West facing landscaping front yards

Best Plants for West Facing Gardens via @plantophiles

Learn all you need to know about creating the perfect west facing garden with our comprehensive guide, including the best plants for a west facing garden.

We have lived in our home for exactly four summers. When we moved in the back yard needed a lot of love. Over the past few years we have put in a fence and a shed and added a lot of beds around the peripheral of the lot, (see a sneak peek pic at the end of this post). There is still much to do but I love to garden so its less of a chore for me than my husband....he hates it. There is this one spot that I have wrestled with every spring, hence the title of this post. West facing flower bed…

I am by no means a green thumb. However, when we moved into this house almost 2 years ago, we had 2 problems taken care of at once… overgrown shrubs and a foundation in need of repair. Shortl…

The west side of a house is exposed to four to six hours of direct sunlight during the hottest time of day. Shrubs planted there are more likely to thrive if they prefer full-sun to partial-shade exposure.

As we all know, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Consequently, if you have a west-facing garden your plants will receive very little sunlight in the mornings. Like an east-facing garden, they’re shady, but with the difference being that they receive hot sunlight in

Take a look at some of our favourite plants to grow in a west-facing bed or border.

The west side of a house presents challenges for homeowners and landscaping plants. Subjected to sun for the hottest afternoon hours, this area is harder to cool in summer. Shrubs that shade the...

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