Evergreen Bones: Before - After

Evergreen bones, below.  Not a first instinct.  No romance, flowers, wow factor.

Remember, evergreen bones will take you where you want to go.

Extreme gorgeous with low-maintenance, drought tolerance, no bugs is the destination.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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pics 2 years apart.  Here's your garden design: evergreen bones, evergreen flowering shrubs, evergreen flowering groundcover, flowering understory trees, flowering shrubs.  More?  Sure, if you want more maintenance.  Contrast foliage types/color, bloom seasons.
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Choose plants from Extension Service listings as best/toughest for your zone.  Who wants to worry about watering, bugs, disease?  Don't like the list?  Get over it.
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My favorite clients have already done their own garden design.  Producing, 'horrible'.  A humbling experience, I know, I did it too.  Exactly what got me into college for a 2nd degree, horticulture.