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Choose carefully
Remember, planting around new construction is the chance to make the correct choices, appropriate selections and attractive combinations a preexisting home may not have. Some things to consider: • Think scale. A two-story house calls for taller trees, more midheight plantings at the ends of the home. Carefully check mature heights of trees and other plants. The fast-growing, flowering ornamental Bradford Pear is popular, though the river birch or beech can lend more class to a new house site. • Smaller trees that lend fourseason interest include varieties of the Japanese Maple. Leaves are purple, not green, and the tree’s low-growing habit (15-20 feet at maturity) makes this a good selection for an inset corner or one-story home. The weeping cherry, too, is a small tree with lovely spring, summer and fall color. • The mid-level of canopy should include a mixture of
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