Landscape styles designed for you.
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Every strong landscape starts with direction. This guide gives homeowners and businesses a clear framework for five distinct landscape installation styles that work well in Baton Rouge.
Each style includes plant palettes, design features, and sun or shade adaptations so your finished landscape has the right structure, mood, and long-term success.
Built to last.
Find the landscape style that fits your property.
From clean and low-maintenance to lush, formal, cottage, or tropical, each design direction can be adjusted for sun, shade, and property layout.
Low Maintenance
Simple, durable, and easy-care. This style uses smaller beds, clean borders, mulch, and plants that keep the property looking sharp without constant upkeep.
Plant Palette: Dwarf yaupon holly, Sunshine ligustrum, Drift roses, ornamental grasses, and liriope borders.
Sun: Yuccas, lantana, salvias.
Shade: Cast iron plant, foxtail fern, ligularia.
Lush Southern
Traditional Southern charm with seasonal bloomers, soft layers, and rich texture. This style feels full, classic, and welcoming.
Plant Palette: Azaleas, hydrangeas, magnolias, crape myrtles, indigo, and liriope edging.
Sun: Crape myrtle, daylilies, salvias.
Shade: Azaleas, hydrangeas, camellias.
Luxury Formal
Clean, elegant, and timeless. This style emphasizes structure, balance, symmetry, clipped hedges, and intentional spacing.
Plant Palette: Soft touch holly, Compacta holly rows, Japanese yews, camellias, and clipped hedges.
Sun: Holly hedges, Sunshine ligustrum.
Shade: Camellias, gardenias, Japanese yew.
Lovely Cottage Garden
Whimsical, colorful, and inviting. This style uses layered perennials, playful borders, and a softer, more personal garden feel.
Plant Palette: Coneflowers, salvias, lantana, black-eyed Susan, ornamental grasses, and hydrangeas.
Sun: Lantana, salvias, roses.
Shade: Hydrangeas, ferns, hostas.
Loose & Tropical
Resort-style, airy, and exotic. This style uses bold foliage, taller textures, and layered plantings for a relaxed tropical look.
Plant Palette: Palms, bamboo, banana plants, ginger, elephant ears, and ornamental grasses.
Sun: Palms, bananas, bamboo.
Shade: Gingers, elephant ears, ferns.
Designed for the way your property actually grows.
Sun & Shade Planning
Each style can be customized for full sun, partial sun, or shaded areas while keeping the intended look intact.
Climate-Smart Plant Choices
We focus on plant selections that make sense for Baton Rouge’s heat, moisture, and soil conditions.
A Clear Design Direction
Your project starts with a defined style, giving the final installation a more intentional and finished result.
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Landscape King brings these styles to life for Baton Rouge homeowners and businesses with clear planning, smart plant selection, and precise installation.