Lespedeza is one of my favorite plants partly because of its old fashion name “kissing by the garden gate”.  You get a lot of bang for your buck with this $12.00 perennial that starts out the size of your hand and grows bigger than you in 3 years.  The pretty pink flowers are shaped like […]

Stony Point Area- Let’s Spruce Up a Steep Bank

This was a challenging project. The clients’ goals were to prevent erosion on this steep bank, while giving it evergreen in the winter and long lasting blooms in the warmer seasons. Low maintenance and low water needs of course also fit into the design.

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Whenever doing a design the biggest challenges for color in the garden is to choose something

• that has a long bloom period,
• that can get pounded by the sun,
• that can withstand dry conditions,
• that stands up on its own without needing to be dead headed
• And that is pretty!

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It’s always good to you to understand the process that we follow for aerations and seeding. Our philosophy is that it is most important to reintroduce new seed with aeration and seeding each year, just to keep the good stuff coming in.

Here is what Kevin and our crew will do.

• Spray lawns with selective herbicides and […]
  

When I visited Annabella for the first time, I could tell she had a real artistic flair. Her inside art work and plants were large statements of color and texture which reminded me of Southwest art.

We were trying to add the same feel with new plantings in her back yard. As we talked, I kept […]