The landscape of this Deerfield Beach home wasn't horrible, but it definitely suffered from a bad case of the "Blah's." The front yard had excessive amounts of lawn, shrubs pruned into geometries that did nothing to enhance the house, and very little color -- while the backyard was just an overgrown mess. Blahs, begone! We enlarged the existing planting beds and added new ones to create a softer, more lush appearance to the front. New plants included small thatch palms, various elephant-ears, and low-maintenance groundcovers. An informal grove of stemmadenia trees have horizontal branches that perfectly complement the horizontal lines of the house. Moving into the back, we cleared out all the overgrowth and filled in with more restrained tropical shrubs and perennials that soften the patio without overtaking it.