Homeowner Association Landscape Design

Collin County is growing in leaps and bounds. Beautiful neighborhoods and beautiful homes of all sizes are popping up like fireants after a warm summer rain. Many of these developments have entry ways that set the stage for the neigborhood with decorative walls, fences, signage and landscaping.

These days Homeowner Associations are looking for drought tolerant, low-maintenace plants that will mature and look attractive over time while providing an attractive entrance for homeowners and visitors alike.

Master Gardeners are frequently asked to assist Homeowner Associations (HOA) with design plans for these neighborhood entry ways. To help with these projects, we've put together some resources to help with recommended plants and design ideas that will look great and thrive in these suburban landscape areas.

Basic Landscape Design Principals

Just like getting dressed in the morning, arranging the furniture or planning a meal, there are some basic guidelines that you follow to be sure the final result works and is pleasing or attractive. We've put together the basics for plant selection that will help you make good decisions that are both practical and beautiful. Success of your landscape depends on plans that consider the cultural and environmental factors affecting your plant choices.

Click here to view our guidelines for Basic Landscape Design

Generic HOA Design Plans

There are a lot of similarities in HOA landscape areas when it comes to shape and size. We've picked some of the most common shapes and developed some generic plans that can be customized by selecting plants from one of the HOA Landscape Plant Lists based on the Design Plan Categories shown in each design plan.

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HOA Landscape Plant List

Plants on our HOA Landscape Plant Lists were specifically selected for use in HOA entry way landscape area. These plants will be low maintenance, disease resistant and will look good over an extended period of time in these areas. Use the plant lists in conjunction with the Generic HOA Design Plans to make plant selections by matching the plant category and size to the drawing.

Click here to view the HOA Landscape Plant Lists