Landscaping – Selecting Trees
Landscaping – Selecting Trees
Your zone and geography will affect the selection of trees for landscape design. But you’ll still find plenty of choices.
If you live in the Northwest, you can plant a hemlock and enjoy its loose, thin foliage for years. Or you can select a spruce for its gray-green needles and lovely ‘Christmas tree’ [...]
Landscaping – Pruning Trees
Landscaping – Pruning Trees
There are as many reasons to prune a tree as there are individual species and circumstances.
Sometimes it’s necessary because wind has broken off a branch. Leaving a partial branch after the break is not ideal for the tree’s health and they’re unsightly. Where your property has trees, it may be a matter [...]
Landscaping – Perennials and Biennials
Landscaping – 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 every year if treated well. Biennials are similar, but only bloom every other year.
Perennials typically have less vibrant colors than annuals, which last only [...]
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