Privacy tree/bush

QuestionQUESTION: I am in search of a privacy tree/bush which will grow no more than 10 feet high and 6 to 7 feet wide. I do not want it to shed or drop anything and it should be able to provide good water abs

landscape design around a wishing well

QuestionHello! I have a large flat area of grass surrounding a brick, square shaped wishing well. I need help creating the shape of the landscape design around this square 3x3square fixture that stands 7

Tall, slender evergreen foundation planting?

QuestionHi Marc, I have a 3ft by 4ft east-facing spot surrounded on two sides by concrete stairs leading up to the front door, a driveway, and the garage. Ive just ripped out a large, bushy conifer that was crammed

Replacing raised bed soil

QuestionI have a 75 brick raised bed and need to replace the plants and improve the soil due to 10 years of overgrowth and lack of care. I want to kill the existing plants, work the soil this fall and replant

Extra red boulders / rocks

QuestionHi Sean, I have recently completed pouring a 16 x 24 patio in my backyard. In the process of getting the ground prepped I had to dig out a massive amount of rocks / stones / and boulders all in varying shap

Patio surface material

QuestionIm building a rather large patio with a lattice grid of 6x6 pavers. I want to fill the 4x4 square spaces between the pavers with crushed oyster shells (no, it wont be a bocce ball court). Concrete is way too

Arborvitaes

QuestionI have Arborvitaes at the end of my drive way covering up the neighbors rock wall these trees are getting two big in growing out into my drive way and some bare spots. can I cut back the branches and will th

Pruning a Cherry Blossom

QuestionCherryBlossom QUESTION: Hi Jonathan, I had planted a Cherry Blossom Tree in front of our house in NY about 2 years. It seems to be healthy, but since the trunk is still too thin it can抰 support the w

Correcting an erroded undercut bank

QuestionWe live on hill that goes down to a man made lake. The developers cut a level path thats 4-8 wide to lay the sewer lines along the edge of the lake. They werent worried about how neat it was and undercut wha

Patio cover including the tree

Questionthere is a patio outside our dinning room with a very nice tree in the middle i want to keep the tree and be able to cover the patio with something that can be removed when it doesnt rain. i would like to se

leaky fountain

QuestionI have a small fountain that has begun to leak. I think the construction is fiberglass. The water drips out of a bottom seam but the area in the fountain above the leak appears sound. What

Drainage issues in backyard

QuestionI dont know if you can help me with this but my husband and I just bought a house that previously had a pool in the backyard. The previous owners did not correctly fill in this pool- they busted up the concr

landscape design around gazebo

QuestionQUESTION: We are in the midst of finishing a 12 x 12 foot octagon cedar gazebo. We would like to have a flower bed around the gazebo. What height should the plants be? Should they all be on

hedge

QuestionI live in Chicago, IL. I would like a hedge to offer privacy and hide about 100 ft. of tru-link fence. Can you suggest something that offers more than one type of tree or bush? I would like a little variety

selection of driveway trees

QuestionI live in Davidson, NC (just outside of Charlotte). I have 500 foot of driveway from the road that I want to plant some kind of tree. I only have one side as the other side is not available for p

cheap privacy

Questionany suggestions for cheap privacy for UP AND OVER a 6ft fence. we were thinking of cumping bamboo? we live in zip code 11758. we are trying to avoid growth INTO the yard. AnswerHello, Since you live in New

Landscape planting/design question

Question Retaining wall planter We have a planting area started in our retaining wall. Areas are 21?and 31?long, 4?front to back. The area currently has Buxus Green Ice boxwoods as a 揳nchor plant?in the

cedar trees

QuestionHow much shade can a cedar hedge withstand if properly watered. Pesently I want to plant a hedge under a row of large Maple trees and there is little sun. I live near Kingston Ontario which I believe is zone

Carrotwood Tree

QuestionWe had our back yard professional landscaped 10 months ago. We did request a few shade trees. We have two Fantasy Maples and one Carrotwood Tree. We wanted trees between 25 to 35 feet tall and we were

pea gravel

Questionthe walkways in european gardens have tiny gravel. how can i achieve that exact look here in the states? the small gravel i am looking at does not seem quite right. thank you. AnswerHello Randy