How to Landscape a Circle Driveway

Hardscape the area to cut down on watering and maintenance. Hardscaping refers to the areas in your landscape that are covered with stone, walls, pavers or concrete rather than grass or shrubs. Patios, decks and sidewalks are hardscape features. Use attractive flat stones to pave the area inside the circular driveway. Intersperse concrete benches with planter boxes around the perimeter, and erect a fountain in the center. Add planter boxes for flowers around the fountain for a splash of color.

Attract birds and butterflies with a wild butterfly garden in the space inside the driveway. Group like-colored flowers that provide nectar for butterflies such as daylilies and daisies, false indigo and forget-me-nots. Wisteria and honeysuckle are vines that produce nectar, and a number of herbs, including dill, rosemary and marjoram, attract butterflies. Azaleas and lilacs are among the more common shrubs that attract hummingbirds, and many birds like vines such as English ivy and Virginia creeper. Plant a mix of perennials, evergreens and annuals so that the garden attracts birds and butterflies year-round.

Create a classic look for the space around a circular driveway. Plant a continuous row of boxwoods, holly or a similar evergreen along both edges of the drive to form a hedge. Keep the hedge trimmed, and replace any bushes that die or struggle. Add hedges planted in a square to the center of the circular drive. Plant grass, and mow it in a checkerboard pattern by mowing it in one direction and then mowing it again in rows perpendicular to the first rows. This requires a riding mower pulling a lawn roller behind it.