When you think about home security, landscaping probably is not the first thing that comes to mind, but your landscaping plays a huge role in the security of your home.
The first thing to keep in mind is the fact that burglars like to hide. They like to hide while they are planning their break-in and they like to hide as they actually enter and leave your home. If you have large landscaping around your home, you are making it easier for them.
Large bushes and trees up close to the house, especially those near windows and doors, make it convenient for burglars to burglarize your home. Additionally, taller landscaping items, such as trees and trellises, offer the burglar a way to break directly into an upstairs window or balcony door.
This does not mean, however, that you cannot have landscaping close to your home. You certainly can! The secret is to make the landscaping unfriendly and uninviting to burglars.
Firethorn is a good home security landscaping choice. While this plan has white flowers and colorful berries, it also has a stem with thorns on it that can discourage burglars. If they have to fight their way through thorns to access a window, they may decide it is not worth the trouble!
The Blue Pine is another plant that, with maintenance, can be kept to a desirable small size (so burglars will not be tempted to use it for a hiding place), but it has needles which would be very uncomfortable to tangle with!
It is important to remember that high on the priority list when a burglar is choosing a home to burglarize is how quickly they can get in and out of the home and how much trouble it will be. The harder and more uncomfortable you make it for a burglar to rob your home, the less likely he will be to stay around and put forth the effort.
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