Plant Spacing Secrets (& how to balance your landscape)

Learn how to space plants in front of your house with this optimal plant spacing guide for foundation plantings.
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About This Video:
Are you suffocating your plants? Figuring out the spacing of my plants was one of my biggest issues as a new gardener. It seemed impossible to me that a tiny little plant I purchased at the nursery could possibly grow to 8-12 feet high and wide.
What I see SO OFTEN is new gardeners planting monster shrubs like this about 1 foot from the foundation of their home and way too close together.
And I’m not trying to embarrass or discourage any new gardeners (quite the opposite, actually).
I made these same mistakes when I was a beginner and it cost me years and lots of money because I had to remove so many things when they outgrew the space.
So, here are my recommendations for minimal and optimal plant spacing in your garden.
Minimum Plant Spacing
As a minimum, you would want at least 1′ of open space between the full sized plant and the foundation. From shrub to shrub, you’d want a minimum of 5′ from trunk to trunk when planting. Here, the shrub foliage would touch the plant next to it, but would not become so overcrowded that the shrubs would suffer.​
Optimal Plant Spacing
In an ideal world, we would make our beds larger and plant even further from the foundation, leaving about 2′ of space between the full grown shrub and the foundation. This would mean planting the center of the shrub 4.5′ from the foundation. Spacing 5′ shrubs 6′ apart from trunk to trunk will allow them to grow to full size without touching one another.
How To Fix Plant Spacing Issues
If you’ve planted too close together or too close to your foundation, you can always move your shrubs and other plants. It’s much easier to do this while they are still young and the weather is cooler to reduce the risk of shock/losing your shrubs.
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