Backyard Garden Design

If you want to update backyard garden design, planting new borders or freshening up established beds gives you the chance to compose a beautiful work of living art - right in your own backyard. And it’s easier than you think. All you have to do to stage a striking backyard garden design is simply combine two or three complementary-hued plants with the same growing conditions and bloom times.

Planting Asiatic lily bulbs in the middle of Shasta daisies creates an attention-grabbing grouping. This pair of flowers enjoys the sun. This combination of flowers shows how bright-white blooms can be used to create a cheerful splash in any backyard garden design.


Layer waxy begonias and ferny leafed verbena with coreopsis for a well-rounded display of contrasting colors and textures. Use annual ground covers like moss verbena and low growing plants like begonias to prop up perennials with heavy blooms and lank stems that have a tendency to droop.


To create a dramatic statement in your backyard garden design, edge perennial borders with rosy pink garden verbena, purple petunias and lavender lobelia that will spill across pathways and bloom from late spring well into fall. Or, plant this combination of flowers in large containers or hanging baskets to bring color to a porch, patio or deck.

Remember, when pairing plants in your backyard garden design; consider staggering tall, medium and low growers for an interesting mix of heights.