Depending on your individual style, the size and shape of your yard, and your walkway, there are many different possibilities for our Peer Landscaping of Cape Coral designer to create a visually striking garden border that’s functional and easy to maintain. Here are some style ideas for your consideration. A Mediterranean Herb Border In the gardens of Southern European Countries such as Italy, Greece and Spain, the sandy soil and year round sun (much like Southwest Florida) is the perfect growing environment for fragrant herbs. Homeowners in these countries often use parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, tarragon, lemon grass, and lavender as borders to their garden paths as they are not only pretty, they are useful for those who love the culinary arts! Many of these plants are also mosquito inhibitors due to their fragrance. Blocks of Color Design If you love lots of different kinds of flowers, the color block design may be just what you want. There are two main ways to design this way. We can group several different kinds of plants in the same color or shade along the walkway, or perhaps in specific spots along the path. Or we can plant a flower variety that comes in many different shades and group the specific shades together. For example Lantana grows well in Southwest Florida and comes in shades of red, orange, pink and yellow. By creating blocks of the individual colors it creates a pretty patchwork quilt look that goes well with a cottage style house. A Foliage Only Border We have plenty of tropical plants that provide color without flowers. Bromeliads come in a variety of colors and sizes that work well. Coleus comes in many variegated varieties of red and green and even purple. Caladium comes in pink, white, purple, red and green. Mixing and matching these types of colorful foliage gives the border a beautiful look without having to worry about constantly deadheading flowers. A Low Hedge Border Hedges like Calusa or Cocoa Plum can be clipped into a neat square or rounded off hedge to border each side or just one side of your walkway. This type of design goes well with more formal looking homes and gardens. Flowering Shrubbery Smaller bushes like Almond Verbena, Popcorn Cassia, and Plumbago are the types of flowering shrubs that look great planted at intervals along with low lying ground hugging flowers or flowering ground cover. About Us Born and raised in Southwest Florida, Peer Landscaping owners Bailey and Katie Peer bring a passion for beauty, as well as Christian values to their love of landscaping. Based in Fort Myers, FL, the Peer Landscaping team uses innovative 3-D design techniques that allow you to see how a new landscape design will truly look on your property, before any work is done. Check out our portfolio of the beautiful tropical landscapes we’ve completed at https://peerlandscaping.com/ and then give us a call to start designing your gorgeous new landscape! 239-645-6455