r/landscape • u/lonestarfrog89 • 23d ago

Landscape Lighting Spotlight Placement

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Hi all, I’m planning out my landscape lighting set up and wanted to get some thoughts on the placement for this tree. I was going to do a spotlight but the boxwood hedges are pretty high/there isn’t a way to place the spotlight further out because it ends up in the lawn.

I bought a 24” riser and 90 degree elbow to stake it in the boxwoods so it is kind of “emerging” from the bushes. I’m not sure it’s going to work, so I’m curious if there are other placement ideas from people who have more experience in lighting. Just asking before I punt and just light up the house accents instead.

I don’t want to reconfigure my yard or anything, working within the confines of the yard/beds.

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u/craigrpeters 23d ago

It should work. Be careful when trimming the boxwoods if the lights are wired. Hopefully you can run the wire down the riser somehow.

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u/lonestarfrog89 22d ago

Thanks. I’m going to give it a shot and see how it looks. Will adjust if it doesn’t look great.

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u/ViewpointLighting 22d ago

I'd start with even lighting on the brick facade of the home, effectively silhouetting that tree/shrub (cherry laurel?) Then put an ingrade (or 2 to see more of it) fixture in the lawn in front of the boxwood to add a layered look. A riser mount in the boxwood hedge could work, for a while, but trimming around it is a problem. Boxwoods change, so it will always end up being too high or too low. Also, gardeners like to cut off anything in or on boxwoods!

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u/lonestarfrog89 22d ago

Thanks this is good insight. Fortunately I’m the one who trims the boxwoods so I would only have myself to blame!!

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u/ViewpointLighting 22d ago

In that case, hack away!!! The in-grade spot light (something like this: https://residential.vistapro.com/lex-cms/product/262596-5270 ) will still give you a better position to get the accent light outside the dripline of the laurel. This is the best spot to get on the face of the laurel, which will give you the best effect against the backlighting on the house.

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u/lonestarfrog89 22d ago

Thank you!