Planting Bed Against Siding

This allows you to move plants around before planting them to achieve your desired look.

Planting bed against siding.

Boxwoods make great foundation plants and come in many sizes so you can also add them to beds and borders. When you re ramping up your curb appeal start with evergreens that give structure to your yard. For wood siding it was 6 inches. Set your plants in position while still in the pots before digging.

The house is stucco. Retaining wall stones brick or landscape timbers work well for this type of bed. My intuition tells me that filling 2 feet of dirt against the siding would probably not be ideal but would like professional advise. Foundation beds can be a great place for mixed gardens that include a wide variety of plants including spring flowers.

Or can i just fill the planter directly against the side of the house. Keep the soil a minimum of 12 inches away from siding. The traditional advice on layering a landscape is to have the smallest plants in the front and the tallest ones closest to the house so you can see the progression of plants but the taller the plant the further it needs to be positioned away from the house. Finish the bed with a nice border.

I wonder if it is necessary to build a barrier against the house using brick wood or simply plastic. It also helps to prevent rodents from damaging the home. Always follow the recommended planting space. Dig a trench 6 inches deep and fill it partially with gravel if you are building a raised planting bed so the bed.

Different cities towns and counties can modify the building code but i clearly remember when the minimum distance from the exterior grade to the bottom of the first row of brick was 4 inches. And you certainly can t plant shrubs too close to the structure not just because plants will come into contact with and damage the siding but because shrubs retain moisture. Homeowners savvy about gardening can use evergreen shrubs for the bones of the foundation planting beds then supplement with plants offering spring blooms summer flowers and or fall foliage. Water and soil against a foundation can damage siding causing mold mildew and rot.

A planting bed next to your house can sometimes lead to excess dirt on the brick or siding. And we don t. Your planting bed soil and mulch is considered the outdoor grade.