Above and below: this shady front entrance is enhanced with containers of green tropicals.


A modest home is given importance with wrought iron, red paving stones, plants and ornamental features.


Below: curved paving echoes the curved wall on the courtyard.


The shady traditional front entrance to this Tudor style home benefits from formal plantings.


and preferences within those or other parameters. Look for balance and scale. Balance generally means


echoing features in


twos, but it depends of the style of the entrance. A house with an L-shaped walkway may find asymmetry more appropriate with a flower bed on one side of the walkway or front steps and a


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single urn of plants instead of a pair, or three planters in a row or to one side of the entrance. Scale has to do with the proportions. Fifty-foot cedars may not be the best choice for the foundation planting of a one-storey bungalow, just as a three-foot standard looks silly in front of a two-storey giant. Front doors add to the overall


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