cover, stain and seal the wood around it. They angelica sedums will spread and cover the ground meaning no weeding and they are drought tolerant with the wood stained and sealed it would keep it looking good. Now maintraining it is as simple as remembering to water when it gets dry and you get to enjoy the benefits of seeing it everyday without having a lot of work. Another suggestion is walk through your garden everyday and you catch the weeds before they grow in, bad news not much to do to it anymore.
I would plant hosta, maybe a few impatience for color. Avoid any plant that you have to pick leaves out of such as strawberries, very time consuming and just a few leaves make a space look messy. I don't think staining wood will add anything. Your wood will look pretty with green plants, apply Preen to your soil once you have removed all the weeds to keep them from growing back. Avoid wood chips, mulch, and white stone, again looks messy if leaves aren't picked out.
Why do you have 2? Eliminate the lower one and work on the upper one with plants that come back every year. I had POTINTELLAS, which is a bush that has yellow flowers all summer long into the fall. It does like watering but that's a small price to pay for the beauty of the yellow flowers. I like beauty but don't want a lot of work keeping it. This is your answer. Eliminate the lower one.
Creeping phlox, or ground cover sedum or some annuals such as tiger lilies, iris' which come in so many colors and even some hens and chickens would work. Add some large rocks and build up the soil and plant amongst the rocks. If you have an outside outlet near your garden area, add a water feature. Good luck and have a blast.
I like the double garden! I plant perenials because its easier, have creeping flox look like it's spilling down into the lower level. I heard about one called snow because it looks like snow, but as I was told for my garden, you need to know your zone. I found out my zone and went to the nursery and got perenials in complementomg colors. Also hosta's are perenial and easy to care for. Bigger flowering bushes on ends. Bigger flowers in back, smaller going down, and looking like it spilling down. Bet that would be awesome!
You have expensive Bamboo retaining walls. If you are into the quiet look I would do a little Japanese Garden with stones and sand. There's nothing to water and hardly any maintenance. The down spout from the house needs something to hide it.
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strawberries! You can keep them contained and that would be perfect!
Nice area doesn't need much. I would clean the logs and stain them and the back trellis with oil based stain, as it will soak into the wood. ( I advertized on local buy and sell for oil based stain in browns and reds and mixed them together as we cannot buy the real oil based stain anymore, it has lasted 5 years so far). For the beds I would section off into a pattern you like keeping some sections small for the best shrubs add more mulch. In other sections I would either add more mulch or stones for visual interest and add yard art, this can be anything you like, colourful ornaments, old garden tools, solar lights anything that will make you smile when you look at it. The piece I get the best comments on was made from stuff out of the junk pile. Sorry I can't find a picture of what I did. You can search pinterest for yard art ideas and lots will come up. Good Luck.
What zone are you in? I think it's a great area! Maybe you could add some day lilies across the top section to grow against the lattice work. Then I would look for some plants or shrubs for the rest of it. Hostas and some sedums would look great and are easy to maintain.
I would plant some Angelica sedums as a ground cover, stain and seal the wood around it. They angelica sedums will spread and cover the ground meaning no weeding and they are drought tolerant with the wood stained and sealed it would keep it looking good. Now maintraining it is as simple as remembering to water when it gets dry and you get to enjoy the benefits of seeing it everyday without having a lot of work. Another suggestion is walk through your garden everyday and you catch the weeds before they grow in, bad news not much to do to it anymore.
I would plant hosta, maybe a few impatience for color. Avoid any plant that you have to pick leaves out of such as strawberries, very time consuming and just a few leaves make a space look messy. I don't think staining wood will add anything. Your wood will look pretty with green plants, apply Preen to your soil once you have removed all the weeds to keep them from growing back. Avoid wood chips, mulch, and white stone, again looks messy if leaves aren't picked out.
Why do you have 2? Eliminate the lower one and work on the upper one with plants that come back every year. I had POTINTELLAS, which is a bush that has yellow flowers all summer long into the fall. It does like watering but that's a small price to pay for the beauty of the yellow flowers. I like beauty but don't want a lot of work keeping it. This is your answer. Eliminate the lower one.
Creeping phlox, or ground cover sedum or some annuals such as tiger lilies, iris' which come in so many colors and even some hens and chickens would work. Add some large rocks and build up the soil and plant amongst the rocks. If you have an outside outlet near your garden area, add a water feature. Good luck and have a blast.
I like the double garden! I plant perenials because its easier, have creeping flox look like it's spilling down into the lower level. I heard about one called snow because it looks like snow, but as I was told for my garden, you need to know your zone. I found out my zone and went to the nursery and got perenials in complementomg colors. Also hosta's are perenial and easy to care for. Bigger flowering bushes on ends. Bigger flowers in back, smaller going down, and looking like it spilling down. Bet that would be awesome!
You have expensive Bamboo retaining walls. If you are into the quiet look I would do a little Japanese Garden with stones and sand. There's nothing to water and hardly any maintenance. The down spout from the house needs something to hide it.