Creating Curb Appeal for Real Estate Sales

Planting a landscape that is pleasing to the eye, and easy to manage, requires some strategic planning and gardening skills. For many homeowners, especially those looking to sell real estate, ensuring the front of a home has eye appeal may go along way in closing the sale quicker than expected.

When choosing an eye appealing front door landscape, consider items which are luscious and green and provide for a slight hint of color to complement the décor of the breezeway and exterior of the home. For homes in the United States, this luscious greenery, with an accent of color, can be found even in the most exotic of plants.

One such exotic plant, the Spigelia, also known as the Indian pink or pinkroot, is a beautiful, luscious green, wildflower. Native to North American, the Spigelia provide for smooth, dark green leaves which provide for bright, tube-like red blooms with yellow stars as they open.

As an added advantage, the Spigelia is an exotic wildflower that attracts hummingbirds year around. As the plant grows well in partial shade, the Spigelia provides for a nice addition to the breezeway of a home, especially eye appealing to potential real estate buyers as the visit open house of real estate for sale.

When considering the purchase of Spigelia, it is important to know the wildflower looks best when planted in groups of approximately five or more plants. Unfortunately, the Spigelia does not multiply well from stem cuttings, so creating multiple floral landscape designs, from a few flowering stems, may not be feasible.