How important is it to level a site for a flower garden, visually? It doesn't run downhill enough to adversely affect the plants-say... water runoff or whatever. It just looks like it runs downhill. So I'm thinking I could add soil to the lower end to build it up and then make a step at the end, like a terrace. But it would take a LOT of dirt and energy and money. The site is about 45 ft long and 30 ft wide. Of course the top end would not need any soil and the lower end would need quite a bit. I just wondered how important it is visually to level this? or would most people just leave it and plant it the way it is? I plan on putting a row of hosta along the entire length of this side of the house and then a walk path in front of that about 3' wide and then a row of coleus along the entire length again. The rest is going to be random plantings-no pattern. I have a harvest gold crabapple and a small white metal table there w 2 chairs. I will add some hydrangeas and rhododendrons and such around the area.
