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USDA zones 4–9

Modern farmhouse landscaping ideas

Modern farmhouse planting is tidy and relaxed at once: mostly green with white blooms, hydrangeas and boxwood along the foundation, a few loose perennials, and clean gravel or lawn between. It pairs with white siding and black windows because it never competes with the house.

A modern farmhouse landscape rendered by YardRemake on a sample home
Rendered by our engine on a sample home, with the house kept and the yard restyled. Your photo gets the same treatment.
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How to get the look

  1. 1Hold the colour to white and green with one accent, so the house stays the point.
  2. 2Repeat boxwood or another clipped evergreen along the foundation, then soften it with hydrangea.
  3. 3Use galvanised or cedar planters by the door and keep the lawn edge straight.

Where it thrives

Zones 4 to 9. Boxwood and hydrangea fade out above 9 and aren’t hardy below 4; swap in a local white-flowering shrub where summers are hot and dry.

Up close

Three details from the same render.

Modern Farmhouse style, from the path
From the path
Modern Farmhouse style, beside the steps
Beside the steps
Modern Farmhouse style, across the beds
Across the beds

Plants that build the look

From our library of real plants, each rated for the zones this style suits. Every card opens the plant's page with its zones, sun, water and sources.

Common Boxwood
Common Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
AccentZone 5-8Full sunMedium water
Care details
Climbing Hydrangea
Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea anomala
BorderZone 5-8Part shadeMedium water
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French Lavender
French Lavender
Lavandula dentata
BorderZone 5-9Full sunLow water
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Gerbera Daisy
Gerbera Daisy
Gerbera jamesonii
BorderZone 8-10Full sunMedium water
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Walker's Low Catmint
Walker's Low Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii
BorderZone 5-9Full sunMedium water
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Chinese Snowball Viburnum
Chinese Snowball Viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum
BorderZone 6-9Full sunMedium water
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May Night Salvia
May Night Salvia
Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht'
AccentZone 4-8Full sunLow water
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Pink Peony
Pink Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Zone 3-8Full sunMedium water
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Real before and afters

From the gallery, made with the same engine.

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