More and more homeowners are seeing their Illinois landscaping not only as a warm-months investment, but also as an opportunity for their very own winter wonderland.
As the days become shorter and the sky becomes grayer, it’s no wonder that people often want to buy mature trees to enliven their Illinois landscaping even when it is covered with a blanket of white. Conifer trees like pine, spruce and hemlock are some of the season’s most popular landscaping beauties, and with their rich greens, and painterly textures, your winter blues are sure to fade when you look out your window.
Though your Illinois landscaping really needs no artificial embellishment, it is a fun and whimsical tradition to decorate one’s yard with lights and other ornaments during the holiday season.
Some unique ways to adorn your Illinois landscaping for the caroling and gift-giving months include:
- Highlighting trees and shrubs instead of just stringing them with lights. Tuck white, green, red, amber, or other colored spotlights under bushes and tree to provide a warm glow.
- Hanging lights from tree branches. One way is to wrap strings of lights around tomato cages (or anything else you can think of in a pleasing shape) and hang them at varying heights from different branches.
- Hanging faux candles from trees. Place them in lanterns. They’ll look great during the daytime as well as the night.
- Hanging ornaments specifically made for the outdoors on trees. Or use fun items like old tin cookie-cutters. To keep it from looking tacky, don’t just place them sporadically. Choose one or two trees in the yard and decorate them in ornaments all one color.
The winter blues can easily be chased away with lovely Illinois landscaping ideas from iTrees.com!
