Eric G from Around the House Northwest teams up with Craig from the Lake Oswego Wilco Farm Store to tackle a curb appeal makeover—Pacific Northwest style! Whether you’re sprucing up your front yard or starting fresh, this video is packed with planting tips and expert advice on selecting the right plants for your regional climate.
Watch as Eric plants a Japanese Maple, Rhododendrons, and a Lilac, while Craig shares Wilco’s insider knowledge on soil prep, spacing, and care. If you’re in the PNW and want to boost your home’s first impression with beautiful, low-maintenance plants, this is your go-to guide.
🌿 Featured plants for the PNW climate
🌸 Curb appeal strategies that add real value
🪴 Tips for long-term plant health and growth
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[Music] Whether you’re buying or selling a house, first impressions matter. And the very first thing that people notice about your home is your front yard. Making your home stand out in your neighborhood can make all your neighbors green with envy. All right, guys. We had a great viewer question come in. Eric, I want to upgrade the curb appeal to make my house look a little bit better. What can I do? You know something? I got a great project I’m getting ready to tackle. Let’s go do it. When it comes to outdoor beauty, I know I can always turn to my trusted plant expert at Wilco Farm Stores. Craig, great to see you, brother. Fantastic. See, Eric, I’m working on a curb appeal project. I got to kick this up a notch. And of course, I had to ask the expert. Got a couple of choices for you. Japanese maple, got a beautiful lilac, we’ve got a beautiful pink and white roodendran, and a beautiful aelia. All these things are going to do really, really well. Once you pull them out of the pot, you just kind of massage the roots, put them down. You can use the soil you have because you already have really good soil. Probably add like some bone meal so that gives those roots so that they don’t go into shock. Nice. And these don’t take a ton of water either. These are pretty low maintenance. Exactly. At the end of the day, they all like pretty much just all the same soil. They were just perfect. All right, let’s load some up, [Music] brother. Great to see you in here. Every week I’m in here shopping and I appreciate the help. This is going to look awesome. Oh, it’s going to be breathtaking. Now, I got to get to work. All right, there we go. Now it’s time to get them in the ground. All right, guys. So, we are going to take this. I want to have full sun in here in the morning. This is going to go in just about like this. These lilacs get really big, so I want to make sure and leave plenty of space around it. Now, let’s walk down and I’ll show you the rest of the stuff I’m doing over here. Got a pretty solid plan right here. I’ve got a roadie, an aelia, and a roadie. And then a little later in the spring, I’m going to fill around these with annuals, and we’ll be good to go. And of course, the pink and the green with the black backdrop here. This is going to look like a million bucks. And the thing that I like about it is it’s going to give me the curb appeal I’m looking for. Next thing is I got some soil prep to do, some digging, and get these in the ground so I can get the bark and everything done around [Music] it. Craig taught me the best way to make sure these plants flourish is to dig a hole twice in width and twice in depth of the original pot. That way, the roots can spread out and establish themselves in their new home. [Music] All right, guys. It’s that simple. Whether it’s a big project out front or a small one, curb appeal is always king. [Applause]