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As you are considering your landscaping plan, it is worth considering the best trees for your use. They are long livers and take little care once established. Of course you will need to know your zone and geography, which will affect the selection of trees for landscape design. But you’ll still find plenty of choices.
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Know your Hardiness zone for your garden landscaping needs. It is important for you to understand your zone prior to spending your hard earned cash. For gardeners who want to optimize their results, the Zone System is indispensable.  Often times box stores carry plants that not correct for your zone so it is important for [...]

As you are planning your landscaping project, we have spoken about what role annuals play, now lets turn out eyes to the other types of flowers- perennials and biennials.
Perennials are plants, usually flowering types, that come back year after year. They differ in when they blossom, but once planted they will burst forth with color [...]

Landscaper novices often only give consideration to the color provided by flowers. Often over looking the convenience and beauty of stone walking paths, the shade and fruit of a nice apple tree and other elements. But no landscaping effort is complete without the proper selection and placement of some great shrubs. You’ll want to [...]

Knowing which types of plant thrive best in shade or full sun is essential to a healthy garden. Most trees are very happy to soak up as much sunlight as is available. Cedars, pines, tamarack and many more all do very well. Fruit trees, especially citrus, can take 8 hours or more of full, hot [...]

When you are planning your first landscaping project take a leisurely walk around your yard. It is a good time to see what is going on. You may want to do this over several days at different times of day. What is on your mind? Do you have visions of peace and quiet? Do you [...]

For some landscaping projects, you may have to deal with the fact you live in a shady area.  Sometimes you have control over it, and sometimes, especially if a mountain is in the way, you don’t . Even though you can’t move the clouds or redesign your house, you can still select which plants you’ll [...]

As you start out on your first landscaping project, you will find that it is a delightful combination of art and practicality. Following proper design principles you can create a scene that is both beautiful to look at and serves your purposes well. Professional landscape designers begin that process by considering the space available [...]

When you are considering to take on a landscaping project, you will find that one of the most beautiful landscape designs uses plants and structures to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It is so peaceful to have these beautiful and colorful creatures add a wonderful natural touch to a garden and landscape. Hummingbirds, with their [...]

For the landscaping project novice it is important to know that most flowers, and some non-flowering plants, are generally divided into annuals, perennials and biennials. Biennials bloom only every other year. Perennials will lose their flowers, but then come right back the following year - often for many, many years. Annuals, by contrast, bloom [...]