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Michigan lake cottage, steps to the water

Timber steps from a shingled lake cottage down to the water in northern Michigan, through layered borders of apple serviceberry, panicle hydrangeas, Korean spice viburnum and ninebark over purple coneflowers, little bluestem, Autumn Joy sedum and May Night salvia.

YardRemake Studio

USDA Zone 5Starter set · Great Lakes Four-Season Border
Michigan lake cottage, steps to the water — the original photo
Michigan lake cottage, steps to the water — the finished design

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How this design was made

The before is an AI-generated stand-in, not a customer’s yard. The after is our engine’s unedited Native design for zone 5, locked to the plants of one starter set and laid out with the studio’s planting plan, and the planting list keeps only the set’s plants we confirmed in the picture. Every pin comes from our plant-identification pass, never placed by hand, and passes a second, independent check. The close-ups re-imagine what the main view doesn’t show, so a path, a step or a pot can differ. Planted from the “Great Lakes Four-Season Border” starter set — a researched assortment from our own plant library.

The planting list

Planted from the “Great Lakes Four-Season Border” starter set — layered canopy, mid-layer and groundcover.

Apple Serviceberry
Apple Serviceberry
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Zone 4-9
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Panicle Hydrangea
Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Zone 3-8
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Korean Spice Viburnum
Korean Spice Viburnum
Viburnum carlesii
Zone 4-7
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Ninebark
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Zone 2-8
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Purple Coneflower
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Zone 3-8
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Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Zone 3-9
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Autumn Joy Sedum
Autumn Joy Sedum
Sedum spectabile
Zone 3-9
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May Night Salvia
May Night Salvia
Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht'
Zone 4-8
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