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Selecting, Final Planning, and Purchasing
Landscape professionals can help you choose and locate new
trees,
shrubs, or ground cover. Share your drawings and tentative
ideas with
your local nursery or landscape contractor. As long as you
have
defined intended uses and spaces in which planting is
actually possible,
a competent nursery or landscape specialist will be able to
help you
make decisions.
When planting trees, shrubs, hedges, or
bushes, find out how large the
mature specimen will grow. In all cases, determine spacing
by the
mature sizes. For those plants close to your house, plan for
at least 1
foot (30 centimeters) of extra clearance between the
full-grown shrub
and the wall of the home. This will prevent heavy pruning or
damage
to home siding in the future.
After considering the placement of your
trees and consulting
landscaping and nursery professionals, go back to your
drawings or
plans and add the new information on species, shape, and
mature-size
spacing. This provides a final, pre-purchase review to make
sure that
all elements will work well together—in the short and long
term.
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