What is the best way to do flower beds with a clean simple look?

I live on a military post, the yard has to stay nice. Growing up my parents had landscapers, so I don't know what to do. I just know what outcome I want. There are three small new bushes freshly planted by housing, and grass has started growing in around it all.

What is the best way to do flower beds with a clean simple look?
Mulching is good, but I would buy some Roundup { BX may have it, or a place like Home Depot} and kill the grass before you mulch.Read and follow the directions and then mulch and plant what you like.
Reply:First lay heavy black plastic where you want your bed. Buy plants that don't grow too fast. Cut circles in the plastic where you want your plants and pop them in the ground. Edge the bed with bricks, river rock or whatever looks good to you and finish it off with a nice dark mulch or nugget bark. All you should have to do after that is water every few days and fertilize occasionally. The plastic will help hold in the water and keep down the grass and weeds.
Reply:Pull all the grass out. Place an outliner around the bed of bricks, plant flowers and mulch. Check with a local nursery about what plants to put into the bed. Have Fun!!
Reply:We use cedar mulch in our planter beds. Smells good and doesn't scatter easily. If there is a strong wind, you might have to clean it up a bit.





If you want to add more plants, use evergreens or perennials. Much less work and they look good most or all of the year.

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