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GardenWise on Winter Plant Rooms When you bring your plants inside this year, which you should do with all containers and pots, remember that you can actually save money on fuel costs by turning down the heat in a room set aside for winterizing plants. Plants will flourish in bright rooms with nighttime temps as low as 60 degrees. [...]
It's really important to remove the leaves from your lawn -- if they're left on the ground they'll deprive your lawn of important sunlight and rain that's going to help it through the winter months. A reader mentioned mowing them, which is a great idea. Just be sure to get them up! Also, if leaves are left on [...]
Help Your Garden Survive Winter As cold fronts start to roll through, don't turn your back on your garden! Our gardens are to be used and enjoyed year round, and you can take pleasure in your landscape and its healthy plants and various bright colors during all parts of the year. Colder weather causes the water inside the plant to freeze, which ruptures cell walls and causes [...]
Dwarf Burning Bush is GardenWise This week, GardenWise is looking forward with our five favorite Garden Delights, in no particular order, for Fall 2012. Yesterday we marveled at the Toad Lily, and Monday we fell in love all over again with Pink Muhly Grass. Today is day three of our series, and we're showing off the Dwarf Burning [...]
Pink Muhly Grass For the next week, GardenWise is looking forward with our five favorite Garden Delights, in no particular order, for Fall 2011. Today it's all about one of my favorite Fall show stoppers -- Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaries.) It reaches about four feet high and three feet wide, with a nicely cascading, fountainous habit of cloud-like foliage. It also has [...]
Sustainable Residential Landscape Architecture Plants play a very important role in a healthy ecosystem. They reduce pollutants, oxygenate the atmosphere, and are important to overall human health. By using a comprehensive approach to sustainable landscape design, Sustainable Residential Landscape Architecture (SRLA) practices can improve water and energy efficiency while using plants to eliminate chemical fertilizers, produce food, and clean the air. Homeowners can use plants [...]
Plan Now for Your Fall Veggie Garden As we approach mid-August, it's time to start thinking about whether you want a Fall Veggie garden. If you've recently reduced a lawn area, a veggie garden is the perfect replacement that will make your landscape more productive. The following crops have a 60-day maturity date, so you [...]
Staying Ahead of the Curve Cozy cocoons, rooftop gardens, organic treatments and other trends By: Dennis McCafferty In this economy, any edge will help a landscaping business. The best way to maintain an edge is to stay on top of developing trends that could expand your customer offerings, thus increasing sales opportunities. Here are five trends to watch [...]
Many homeowners over the years have asked us to transform their outside spaces into cozy and intimate areas to gather with family and friends. It became more of a trend beginning in 2008 as the uncertain economy prompted folks to spend more time at home. I call these small, safe, and intimate areas cocoon spaces and in addition to giving homeowners an inspiring new garden area to escape [...]
Watering in the Heat It's important to keep your trees and shrubs properly watered in extreme heat, especially if rain storms aren't rolling through your area. Heat waves cause damage, so take the time now to give your trees and shrubs a healthy life for years to come. Birch trees and other trees native to [...]
