All the potted plants from South Africa, all terra cotta pots, all full sun, landscape design rule of big leaves with small leaves.
All price points.
Myriad styles.
Landscaped PROPERLY each is unique.
Alas, Belgard's marketing pics, above/below, create an entirely new meaning for Bad To The Bone.
Please, overlook the landscapes (I am, even as they harm my profession) and consider Belgard's fabulous outdoor kitchen options in both configuration & materials.
FRISSON's, done well, create magic.
French doors, above, are the front of my conservatory & face the back of my home.
My carpenter (now my hero, for this feature alone) set the back windows, above, to open. Notice the outlet above? Chandelier + gravel floor + 3 outlets + 4 walls of windows; what more could a girl (no worries, girl knows when to sling queenly commands) want in less than 200 sq ft? 
My patio, above, in normal life.
My patio, above, today. I can't abide it.
Curtains, above, from my bedroom onto the patio have been closed for weeks. My constitution does not include the strength to see this.
The lamp. Poppets, that jewel stays ON.
HOW TO build your new GARDEN ROOM:
The balance is real, below.
Symmetry, below, only an illusion. Do you see? 
Slow down, look closely, below.
Fake Geometry; looking real. The columns are not symmetrical.
Standing at the French doors, above, I shot across the covered patio, below.
The coffee table, below, still filled with the debris of our gardening conversations which meandered to the dinner table & thru a dinner of fresh crabcakes & ....
Window, below, had been the back door.
New back door (seen in the top pic) flows onto patio to the left of the downstairs window, above. 
On the patio, without moving my feet, below, looking into the house. A room overlooking: frontyard, sideyard, backyard. 3 walls of windows & a fireplace wall with 2 doors. I doubt there is a smaller, more delicious room.
Incredibly exciting Double Axis. Do you have a Double Axis point like this? Get one. Then, get more!
Puppet Barbuda cannot abide round tables for terrace/patio/deck.
Choice morsels to delight the eye and
invite perusal.
From the windows, thru the patio, across the lawn, and into
the woods. A complete view, an enfilade.
From inside the Kitchen (& Garden Room), below, EDUCATOR watched a pair of bluebirds build their nest & raise their young this spring.
This simple joy, a huge victory.
Contemporary rails.
Hardly ubiquitous.
The answer is clearly shown, above.
First Rules of Landscape Design: copy, simplicity, repetition.
Not during college, not during any symposium had anyone, ANYONE, said to put stone or gravel up to the house. I've been doing it ever since.
Oakleaf hydrangea bloom late spring, mophead hydrangea bloom early summer & summer, 'Anna Belle' hydrangea bloom summer, 'Tardiva' & 'Pee Gee' hydrangea bloom late summer to frost. Above, lacecap hydrangea.
Southern Indica Azaleas, 'George Tabor', above, bloom in spring. They stand up to drought, bugs, cold. Use Exbury azaleas too, they bloom before 'George Tabor'.
Camellia sasanqua, above, bloom in fall. Camellia japonica bloom in winter.
Landscapes designed with evergreen hedges & entries, cultivate the eye, songbirds, & increase property value. Chinese snowball, above.
Pathways should flow around your entire property, no dead ends. 'Tardiva' hydrangea blooming, above.
Use wit & whimsy in your landscape, above. Beware, CUTE, it's treacherous.
Start your landscape design from inside your home, Vanishing Threshold. Patio, above, viewed from my kitchen sink.
Design your landscape for February. It will be gorgeous all year. View, above, from my living room.
Site deciduous understory trees, crape myrtle, above, to shade your home from summer sun. Window, above, views stone terrace, below. Summer's blanket of rudbeckia gives way to smooth Tennessee gray flagstone the rest of the year.
If you're new to gardening in the South you'll adore, A Southern Garden by Elizabeth Lawrence, and, Hudson's Southern Gardening by Charles Hudson. Use your local Extension Service for specific advice to your county/state. The Garden In Winter, by Rosemary Verey is an incredible garden design book. My 5 books ( 3 on garden design, 2 on plants) are at the right, scroll down.
Instead of something like this, below.
Gravel ranges $20-$48/ton & doesn't require skilled labor. 
