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Best Container Garden Plants for Sun and Shade

by Kevin Manning

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Containers are a great addition to any Greater Chicago landscape.

They can add unique shape, color, texture, and interest to your space. They can also be switched up by season or for variety, based on your needs.

You can also move containers to suit your purpose or refocus decorative elements in outdoor entertainment areas.

5 Tips to Maintaining Your Container Gardens in Illinois

by Kevin Manning

Looking for a way to spruce up your patio or front entryway in your Greater Chicago area home landscape?

Container gardens could be just the right additions to bring some pops of color and pizazz to your residence, bumping up your curb appeal and creating great texture and intrigue in your otherwise boring space. You can envision two urns overflowing with contrasting shades, adding depth to your front door, or an array of pots giving your patio a warm, welcoming feeling.

But you can’t have beautiful pots full of blooms without proper container garden maintenance.

5 Best Evergreen Trees and Shrubs for Your Illinois Landscape

by Kevin Manning

Everyone loves trees and shrubs. They add a lot of variety, height, texture, and color to your landscape.

But when it’s time to plant a tree or shrub, there are so many options out there that it can be tough to choose one. What if you make the wrong decision? What if you don’t like the tree or shrub you choose?

Tips to Choosing Trees to Plant Near Your Patio

by Kevin Manning

A patio is a great place for enjoying the outdoors in your Chicagoland backyard.

Whether you want a place to enjoy summer dinners al fresco, a regular relaxation nook, an outdoor office, or maybe a spot for your family to play games, patios can give you what you need … and then some.

But a patio without plants might be a bit bland. This is your landscape after all. You want to get outside to enjoy nature and find peace, privacy, and tranquility.

6 Reasons To Use Container Plants in Your Landscape Design

by Kevin Manning

If you really want to enjoy nonstop creativity, color, and interest throughout the seasons, container gardens can help.

Think about it. They can be changed up regularly, are easy enough to move around for a fresh look, and add instant height, elegance, and intrigue to any spot.

6 Great Tips to Arranging Container Plants Around Your Patio

by Kevin Manning

Container planting is meant to be fun, adding color and focal points to your patio or outdoor kitchen in Greater Chicago.

Container Gardening Service vs. DIY Container Planting: 4 Facts to Consider

by Kevin Manning

Container gardening tops the list of ideas for sprucing up Greater Chicago home landscapes.

They make an immediate impact no matter where you place them. You can flank your front door with two elegant urns popping with color and boosting with elegance or you can add fun and style to your back patio, deck, near your pool area, under your pergola or anywhere else you’d like a little pizzazz and punch in your landscape.

Container gardening may look easy since the results are neat, portable gardens. You might think it’s a service you can do throughout the year. However, proper plant selection, placement, and arrangement are essential in creating significant, eye-catching container plantings. And this can certainly be tricky to master.

How to Keep a Colorful Landscape Year-Round in Illinois

by Kevin Manning

Everyone loves color. There’s something about bright blooms that bring a smile to your face and make your landscape that much more enjoyable.

That vibrant visual appeal you see in landscapes you admire at vacation resorts or botanical gardens gives you a warm, welcoming feeling. They create different levels of interest, texture, and vivid hues that you can’t resist.

Best Illinois Native Plants for Your Suburban Chicago Landscape

by Kevin Manning

There is a growing interest in native plants within the Suburban Chicago landscape.

And for good reason. Native plants can be more drought—and stress-tolerant and require less water. Since they are well-adapted to a local region, they usually thrive better during climate shifts.

Since there are so many great varieties out there, landscaping with native plants in Illinois is becoming easier. There are so many great tree, shrub, grass, flower, and groundcover options available.

Shorewood, IL Landscape Design Case Study: Creating Two Spaces in One

by Kevin Manning

When you’re looking to entertain in your backyard, what kind of space are you looking for?

Maybe you’re seeking an intimate space for a quiet dinner for two with ambient light from a nearby fire feature and great trees and plants that provide privacy, as well as great texture and floral scent.

Ready to get started?