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Are you formal or informal, public or private?
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Proportion also applies to smaller plants.
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That 8-foot tall maple tree at the garden center may be 20 feet tall in a few short years, on its way to up to 100 feet. It is critical to keep the ultimate size of a tree or shrub in mind when selecting one for planting. Proportion addresses the need to keep the landscape features in scale with the house.
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An asymmetrical design would not be identical on each side, but would have equal points of interest. In a symmetrical design, the left side will be a mirror image of the right side. As tough as it sometimes is, try not to buy a plant, take it home, and only then decide where to put it.īalance can be formal (symmetrical) or informal (asymmetrical), but it should achieve exactly what the word means - even distribution or equality. Repeating the same plants in various parts of the landscape gives unity. To achieve unity, resist the urge to have one plant of each variety and in every color. Unity is the principle that ties the landscape together as a whole. A well-designed landscape will incorporate the following: