Create multi-season interest with this year-round excitement garden plan.

A few flowering plants add bonus splashes of color.

Plant this curving border garden inpart shade, where the yellow and variegated foliage plants will shine.

Year-round Excitement Garden Plan

Credit: Janet Loughrey

On gray days, the yellow-splashed leaves will look like little beams of sunlight.

Evergreen shrubs and trees provide year-round color and create a backdrop forplants with multi-hued foliage.

*Can be dug in fall and stored indoors in winter where they aren’t hardy.

Year-Round Excitement Garden Plan Illustration

Mixed borders are often situated along a fence, wall, driveway, garage, or walkway.

This garden design is typically longer than it is wide.

Plus, this garden pop in is typically low-maintenance, which is great for expertandbeginning gardeners.