How to Beat the Drought in Your Landscape
The hot, dry months are just about here, and the garden will need water. But in many localities, the summer demand for water taxes the supply, and water for the garden must be curtailed. What can you do? There are two solutions to the problem.... Read More...
Build Steps Safe to Use
Properly designed steps are safe and comfortable to use. If you must pull your foot back or reach p out to make contact with the step bel low, or if you have the sensation of pitching forward as you go down a flight of steps, the proportion... Read More...
Water Your Landscape the Right Way
Many a landscape grows well without benefit of irrigation but rare is the garden, lawn or landscape that does not respond gloriously to some extra watering. Then, too, extra watering is necessary because seldom does a summer pass without a dry spell that... Read More...
Sprayers Lighten the Job of Pest Control
Spraying the landscape or garden is easier now, although it never was a difficult task. It’s easier because of the labor-saving features built into the new garden sprayers. Some of the standard models have been redesigned and there are new... Read More...
Trace Elements for Lawn and Landscape - Questions and Answers
Question: What are trace elements? Answer: Trace or, as they are also called, minor elements, are materials absolutely essential to healthy growth in plants, but which are needed only in trace or infinitesimal amounts. Among the more important trace... Read More...
Ground Covers Nature’s Landscape Tool
Ground covers are low-growing ornamental plants that spread naturally over the ground in places where it is not practical to grow turf. Ground covers are usually either perennial or woody plants. Annual plants are seldom included in the category... Read More...
Iris Wonderful for landscape Color
May is the month when landscape gardeners become conscious that irises are valuable hardy perennials for the garden. The tall bearded irises have come a long way from the “flags” of grandmother’s day. Irises, developed over the last 50... Read More...
Safe Plant Pest Control Tips
Like parents trying to protect their children, both indoor and outdoor gardeners want to protect their plants from the bad bugs and pest. How else could they accomplish this without the help of pest control measures? Just as with the same parents-children... Read More...
Add a Touch of Difference in Your Landscape with Aechmea blanchetiana
Are you tired of seeing greens on your garden? Is green an over used color in your landscape? Then try something different…check out Aechmea blanchetiana. The attractive orange or gold foliage of Aechmea blanchetiana that forms a basal rosette... Read More...
Furcraea foetida – The Stunning Structural Succulent
Furcraea foetida (Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe female karata, maguey, mayuey criollo, cocuisa, giant cabuya, and aloes vert) is widely grown for its large striped linear leaves with slight wavy margins. These fleshy leaves, in addition to their attractive... Read More...
