Festuca rubra grass morphology.

QuestionHi Marc, I would like to know the form and morphology (appearence)of Festuca rubra and its uses in the garden. I only know that it is mixed with Brown top grasses for lawns because it can take close cutting

Preparing Bedding Plant

QuestionDear Miss Walker, Below are my questions : 1) How to set-up a bedding for plant or shrub. Please advise me on how to align, making contour for a big garden and small garden. What equipment to use. If possi

planting under a sour cherry tree

Questionmark, i live in salem, OR. and have a heart-shaped garden around a mature cherry tree. i want to plant all one thing, for maximum pop, & itd be cool if the planting was visible year-around. also, the tre

choosing a tree

QuestionI live in zone 9a (sunset 18) and would like to plant a tree in the backyard to provide shade. I have a new beautiful in ground gunite rock swimming pool.the yard area I would like to plant in, is in full su

Finding a Good Residential Landscape Designer/Architect

QuestionLaura, I just purchased a brand new home and have started embarking on the job of landscaping it. I realize the value of having good, upfront design, but dont know where to look. I live in San D

Jacaranda tree leaves

QuestionI live in the San Diego area and have 3 jacaranda trees that I planted about 4 years ago. They barely bloom and now (February,72 degrees outside)the leaves seem to be falling off. The trees are about 15 feet

Landscape plans

QuestionHi, I recently moved into my first house and I am very eager to start landscaping, but I have tons of questions. -My house is brick and has black shutters and a plain wood deck and a chainlink fenc

Pruning Holly Trees

QuestionRecently bought a house with 4 hollies on the corners of the foundation plantings. They are very narrow and thin, but have grown about 2 feet taller than the gutter line, and therefore look overgrown.

Overhanging tree

QuestionI live in the UK, in a house with a very mature (victorian) garden. Recently some new houses have been built behind me, one of the owners of these new houses has approached me to ask me to do something with

Privacy Screening

QuestionHi Laura: Just built a new home and need to do a lot of landscaping and the rear yard is overgrown. As we tear out debris what are your recommendations for a fast growing screening across the rear yard

Vining Fig

QuestionI dont think I planted my vining fig correctly because it doesnt seem to be doing anything yet and I planted 4 of them almost a year ago. I wanted the plants to grow on my block wall fence. I live in s

Rock - Pebbles for landscaping

QuestionHey Carlo, We are planning on doing a little landscaping in our flower beds. We will be using what we in South Georgia refer to as river rock. These are pebbles that come in various sizes and

Updating existing landscaping

QuestionI purchased my home late fall last year so this spring Id like to update some of the existing landscaping. The previous owner put down black plastic and then wood chips over top of that. Some areas have plan

best type of mulch for application?

QuestionI have two large mulch beds that are on steep hills. I have found that light mulch like pine does not hold the hill in either rain or wind, and tends to wash/slide to the bottom. I need to figure

gophers

QuestionWe would like to work on getting our yard in order. The major problem that we have is gophers. Originally, I thought we should cover the complete yard with gopher wire, but now Im having second thoughts. W

acuba

QuestionWhat is the best way to cut/root acubas? Is there a time of year thats best, or anything to put in the water? How long should it take for them to develop roots for replanting? NY state. &nb

Privacy screen

QuestionWe bought our home in northern Ohio a few months ago and we have a large picture window in the kitchen facing north. Unfortunatley the view is of my neighbors tall ugly blue house. Our property extends

Lawn construction

QuestionHi, hope you can help. My back garden has a split level lawn and I want to level it out. The lower half is about 2 feet below the upper and is about 40 feet by 12 feet. The garden boundaries are

cut back butterfly bush

Questioni planted a butterfly bush last year, do i have to cut back now? i lived in vienna,wv Answerim in southern nj yes...late winter/early spring is the correct time to cut back the stems to 6-12 from the ground

building raised beds

QuestionThanks for your detailed answer! As a follow-up: - do you think I should run the plastic all around the insides of the box too, to help protect the wood? (I wasnt thinking about a weed barrier, good idea!)