The front entrance of the home is given grace and softness with two tree sentries planted in the gravel before the main steps.

There's majesty aplenty in this southern California villa. But climbing trees, topiaries and other pretty foliage plants ease the home's imposing feel.

Green does gorgeous things out front of this Mediterranean home. Landscape designers beautifully layered climbing vines, low-scale foliage plants and grass to offset the exterior's crisp white with black shutters.

Hedges and bushes help carve out elegant places to park (or stroll) in the estate's gravel-lined front driveway.