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Curb Appeal: Tudor With Flowering Walkway

The approach to this Tudor home in Watertown, Mass., is lined with pretty perennials. These flowers and shrubs not only help soften the brick exterior, but also create a formal entrance for the owners. And when they want to enjoy the backyard? A stepping stone path wraps around the side of the house, giving them easy access.

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Photo: Rosemary Fletcher. From: Nilsen Landscape Design.

Front Yard and Stone Walkway

Well-planned garden beds make a graceful border for this Tudor home's front walkway. The plant palette is a mix of purple, yellow and white with ornamental grasses and evergreens providing year-round interest.

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Photo: Rosemary Fletcher. From: Nilsen Landscape Design.

Front Garden With Purple Flowers

Landscape designers gave this front garden a pretty palette of purple, yellow and white. For purple: Salvia, Allium and Geranium 'Rozanne.' White comes from: peonies, Viburnum, Azalea, Rhododendron 'multimaculatum' and Cornus Kousa. The yellow is: Chamaecyparis and Alchemilla.

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Photo: Rosemary Fletcher. From: Nilsen Landscape Design.

Brick Tudor Exterior and Front Garden

The landscape design for this Tudor home's front garden used a layered planting plan of evergreen and deciduous shrubs, perennials and bulbs. Plants include purple Salvia, Allium and Geranium 'Rozanne'; white peony, Viburnum, Azalea, Rhododendron 'multimaculatum' and Cornus Kousa; and yellow Chamaecyparis and Alchemilla. Evergreen Ilex glabra and ornamental grasses are attractive in multiple seasons.

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Photo: Rosemary Fletcher. From: Nilsen Landscape Design.

Stepping Stones and Side Yard

A charming stepping stone path leads from the front lawn around to the back of the house. The garden includes purple salvia, allium and geranium 'Rozanne'; white peony, viburnum, azalea, rhododendron 'multimaculatum' and Cornus Kousa; and yellow Chamaecyparis, and Alchemilla. For year-round interest, there are evergreen Ilex Glabra and ornamental grasses.

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