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Front yards are very important because firstimpressions are formed by what people see, even when they are onlypassing by. Most front yard landscaping ideas are determined by theeffect one wishes to present to others. This is determined by thelocation, size, and other design aspects of the house and what theowner wishes to emphasize. There are many different things that areavailable to the designer, color, along with size and shape ofplants and trees, as well as texture of leaves. One can usecontrast or other effects that use several different plants andtrees.

This is usually created by color or plant size or both to bringthe eye to an entrance way or other area of a house or yard. It canbe beautifully created by two shrubs of one or different colors andthen in the center a shrub of a third possibly brighter color.

There are many things that you can do with front yards. They canbe as elaborate as one wishes them to be. Let's begin with a modestresidential neighborhood. There are many things that can make ahouse look much nicer. There are several different methods you canuse to manipulate the front yard. Through this Buzzle article, Iprovide you with some aesthetic considerations to create abeautiful yard.

The aspects of landscape design can be mixed and used togetherto create an impressive front yard. Large shrubs, all with the samecolor, size, and texture can be used as a backdrop for a smallcolorful garden, that is otherwise surrounded by colorful rocksthat have either a complementary or contrasting color scheme.

The main color differences are warm colors (red, orange, andyellow)-these colors are used to attract attention either tosomething, an address for example, or away from a plain coloredwall. There are also cool colors (blues, and purples). The coolcolors relax and are good for meditation gardens. In a front yardthese can be used along with "line" to draw attention to a pathleading up to the front door along a path or driveway. This colorrendering can be achieved by planting flowering plants with brighthues, along the path lining.

Straight or "hard" lines direct the eye along a path andemphasize length; this might be good for making a small house oryard look bigger. Curved lines, as in a round or semi-circulargarden soften long straight hard lines of buildings. This is oneway of creating a balanced landscape composition.

There are several plant forms or textures (of leaves andbranching trends). There is the columnar (an extreme would be theLombardy Poplar, with its branches pointing to the sky), weepingtrees (trees like the weeping willow, and Japanese Maple tree),that give a luxurious feel and can be very impressive in a yard orgarden, and spreading trees, shrubs. Relative size of plants andtrees should be kept gradual except in special cases, where specialeffects are desired. In this case, extremely tall trees or plants(like the elephant ear) would be placed close to ferns or otherplants with small leaves, thus producing a striking contrast.

Usually created by fences, walls or other borders such as with arock wall or border, border definition is necessary around gardenareas to give a finished look. In a front yard it is nice to have asmall garden next to the house, to bring color and contrast to abrick wall or to a color that is not so pleasing to the eye. Inthis case, using a border of small bricks or a small fence isnice.