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St Paul / Minneapolis, MN, US 55109 · 82 photos

Windsor Companies

http://www.windsorcompanies.com

The entire grounds of this Lake Minnetonka home was renovated as part of a major home remodel.

The orientation of the entrance was improved to better align automobile traffic. The new permeable driveway is built of recycled clay bricks placed on gravel. The remainder of the front yard is organized by soft lawn spaces and large Birch trees. The entrance to the home is accentuated by masses of annual flowers that frame the bluestone steps.

On the lake side of the home a secluded, private patio offers refuge from the more publicly viewed backyard.

This project earned Windsor Companies a Grand Honor award and Judge's Choice by the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association.

Photos by Paul Crosby.

This photo has 6 questions

mariasangeria wrote:

Name of Trees - Planted along the edge? »

Like · Comment · 11 months ago

Windsor Companies The evergreens are Techny Arborvitae.

11 months ago · Like ·

Toni Spitler Arborvitae get the ones that have only a 5 foot spread, otherwise planted this close would choke each other to death and have less dense branching.

8 weeks ago · Like

donnaeb wrote:

what is the plant used as ground cover? I lost the answer and can't find it. Thanks »

Like · Comment · 12 months ago

eileenmarie3 Pachysandra

12 months ago · Like ·

donnaeb wrote:

please e-mail the name of the ground cover and white flowers. Love this look in a garden. »

Like · Comment · 13 months ago

motherbear Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet' & Annabelle hydrangea.

13 months ago · Like ·

donnaeb thanks so much

13 months ago · Like

kdangelo1 wrote:

what is the name of the ground cover? »

Like · Comment · 14 months ago

Windsor Companies It is Pachysandra and it loves to grow in the shade! (Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet')

14 months ago · Like ·

mdfinn4 wrote:

Name of plant - Beautiful job! What is the name of the evergreen type plant behind the white hydrangea that is creating the privacy screen? »

Like · Comment · 14 months ago

Windsor Companies Thank you! It's a hedge of Techny Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis 'Techny')

14 months ago · Like

hontoo what are the low growing green plants on the perimeter. thank you

10 months ago · Like

jobie1 wrote:

What are the large white flowers? »

Like · Comment · 15 months ago

barbaraj625 Looks like hydrangeas

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added by Debra Prinzing to Garden Design Essentials: Shape and Mass

While the ingredients are quite traditional — a lawn, ground cover, flowering shrubs and a specimen tree — this design utilizes shape quite well. The overall look is sophisticated, beginning with the strong, rounded lawn and continuing to the curved planting bands that emanate from it, all the way to the arborvitae hedge, which provides mass at the perimeter of this lovely, green garden.More:Garden Sculptures Shape the Landscape

added by Becky Harris to How to Use Pachysandra Responsibly in the Landscape

How to use it. Pachysandra is a great pick for a border garden. Its lighter green color also creates contrast next to hedges and evergreens.I spoke with landscape architect Meg Arnosti of Windsor Companies about using Pachysandra responsibly. "Pachysandra is not considered to be invasive in Minnesota," she says, "and on the list of invasive plants from the USDA it is in the final category, 'Local Concern and Monitoring.' When we use it, it is always bound by edging to keep it in place. It spreads very slowly, and I have never experienced it growing out of bounds, nor have I heard complaints from my many gardener friends."

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ground cover

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for my backyard

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Cedar hedge, shade,spurge

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Pachysandra

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Hydrangea

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Arborvitae and hydrangeous

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love the ground cover

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Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet' - a shade tolerant ground cover. Looks lovely in front of the arborvitae and hydrangeas.

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yard line

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Pachysandra

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Mix of low growing ground cover

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bedding plants adjacent to grass

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border

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Groundcover

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pachysandra as ground cover

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white hydrangeas next to arborvitaes

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Hydrangeas

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Ground cover

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Side house landscape

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I love the simplicity of two colors in this yard. Border

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Pachysandra

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Privacy

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terrific landscape back yard

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Ground cover + taller flowers

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Peony

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shade

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Conifer hedge

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shady hydrangea and trees

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hydrangea + pachysandra

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border

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English garden

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Ground cover and style of landscaping

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hydrangeas, lawn, ground cover

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Circle

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Pretty. Love the Ivey.

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I like for corner of the house

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Natural retaining area

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layered backdrop

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Hydrangea border

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layers. curves

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same plants, large sweeps of the same plants

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South garden

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Pachysandra

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trees

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Lawn and beds

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tree scape

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Annabella hydrangeas. And green carpet

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Idea for perimeter of backyard

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great landscape

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Hydrangeas

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Kingston shady side of path

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Hedge with hydrangea

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Ground Cover

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Garden

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perfect border

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Hydrangeas in front of evergreens

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hydrangias along the border.

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shade garden

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Ground cover

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Side by the river

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hydrangeas

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White hydrangeas with arborvitae

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property border

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Pachysandra ground cover

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Privacy hedge

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Love ivy near the woods

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we like the landscaping

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Perimeter. Yard in front if trees

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Three level border

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Landscaping - overall

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pachyasandra? in front

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Pachysandra ground cover

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Hydrangas with ivy ground cover

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backyard

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Hydrangea

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privacy

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Screen

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Ground ivy as a border

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Shade plants

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curve in front of tree line

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Natural order

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edging

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Layers

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Border

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Landscaping

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backyard border

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Ground cover

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Back yard

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Serene, calming

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privacy hedge

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Garden

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evergreens, hydrangea, pachysandra - beautiful backyard border

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flowers ground cover

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Roses and pachysandra!

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Wood edging plants

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Landscaping

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FORMALITY

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pachysandra

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love all the greens

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Driveway?

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love this

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plants

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hydrangeas under a tree

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Ground covering

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hydrangea and evergreen border

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Ground cover hedge

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Use of Annabelles

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A good plant for the front yard? Ask nursery

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Landscaping with multiple layers

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Shape and plantings

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I like the ground cover.

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back by large tree

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Keyhole

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shade

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Ivy

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i like this green low plant

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Simple

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Nice

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backyard

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Hydrangeas & yard border

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Techny Arborvitae and Hydrangeas

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Jardín de hortensias

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Tall shrub with short flowering shrub in front to hide fence

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Border edge of,woods

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Dressing trees

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Yard

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Peonies! They attract ants bad, though.

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Landscaping

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hydrangea in front of hedge

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Pachysandra plants - love shade

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Pachysandra

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Landscaping

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k: horizontal & vertical layering; idea if you don't want to use the front for seating or anything.. Use tall evergreens in back, with flowering shrub in front and even shorter grasses or groundcover in front.

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Pachysandra ground cover

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Hydrangea Line

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Outdoor

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To edge the woods

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hydro

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Border