Adding new plants to your landscape is a great way to create a lively display that will enhance the beauty of your property. Pansies, roses, hydrangeas, and boxwoods all add value in unique ways. Pansies add a variety of colors and a sweet scent. Roses come in vibrant tones of red, white, yellow, and more and give off an alluring fragrance. Hydrangeas give you a mix of attractive flowers and foliage. Boxwoods are versatile and provide shape, depth, and borders to your landscape! If you want to create lively landscape displays for your property in North Carolina, you can't go wrong with any of these plants!

1. To add a variety of colors and a sweet scent to your landscape, install pansies.

Pansies are a great way to liven up your landscape as they will add a variety of colors to it, and a sweet scent as well! Most pansies have flowers with a dark center called a face, with a lighter color surrounding it. They bring a variety of colors to your landscape because you can find them in shades of red, purple, pink, yellow, white, orange, and more! Pansies don't typically grow larger than 12 inches, so they're ideal for planting in the front row of your landscape beds to show off their beauty. Many pansies also have a sweet scent that can best be smelled during the early morning or dusk.

The peak bloom of pansies is in the spring, and they will thrive in a location that receives morning sun and cooler weather.

2. Roses are a great asset to any landscape as they boast a strong fragrance and vibrant color.

If you want to create a landscape that boasts not only vibrant colors but also a strong aroma, then adding roses is a must. Roses are commonly grown for their stunning blooms of red, white, yellow, and other colors and will quickly become an asset to your landscape. They range in size from around 8 inches to several feet and are a quick way to fill up your landscape with color and fragrance. To maintain their health and beauty, roses need a full day of sun and lots of water.

3. Hydrangeas display attractive foliage and tones of pink, blue, and sometimes white flowers.

A close-up of white hydrangea flowers in Matthews, NC.

When searching for a way to add both attractive foliage and flowers, hydrangeas are your answer. Their flowers mostly come in tones of pink, blue, and white. You can choose to plant one color or plant a mixture to really bring your landscape to life. They also provide attractive foliage, which can help fill up any empty space in your landscape beds if needed. They grow quite quickly and can range from 4 to 12 feet, depending on the type. To keep hydrangeas healthy, you'll want to water them thoroughly at least one time per week and provide them with afternoon shade.

4. The dense growth habit of boxwoods makes them versatile and ideal for shaping.

Boxwoods can provide landscapes with lots of character as they can be pruned into various shapes or used as borders, backgrounds, and more! This shrub grows full, dense foliage that makes it easy to shape them into rounded shrubs or hedges. They can also be shaped and used as a background for other plants, to create a framework in a garden, to edge a walkway, and more, making them very versatile! Their height and growth rate depend on the species.

Boxwoods will grow best in areas with partial shade and can tolerate the morning sun if given afternoon shade.

Bring your landscape to life by contacting us today to schedule our plantings and softscapes service.

If your landscape needs to be refreshed, we can help by installing new landscape beds or renovating existing ones. At Carolina Turf Lawn and Landscape, we offer a diverse selection of plants that can be installed in your landscape beds to help create lively displays. We've been in business for 13 years and are family-owned and operated, so quality and value mean a lot to us. When you sign up for our plantings and softscapes service, we will take the time to ensure the plants in your landscape create the aesthetic you want to achieve. We offer this service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Matthews, NC, and other surrounding areas, such as Weddington, Ballantyne, and Charlotte. Contact us today at (704) 649-0430 to sign up!