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QuestionGood day Searching for a 5 mini trees to beautify the front strip lot of a piece of land near a main road according to the following specs below. - trees must be between 5 to 8 feet when fully matured and n

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QuestionGood day Searching for a 5 mini trees to beautify the front strip lot of a piece of land near a main road according to the following specs below. - trees must be between 5 to 8 feet when fully matured and n

Varigated Privets

QuestionLive in DFW area of Texas. In July planted fairly large Variegated Privets (4-5) to be used as a hedge. Kept them watered daily on drip lines/bubblers for an hour a day in summer and now by hand

pythagorean theorem

Questioni am doing a project for school on how landscape architect use the Pythagorean Theorem can you please explain to me how you use this in designing landscapes AnswerHello: Used for finding the length of a sl

weeping tree

Questionlove the look of hemlock. Need a small weeping tree that will set close to the foundation of home wanting to give only a 5 x 5 space. Need to know the mature height, width and if ok in partial sh

juneberry tree or canadian red chokecherry

QuestionQUESTION: I am in SE south dakota, in zone 4. (on the border of zone 5) I am going to plant an autumn brilliance juneberry tree in my backyard this spring, and also am going to plant a canadian red cho

Water drainage/run off

QuestionHi, My neighbors yard is a bit higher than mine for maybe 20 feet until it levels off toward the back. Some rain run off from under his privacy fence finds its way onto my yard and I channel it on bac

Crushed Shells

QuestionGood afternoon! I am building a bocce court, and am looking for a source for the shells. I can pick them up anywhere in the NJ/Hudson Valley area. Please help! Thanks- Matthew AnswerThis question came up i

stone mulch

QuestionI live in a condominium group, ranch-style duplexes. 15 years ago, when our units were built, the landscaping around the units was mulched with stones. It is now starting to need some updating and we w

Japanese Maple Tree

QuestionI dont know if you can answer my question, but here goes. I live in New Jersey and a recent storm knocked down a large tree in my front yard. I went to a local garden center (not a Home Depot type of place)

cementing loose stones in a stone wall

Questionhello Mark! my neighborhood has two types of stone wall in front of a lawn. One style has a very tight pattern, i.e., the spaces between the stones is tightly filled with cement. The other style has the st

Landscaping

QuestionExcluding shrub trees, what sort of landscaping along the outside of a tall wooden fence, surrounding a tall cellular tower would you recommend? AnswerHello, Here is a list of suggested climbing vines: V

Retaining wall

QuestionHi Mark, we are building a retaining wall going the length of our driveway and it will be made of 6x6 pressure treated lumber. It is 2 ft tall at its highest point, and about 2.5 car lengths long. My questio

root system of sweet gum tree

QuestionIs the root system of a sweet gum tree deep or shallow? Is it true that large sweet gum trees rarely fall over, and mainly lose branches when the tree is compromised? AnswerI was taught in school that the A

Landscaping Design & Build

QuestionWhat are the Training Requirements to become a landscape architect? AnswerIn the United States the path to becoming a licensed LA is by education or substantial and documented work in the field then apprent

Dirt Fill against brick

Question Johns Home Dear Marc, I recently had a home build by a contractor that built it higher out of the ground than I wanted. As a result I have a high ground slope from sidewalk to right side of hom

beautyfying our ditch

QuestionWe just had our road paved for the first time.In doing so they widened the road and left allot of mud and gravel. Im trying to make that ditch look good again and so it will look good with my yard. Any sugge

steep downward driveway

QuestionQUESTION: My wife and I are considering purchasing a home. The driveway is extremely steep (decline slope), in fact we couldnt even pull my wifes car into the garage because the slope is so intense. We reall

No gutters

QuestionQUESTION: I dont want any plants in front of my house. Had them and mulch once. Also had snakes hiding amongst it. So I removed everything! Put down landscape fabric and rock, it looked great. Then cam

Fire pit basin wearing through

QuestionI have used metal wood-burning fire pits for several years. The problem is that after a year or two, the metal bottom of the circular pit develops holes and burns through. I have to purchase a re