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Native plant landscaping ideas

A native landscape uses the region's own shrubs and grasses, but held in crisp beds so it reads as deliberate rather than wild. Massed drifts of one species, a single native small tree for height, and a low matrix of sedge or little bluestem, all inside a mown grass border.

A native 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. 1Plant in single-species drifts of five or more. One of everything looks like a collection, not a landscape.
  2. 2Keep a clean mown edge and dark mulch so the wild plants look chosen.
  3. 3Add one native small tree, such as serviceberry or redbud, for the vertical accent.

Where it thrives

Every zone. The whole point is the species that already grow where you live.

Up close

Three details from the same render.

Native style, from the path
From the path
Native style, beside the steps
Beside the steps
Native 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.

Fragrant Sumac
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Mass plantingZone 3-9Full sunLow water
Care details
Inkberry Holly
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
HedgeZone 4-9Full sunHigh water
Care details
Ninebark
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
BarrierZone 2-8Full sunLow water
Care details
Southern Wax Myrtle
Southern Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
BarrierZone 7-10Full sunHigh water
Care details
Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
BorderZone 3-9Full sunLow water
Care details
Apple Serviceberry
Apple Serviceberry
Amelanchier x grandiflora
SpecimenZone 4-9Full sunMedium water
Care details
Arrowwood Viburnum
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
BorderZone 2-8Full sunMedium water
Care details
Black Chokeberry
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
BorderZone 3-8Full sunMedium water
Care details
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Real before and afters

From the gallery, made with the same engine.

Your yard, this style

See your own home in the Native style

One photo of your yard. The house stays, the yard is restyled, and every plant in the result is a real species checked against your zone.

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