RE: Viburnum > foundation
I think some of it depends on personal taste and of course that will differ
extensively.
The one part of building a new home was the appealing idea of starting from
scratch and placing things just where I wanted them... HA! Found that is way
harder then I imagined and also the fact I was broke after buying the house
could not afford much at first. So I planted cheap common things just to
fill the space!
I also learned that as time went on.... I made some really bad choices and
had to move stuff.. of course, with some that was not possible. Part of this
is due to lifestyle changes...and a lot to do with not knowing what I was
doing! <lol>
Donna
>
> I don't know about today's new home landscaping, but sometimes, isn't it
> a scream what was chosen for the second-hand home you bought? My house
> had just one of those small preformed cement things for a porch with a
> wrought iron railing on it. They had placed a yew next to it, which over
> 20 years had gotten out of scale with the porch, maybe 6x6, and
> previously hacked at willy-nilly. We dug it out and hauled it back to a
> far corner of the yard and plunked it in. If it survived or not, fine.
> Well, today that yew is a good 15 feet tall. Why would they have planted
> a shrub that had that potential next to the front steps? I have since
> built an 8x15 ft porch and try to choose planting that match the scale.
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone5
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