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1 entry
2 living room
3 dining area
4 kitchen
5 pantry
6 laundry
7 master bath
8 outdoor shower
9 her office
10 deck
11 master bedroom
12 closet
13 screen porch
14 guest bedroom
15 powder room
16 guest bathroom
17 his office
18 patio
builder Homes by Sisson
Creating a landscape to complement both the architecture and the setting
was a welcome opportunity for Keith LeBlanc of Keith LeBlanc Landscape
Architecture of Boston. In front of the house, the design is defined but not
formal. Wooden decking turns to bluestone as it approaches the house,
and purple geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Hakone grass provide interest at the
entry door. Elsewhere, he replaced native plantings disturbed during
construction. “They may be native,” he says, “but that doesn’t mean they
don’t need care. And the larger the plant, the more care it takes to get
established.” Among his favorite native plants are winterberry (Ilex
verticillata), a deciduous shrub with small leaves and showy red berries in
fall; sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), a shrub that spreads underground
roots for complete coverage; oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), a
deciduous shrub with large oak-shaped leaves and a showy white flower;
sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana), a beautifully formed deciduous
tree with small, fragrant white blooms in June; and American witch hazel
(Hamamelis virginiana), a small tree for the understory with large, flat
leaves and persistent fall foliage color.
design decision Going Native
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