Choosing Perennials for your Yard - Mickman Brothers Landscape Design

Perennials are herbaceous plants that tolerate the cold and will come back each spring.  Perennial plants can be used in a flower garden or they can be used to add seasonal interest to a shrub bed.

Planning out your bed before you purchase plants will help avoid a haphazard look and save you money in the long run.  Designing the bed on paper or consulting a designer will ensure that the bed will be successful.

Consider the characteristics of each plant and the site where the bed is located.  When selecting plants for your bed make a list of the following:

• When does it bloom and for how long?
• Mature height and width, (determines scale with other plants)
• Soil, moisture and light requirements

Group your plants with the same light and soil requirements together first. Then consider color combinations and blooming times. Doing this simple process will ensure the health of the plants, and a full season of blooms.

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Choosing Shrubs - Mickman Brothers Landscape Design

Shrubs can provide many years of color and seasonal interest in your yard, but a wrong choice can become a problem over time. Determining the characteristics of a plant first, will help you narrow down the choices and avoid mistakes that will haunt you.

Bella Anna Hydrangea

 It is important that you select the right plant for the space and effect that you want.

 These are primary elements for choosing plants.

1.  Mature height and width
2.  Texture and Color (all seasons)
3.  The plants shape or form (consider the other plants near it)

 Secondary elements

1.  Lighting- full sun or shade
2.  Moisture requirements (drought or moisture tolerance)
3.  Soil adaptability (drainage, ph levels)

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Mickman Brothers Landscape Designer wins HGTV Landscapers' Challenge!

Anne Marie Moseman

Anne Marie is featured on the 'Poster of Professionals' for Dakota County Technical Institute's Landscape Design Program from which she graduated in 1988. She has earned the respect and business from her many clients by listening to their ideas and guiding them through the landscape construction process.

Anne Marie has received accolades and recognition from numerous fronts, including earning an MNLA Merit Award, having one of her projects featured on 'Rebecca's Garden' as well as being selected for HGTV's Landscape Challenge show on the HGTV Network in 2006.

Pictures from the HGTV Landscaper's Challenge