Bright Ideas To Add a Little Color To Your Landscapes

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Bright Ideas To Add a Little Color To Your
Landscapes

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Turn a cookie-cutter landscape into a showplace.

• Maximize the impact of minimal yards by adding a
  color with these bright landscaping ideas.

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Add a quick color from plants that please for a
single season. 

• Speedy growers insert color into a yard, then
  fade with a frost.
• Fast growing, single-season color gives
  versatility and the option to change your scenery
  when you flip your calendar.

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The Color Plants that are worth to try

• Sweet Pea
• A sweetly fragrant when blooming in spring. Its
  also quite ornamental for its brightly hued
  pastel flowers of pink, purple and white. You can
  put it in a garden or doorway.

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• Viola
• Violas are frost-tolerant color player plant.
  Their compact size and free-flowering habit are a
  good fit for container gardening. There are a
  variety of bright, festive colors, such as white,
  lilac, purple, yellow and orange. This mix of
  lemon and peach colors is termed as the Sunset
  Boulevard. 

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• Lavender
• Lavender is one of the most colorful, and
  fragrant herbs. Its flowers dry nicely and are
  often place in potpourri or bundled in sachets
  and kept in a sock drawer. Lavender is easy to
  grow if the site is sunny and has well-drained,
  slightly alkaline soil. 

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• Jolt Pink Dianthus
• This plant features large, brightly colored
  fringed flower heads on strong stems. It is
  heat-tolerant so it should perform well all
  summer long.  It is an  easy-to-grow flower and
  perfect for neat and tidy gardening

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• Sunflower
• There are varieties of sunflowers. Some grow to
  up to 10 ft. tall! So select one that stays a
  reasonable height and youll enjoy showy flowers
  and tasty seeds.

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2. Add practical touches to your outdoor space
with these stone ideas for patios, paths and fire
pits.

• Designing a welcoming home landscape requires
  creativity and durable materials such as natural
  stones, gravel and granite tiles.
• A wide range of color and pattern selections are
  available in granite products, helping you create
  a beautiful and functional landscape that matches
  your home.

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• Striking steps
• Terraced stone steps in a mix-and-match pattern
  produces a solid focal point, while colorful"
  plants create visual interest on both sides of
  the path. 

Photo by Norm Plate
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• Gravel Entry
• The gravel entry is a clean casual foil for
  plant textures and colors.

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• Chic cut-stone walkway
• You can install large cut-stone squares create a
  smooth and polished look.

Photo by Rob D. Brodman
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• Lovely terraced staircase
• Hefty granite stones help anchor the hillside,
  and lined up along the terraced staircase, they
  form the perfect spot for displaying plants. The
  weeping orange sedge repeated on the right helps
  to soften the scene.

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• Savvy paving
• Both the multicolored flagstones set in sand and
  the ¾-inch granite gravel let rainfall to pass
  through to plant roots.

Photo by William Wright
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• Flagstone waterfall
• With two waterfallsone tumbling down a rocky
  bank and the other streaming from an urn. This
  pond fills the backyard with the sound of water.
  Broad flagstones near the waters edge invite
  closer inspection. If kids will be visiting your
  garden, be sure to restrict access to any pond or
  pool area with fencing and a locking gate.

Photo by Thomas J. Story
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• Boulders for accents
• A few small boulders placed next to a path can
  create a striking statement.

Photo by  Rob D. Brodman
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Why Granite is useful for patios, pavers and
landscapes

• Granite planters Stack granite slabs or boulders
  create an informal planter and then interplant
  with succulents.

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• Dry-stacked granite wall
• Granite blocks or slabs make a compact and
  striking wall. Without mortar or cement, the
  heavy weight of granite can be enough to
  stabilize low retaining walls.

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• Garden and driveway edging To achieve a crisp,
  durable edge and a more manicured look, consider
  cut granite or rustic cobblestones to edge
  planting beds or a driveway.

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Garden and Landscapes with Granite Tiles and
Natural Stone
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