This can be complicated because in the middle of winter many shrubs and foliage can look bare and unattractive. This is why it is so important to find the sort of plants as well as trees that will have an attractive look around your home in the depth or wintertime as well as in the summertime heat. This is why it is so important to discover the sort of plants as well as trees that will still get appeal to your home in the depth or wintertime as well as in the summertime heat.

To locate the plants that will bring your garden alive for all seasons will certainly require you or your designer to do some homework (of the enjoyable kind!). You will often find inspiration by looking at professional designs. And there is nowhere better to learn from than the Dallas Arboretum.
See this video walk through during Spring 2014

For some great examples see this photographic floral selection for fall at the Arboretum here
http://www.dallasarboretum.org/education/garden-help-resources/whats-in-bloom

What’s In Bloom This Autumn

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Bougainvillea

Bromeliad

Butterfly Ginger

Caesalpinia

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Canna Lily

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Cats Whiskers

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Crape Myrtle

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Crinum Lily

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Diamond Frost Euphorbia

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Dragonwing Begonia

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Echinacea

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Gerber Daisy

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Hamelia

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Japanese Maple

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Marigold

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Portulaca

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Rain Lily

Red Yucca

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Rose

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Strobilanthes

Summer Poinsettia

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Sweet Potato Vine

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Torenia

Tropical Hibiscus

Verbena Bonariensis

Water Lily

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Zinnia

Looking at the beauty of the Autumn selection above will surely give you some food for thought. While there are almost endless designs and permutations, there are a few general principles and guidelines that are true the world over. The landscaping advice that every person could benefit from is to take advantage of inspiration on your doorstep the time to plan how your backyard will look any time of the year.