Gardening Tips for Curb Appeal

Today we continue our series of posts on adding curb appeal to your home with a look at simple solutions for making your yard look as good as your house.

Last time, we talked about using flowering shrubs to add some effortless appeal to your home. Now, we’ll talk about some techniques for giving your Denver lawn looking great—no AstroTurf necessary! Whether you’ve never planted a flower in your life or you’re an old hand looking for efficient and low-maintenance methods of getting the job done, read on.

Natural Weed Removal

Chemicals are expensive and dangerous and pulling up roots by hand is no fun at all. If you’ve got a little lead time on your gardening project, try this instead: Pull up the top layer of sod and put a layer of black plastic over the fresh topsoil. Leave it alone for a couple of months and come back when you’re ready to start planting. The weeds will be dead from lack of light and you’ll have a clean slate to work from.

Choose Hardy Flowers

Orchids are beautiful and roses smell lovely, but they require a lot of attention to thrive. There are plenty of beautiful options that will flourish without additional watering and fertilizing. For example, local wildflowers grow just fine without human intervention, so transplanting a few is an inexpensive option.

We mentioned flowering shrubs last week. Common choices are azaleas, hydrangeas, and fluffy viburnum (pictured). They may require just a little effort in the form of regular watering, but the beauty and color they lend to a property is well worth it.

True perennial flowers don’t have to be as maintenance-intensive as roses—in fact, hardier varieties will naturally expand over the years and may even require some attention just to prevent them from overwhelming your plot. Lavender, coneflowers, and black-eyed susans all fit the bill, and you can keep your garden soil safe from invading weeds with clump-forming geraniums that will crowd out  unwanted plants.

Container Gardening

You can get maximum variety and versatility from planting in containers like hanging baskets, clay pots, and window boxes. Using containers makes it easy to control weeds and pests and makes trimming unnecessary. A wooden trough or similar long container is an attractive way to conceal the area where the home’s foundation meets the ground.

The best part about container gardening? When the new buyer moves in, they can easily rearrange or remove any unwanted plantings.

Of course, a new coat of paint is the bedrock of curb appeal. We’re old hands at getting your home looking like new, so give Zenith Home Painting a call at 800-381-4601 for a free quote.

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