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The Three Rights – Right Vine, Right Purpose, Right Place
In spite of - or perhaps because of - the many virtues that vines hold they should be planted with discrimination and respect. Too many vines are too much of a good thing. Misplaced, they are an eyesore. Growing rampant, untrained and unpruned, their...
9 Support Structure For Landscape Vines – Name Them
Treillage - A highly stylized, ornamental-on-its-own design usually made of one-inch round wood or metal pipe, attached in a formal design against a wall. (This is also a specific term for the wires to which tree branches are tied, in espalier.) When...
Landscape Problem Solvers – Vines
From a kerchief-sized city back yard to the rolling hills of a magnificent country estate, there is hardly a garden or landscape where vines can't be used to give the scene graceful beauty and vitality. And few other plants serve so many practical pu...
Seed Crackers For The Landscape
In the garden where the trumpet-creeper flaunts its showy, deep-cupped flowers, the dazzling ruby-throated hummingbird is almost sure to come, for red is his favorite color and the trumpet-creeper his favorite flower. And in the garden where the sunf...
American Style Landscape Design
Down through the ages various nations and races have developed certain styles in gardening largely because of the different climates and topographical features in their particular parts of the world. If you want to do some extra reading on the histor...
Considerations Before Buying A Home
Special consideration should be given to the garden potential by anyone buying a new home. This is a factor all too often ignored by purchasers who later regret their lack of foresight. You should, at the very least, be aware of the garden problems y...
Getting Critical – Sharpening The Landscape Eye
Before you start putting a plant in the ground to create your dream landscape you need to do some studying, you should begin to sharpen your critical eye. When passing a neighbor's garden, look it over. Criticize it, get critical and decide how you w...
A Background For Living
Landscaping your grounds will provide a beautiful setting for your home. It will enhance your family's way of life and increase the value of your property. This, however, will be true only if you plan carefully, exercise patience, become reconciled t...
General Use For Landscape Plants
When developing the public area, we need only keep in mind three fundamental landscape principles that concern this particular part of a property. They are: (1) soften the architectural lines of the building by placing plants where the strong vertica...
Landscape Ideal Exposure
Orientation is the direction in which a house faces. If you are building or can choose among houses that face in several directions, you should always try for an orientation that takes maximum advantage of sunlight. Anyone who already owns their home...
Growing Landscape Plants Value
Plants, like any other commodity we use, do cost money. However, unlike, say, a vacuum cleaner, they grow more valuable as they grow older....
Carrying Out Your Landscape Design Plan
The final decision as to what type of garden you will want is not reached at the snap of a finger, but can be achieved in one of two ways. The first, and most businesslike, is to write down all pertinent facts and figures concerning yourself, your fa...
The Success Of Real Estate And Landscape
Geographical location and climate will largely determine which plants can be used on your property. A garden in the New York City area might emphasize such plants as the Yews (Taxus) and Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica). A similar home located in...
Family Determines Garden Design
Your family is, perhaps, the chief personal factor in determining what kind of garden you should have. A young couple with no children, or perhaps just one or two, should be able to estimate their future requirements and they should plan their garden...
Soil Exposure And Surroundings Micro-Climate Landscape Needs
The direction in which your house faces (north, south, east, west) is termed its exposure. This fact is of utmost importance in planning your garden. First of all, you will have to locate plants that will grow successfully in shaded areas according t...
Economical View Of Landscaping
Serenity is the keynote of this beautifully landscaped garden....
Garden Guide For July Landscape
In Northern United States and Canada...
August Feeding For Established Lawns
There are two types of lawns to consider at this time of the year - the old lawn that has been established for some time, and the new lawn that is being developed. Consider the latter... many new home owners are faced with establishing a lawn after m...
The Landscape Foundation – Soil Building
No matter how carefully the garden has been planned on paper, hard practical work must be done by someone before you can see the dream break into flower....
Landscape Design And Trees
In Eastern Canada, the trees that have been used most successfully as street trees are the hard, or sugar, maple, the Norway maple, the European linden and the red and white oaks - though the oaks are rather slow growing. In the north and west, where...
The Accents Pieces In The Landscape
Very often the discussion on the uses of plants is devoted to woody plants. They have more or less permanent value as they give substance and form to the garden. They form the walls and the more substantial framework and furnishings. At times woody p...
Daffodils And Hyacinth – Outdoor Garden Color
Daffodils...
December Garden Calendar – What To Do
In Northern United States and Canada...
Proper Lawn Maintenance For A Green And Beautiful Lawn
The appearance of your lawn makes a huge difference to how your property looks overall. When your lawn is lush, green and beautiful, your home looks better set against this backdrop. However, a lawn which is in poor health and is not well kept up can...
Easy Lawn Care Tips For A Green And Beautiful Lawn
A beautiful lawn can compliment your home, but a lawn that looks bad can make your entire property look bad. It's important that you keep your lawn looking nice. Not only does it make your home look better, but it makes it more enjoyable for you. The...
Easy Lawn Care Tips For A Green And Beautiful Lawn
A beautiful lawn can compliment your home, but a lawn that looks bad can make your entire property look bad. It's important that you keep your lawn looking nice. Not only does it make your home look better, but it makes it more enjoyable for you. The...
Potting Bulbs And Making Portable Color
One friend of mine has a passion for growing potted bulbs. She loves the ability to have "moving color" wherever she wants it. Here's some tips from her on how she pots and grows her flowering bulbs....
12 Lilies For The Amateur Professional Landscaper
Difficult or temperamental lilies. No doubt it will he helpful to discuss some of the specific vagaries of a few of our more difficult or temperamental...
Easy To Grow Half-Hardy Annuals
Here are 5 Half-Hardy annuals which are easily grown and an be started or sown outdoors during May....
The Approach – What Is It In Landscape Design?
In this "entrance" area, the aim is to create a pleasant setting for the house and a welcoming entrance to it. Since the house dominates the picture, particularly on a small property, plants should be arranged to bring out its good points and mask po...
