These Roses Are Easy to Grow and Very Low Maintenance Is this the year to add that rose garden to your landscape? Or would you like to see a colorful rose hedge softening the appearance of a backyard fence or bordering a driveway? Perhaps you’ve been putting it off, believing that roses are tricky
Your Deck: Paint or Stain?? One of the most common questions for those who have decks attached to their homes is whether they should paint or stain the deck. There are a number of factors that should be taken into consideration when you make this decision. In this article, we can discuss these and
Landscaping Back Yards for 4-Season Interest Have you noticed that we are demanding more and more out of our landscapes? For the upscale, this may take the form of outdoor kitchens with all the amenities of home, or, perhaps, large in-ground swimming pools with Jacuzzis built right into them. For
Japanese Yews Many kinds of yew bushes and trees are grown on the landscape, including Japanese yews, English yew bushes and crosses between the two. But as always when discussing plants, it's best, to begin with, the taxonomy, to ensure that everyone knows the exact plant to which we're
Transplanting Trees and Shrubs Transplanting trees and shrubs appears an easy task -- deceptively so! Many transplants die due to improving transplanting. But if you're about to give a facelift to a landscape design that has been neglected for years, then you will need to move existing plant
Holiday Gift Ideas for Gardeners and Landscape Lovers The Holidays are fast approaching, and no doubt there are some garden enthusiasts on your gift list. Here are some gift ideas for all those Green Thumbs... and some for the “horticulturally challenged” as well. Hoping to get some garden