[graciegirl]

It is a thing here with landscaping. The new homes come with landscaping. And according to the price/and or home series, it is good, better, best as to age of plants, size and scale. They are all healthy and they are all planted to live comfortably in this zone.

The people who are in the landscape business and I would lump the developers landscaping in with them, do a wonderful job with choices and placement and are to landscaping like an interior design person is to a homes interior and use the same general concepts.

You will see the pyramid design used and choices of three in a grouping and light green contrasting with dark green, taller, shorter, flowering, non flowering and the real clincher is that the plants planted are the plants productive to being planted in this part of Florida. (Please drive by Peter Piper's house)

You have the folks who like mini walls...and they are good to keep out the grasses that easily spread to planting beds and you have the folks who like big Palms. (That is how you can tell if they have a lot of money...or USED to have a lot of money) Palms aren't cheap. I hear from folks who have been here, done that, that they aren't having Palms again because they drop things and are tippy and hard to maintain. (That is MY excuse for keeping my money)

Just kidding. Palms are beautiful and many folks feel it is part and parcel of their tropical dream to buy into the swaying palms.

So you move in and take your time and look around for awhile and continue to ask questions and gather information. You will find the right landscaping choice.