Plant your shrubs, hedges and tall bloomers against your house, a fence or other walls to create a visual transition from the structure into the garden.
Rose grow free and fancy up an underused wall or plain archway by planting some climbing roses. These showy plants are easy to grow, don’t need to be pruned for the first few years and produce tons of blooms.
Use pathways and pavers to help guide your eye to a focal point or tidy up a multi-use area. The idea is not to add more visual clutter but to underscore or punctuate an area in your garden and make it feel more developed.
Ivy can be destructive, so stick to garden sheds and out buildings unless you have a strong wall to plant on.
Another great gardening idea is to forgo the neatly separated blooms and cluster your flowers to create a lush cottage garden look.