landscaping tips
The Best Summer Blooming Shrubs
July 9, 2019Blooming Shrubs This Summer Looking for the best shrubs for your garden this summer? Check out these great summer shrubs to add some life to your garden! Low Maintenance There are many types of shrubs out there that produce flowers or attract birds…
Seasonal Accent Planting Ideas We Love
June 25, 2019Accentuate Your Landscaping With These Standout Plantings The first steps in any landscape design involve establishing foundation plantings to allow your home to blend seamlessly with the surrounding landscape. Then come the transitional plantings…
Three Ways Over-Mulching Can Harm Your Trees
March 26, 2019Are You Over-Mulching? It May Be Harming Your Trees Chances are, you’ve heard about the benefits of mulching around your trees. Mulching properly can suppress weed growth, help the underlying soil retain moisture, regulate soil temperature, and…
Seven Tips for Integrating Bulbs Into Your Landscaping
March 12, 2019Here’s How You Can Integrate Bulbs Into Your Landscaping Nothing says spring quite like bulbs. Varieties like tulips, daffodils, and lilies are perhaps the quintessential marker that winter is over at last. There’s a great variety of bulbs…
10 Landscaping Improvements to Make this Spring
February 21, 2019With all the artic weather that has hit our area these past few weeks, it may be hard to imagine that spring is upon the horizon. Just as the sun surely rises, so will the sunny warmer days of spring and summer be here soon. That is why we thought…
What Is Rejuvenative Pruning and Why Do You Need It?
February 5, 2019Over time, your landscaping can become less sharp than it once was. Throughout the changing of the seasons, your shrubs and bushes can begin to lose their shape and look unhealthy around the edges. Fortunately, you can take a few steps to help give…
5 Steps to Prepare Your Landscape for Spring
January 8, 2019Winter is just beginning, but it is never too early to think about your spring landscaping. Taking heed of a few simple tips this winter can help you make the most of the warmer spring temperatures when they come. Prepare for your spring…
Using Anti-Desiccants To Protect Broadleaf Evergreens During Winter Months
November 6, 2018The colors of fall are all around us this year and thanks to the continuous rainfall our area has received these last few months, the contrast is AMAZING! Now that Halloween is a distant memory and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, it is time to…
How to Create an Outdoor Oasis in Your Own Backyard
August 28, 2018Outdoor rooms that extend the living area of your home have become all the rage. Full kitchens, fire pits or fireplace with plenty of comfortable seating are perfect for evening garden parties or fun-filled family nights. Modern day living has…
What Landscaping Challenges to Expect From This Past Year’s Volatile Weather
August 7, 2018Wild Weather Ride Recap Every landscaper experiences landscaping challenges — fighting the good fight can help us to conquer and surpass these tests from mother nature. What a crazy spring and summer we’ve had! From snowstorms in the end of…
5 Watering Tips for Your New Plantings
July 24, 2018You just invested time, money and energy installing new plantings into your landscape, keeping them watered and hydrated is the most important aspect in helping them become established. While there is no universal rule of when and how much to,…
Why Less is More: The Beauty of Mass Plantings
July 10, 2018Mass planting embodies simplicity because it reads as one large element instead of a wide variety of individual plants. As a lover of plants I often become bogged down when trying to decide how many types of plants to use in a design. When I go to…
How to Have Success With Crapemyrtles in Your Landscaping
June 5, 2018Anyone who has travelled in the south during mid-summer has surely taken note of the Crapemyrtles throughout the area. The crapemyrtle, often referred to as the ‘lilac of the South’, boasts showy blooms that attract bees and provide habitats…
Don’t Let Boxwood Blight Take Out Your Boxwoods!
May 1, 2018Since early 2010, the Boxwood Blight has been slowly moving its way from the Carolina’s to the Delaware Valley region. During this period, our landscapers have noticed this issue at only a handful of our maintenance properties but we want to keep…
The Side Effects of a Late Spring on Your Plantings
April 17, 2018Is Spring Here Yet? By Adrienne Angelucci As many of you may have noticed, Mother Nature has not quite made up her mind as to whether she wants to continue the blustery saga that characterized winter 2017-2018 or allow us the pleasure of an actual.…
Why Homeowners Should Be Positive About BEES in Their Landscape
April 3, 2018I DO NOT WANT ANY BEES IN MY LANDSCAPE! I hear this remark all the time from homeowners for whom I design landscapes. It makes me ask, “Why not”? Unfortunately, bees have gotten a bum rap by homeowners in the last 20 years or so. People…
Celebrate Spring With An Outdoor Living Space To Die For!
March 22, 20183 Ways to Enjoy Your Backyard With Protection From the Elements: I am sure many are skeptical that spring will arrive to Delaware any time soon. With a fourth nor’easter ushering in the season of rebirth, it is hard to imagine warm days and…
How to Handle the Challenges to Your Landscape for Record Cold Winter
February 20, 20182018 has started off as a blustery cold winter and our friend Phil the groundhog gave us some more bad news when he saw his shadow, declaring six more weeks of winter. Whether you believe in Phil’s skills or not, one thing is for sure: this…
4 Steps to Optimal Plant Health for Your Landscaping
February 6, 2018 Why Plant Culture and Environment is Important for Plant Health A healthy plant, planted correctly in the right location, is more likely to remain healthy and less susceptible to attack by disease or insects. Healthy gardens and landscapes…
4 Benefits of Planting ‘Winter Interest’ Plants
January 17, 2018The winter weather tends to bring a boring, cold landscape that further makes us want spring to come as soon as possible. All the plants in a landscape are frozen in time or cut back to the ground, awaiting the weather to break and bring us their…