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- So it greens and flowers in the front garden on the south side
- Sun-loving Leitpflanzen - eye-catcher for the south side
- Spring messengers for the sunny front yard
- Summery flowers without ifs and buts
- Tips
A front garden can bloom in every season
So it greens and flowers in the front garden on the south side
On the south side of the house, sun worshipers from the plant kingdom come into the limelight. Survival artists are in demand here, who do not just hang their heads in summer heat and drought. Find out which plants represent your front garden throughout the year in a representative way here.
Sun-loving Leitpflanzen - eye-catcher for the south side
Where there is no shortage of sunshine, the hour of magnificent flowering shrubs will strike you as a solitary Leitpflanze. The Japanese Clove Cherry (Prunus serrulata) shows off its most beautiful side in the front garden on the south side. As an eye-catcher in the romantic country house garden, butterfly lilac (Buddleja davidii) is the best choice.
Spring messengers for the sunny front yard
When the first warm sunbeams of the approaching spring announce, the front garden on the south side may not stand without blossoms. For this reason, think of colorful eye-catchers already in autumn and put the bulbs of the following flowers in the ground:
Classic spring messengers, such as snowdrops and anemones, do not feel comfortable on the south side of the house.
Summery flowers without ifs and buts
For summery conditions mainly shrubs from the Mediterranean area are suitable. Therefore, homeowners like to opt for a Mediterranean design, when the front garden is located on the south side. The following plants will not let you down even in blazing sunshine:
The magic of the Mediterranean emits the glossy medlar, Red Robin '(Photinia fraseri). The evergreen, winter-hardy shrub is recommended as a magnificent enclosure for the sunny front garden and inspires with bright red leaves and white spring flowers.
Tips
So that your front garden presents itself on the south side also in the winter in cultivated gloss, Blattschmuckstauden with colored foliage into the focus. The wonderful purple bell (Heuchera) shines with chocolate-brown, silvery-green or orange-caramel-colored leaves, even in the blazing winter sun. Among the shrubs, the winter snowball (Viburnum x bodnantense) with pink-white flowers from November to April causes a sensation.