Front garden plans & small plants

[Collinsc]

Hi

I am seeking some advice on a simple front garden redesign.

Key reason for change is easy maintenance. The garden looks nice in spring/summer and awful outside of that.



Option 1: Take out ALL greenery apart from the tall tree and replace with slate. Maybe add a small tree in a planter.


Option 2: Take out ALL greenery apart from the tall tree and replace with slate and have a low maintenance small hedge all the way round the boundary. Maybe add a small tree in a planter.

The idea is to also try and keep *cats out and from people letting their dogs in our garden to do their business (unbelievable!). *Yes I know cats can easily avoid the hedge, but maybe it will help! However, I appreciate even WITH a hedge people will still let their dogs pee up against it!

So, maybe I’ll drop this idea. Plus, there is a level of maintenance of the hedge.


I would appreciate any comments!

But my main ask here is; we would like to add a few simple (small or medium) low maintenance plants dotted around (maybe half a dozen, maybe some with colour) and I have no idea what would be suitable, or would look good - so really looking for guidance on this… maybe some name, or some links to images!


I can't seem to embed images, so i've uploaded a document with images.

Thanks!

 

[Meadowlark]

Howdy.

One thought I had while reading your post was good luck stopping or even discouraging cats. They pretty much can go wherever they want and do so unfortunately.

Some azaleas would look very nice in the spaces shown. Low maintenance, several different colors to choose from, and different sizes.

The ones shown below are about 40 years old and are a dwarf variety growing to less than three feet. They get almost zero maintenance.