Jenn Nawada has worked with the Newburyport homeowners to redesign the landscaping of the entire modest-sized property. They tour the raised beds, which have been planted in the backyard, then they plant the front yard. Jenn offers the homeowner an alternative to a traditional lawn, micro clover.
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Planting for Curb Appeal | This Old House
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[Music] All right. So, I’m really looking forward to laying out the space. We’re going to get a lot of curb appeal up here. It’s completely different from before. Yeah. I mean, the stone wall brings a lot to the uh front entrance. Uh gives us defined space. So much more space. So, why don’t we get all the plants in place? We’ll lay them out, adjust them, and when we all agree, get them in the ground. Great. All right. So, let’s grab the little boxwoods. Those are going to go along the front. Let’s get the Japanese holl for the front door. There’s two of them. So, we’ll put one on either side. All right. Next, what do we want in the foundation? I think we talked hydrangeas. Yeah. Yes. All right. Let’s bring these to the foundation side. So, these are going to get big. So, we’ll space them at least 3 4 feet apart. Let’s do hostas next. All right. So, these are bear berry. They’re native ground cover. Only get to be about a foot tall. They’re awesome. But I like to place them near rocks. Look at that. I love that. I did bring you this cute little This is a dwarf mugo pine. It’s evergreen and it only grows 2 to 3 in a year. So, I thought it’d be great to anchor over here at the end of this area. Yeah, that looks good. These are dwarf fountain grasses and I think they should be laid out in this zigzag fashion only, well, for a couple reasons. They’re going to be about 2 feet tall. But by leaving these spaces in between, you’re going to be able to plant between. And it also in the zigzag fashion, it’s going to break up these two straight lines. Okay. So, let’s assess. It’s always good to look at it after you lay it out. I think it’s close. What do you think? Yeah, definitely. I love it. Yeah, it looks awesome. I think the boxwood should come forward like 6 in or so just because it’s going to give those grasses a little bit more area to grow in. That just opens it up much better. All right, shovel time. [Music] Right. So, we only have four hostas, right? Two on either side. But it would be nice if we had four on either side. So, what I’m going to do is take it and I’m going to cut it in half. You take that one. I’ll take this one. And now one turned into two. Jen, it looks great. I really like how it all turned out. I like the straight lines of the hydrangeas and boxwoods and then the flow of the zigzag of the dwarf fountain grass. So, just keep watering and raking. But first, I want to show you one more thing before I leave. Okay. All right, guys. This is what I wanted to show you. This is a different type of sod. It’s called micro clover. So, this is a combination of clover and black beauty grass. The clover is going to thrive more in the summer and the black beauty grass is going to thrive better in the colder weather. And you know once it gets started you have to water it in the beginning but eventually you’re not going to have to really water it and you just let nature take its course. So no fertilizer on this lawn? No. This is actually has the micro clover creates its own nitrogen. So it’s a nitrogen fixing sod. So it’s enough to be sustainable to make it keep it green without putting fertilizer on. Saves me a couple weekends of work. Absolutely. It’s better for the environment too. Great. Great. [Music] Thanks for watching. This old house has got a video for just about every home improvement project. So, be sure to check out the others. And if you like what you see, click on the subscribe button to make sure that you get our newest videos right in your feed.
14 Comments
Everyone agrees with everything
Yes I'll make my front yard look great while my neighbors have 15 non-operational vehicles on their property and on the public street. Why is it that only the renters have terrible looking properties while owners actually take care of their property?
And why does the city say you can only park for 72 hours but doesn't do anything for cars not moving for months at a time?
That's ok my property value will keep increasing and there's will keep decreasing, it's all public information.
Beautiful! Great ideas! And you've given me some😊👍 Great video. Thanks! ❤️😊👍
Won't the clover eventually spread and choke out the grass?
I just nuked the clover in my lawn. Yessssss! 👊🏽
Beautifying the home ground pays off in wellbeing instead of economics for sure, in other words it becomes a place one happily returns to!
Clover and grass look great together and no pesticides/herbicides
I struggled to understand the phrase: curb appeal until I realized that it is simply about making the job of real estate agents easier so that they can sell houses without having to get out of their cars, often without even having to slow down
I've never heard of buying soda that is infested with weeds. Interesting.
Next up, properly spreading mulch around small bushes, 😂
Why does This Old House insist on always using invasive plants for landscaping? Why is the show about modern practices for the building but outdated practices for the landscaping? Native plants can provide beautiful curb appeal AND provide essential habitat for pollinators!
Won't the hydrangeas block the windows in the future?
Microclover??? Interesting marketing technique. I’ve spent hours and hours trying to get rid of our clover and some people are buying sod with clover 🤔🤔🤔
stop the ridiculous war on lawns