This past weekend, I had a special helper accompany me on one of my landscape consults…. My son, Kai. He has never expressed any interest in going with me before – but I think he was bored and his best friend (who lives across the street) wasn’t going to be home. So, Kai offered to […]
The ‘Torch Glow’ Bougainvillea Dilemma In my last post, I showed you a photo of a “landscape no-no” and challenged you to guess what the problem was. Were you able to guess what is wrong with this planting? I gave a hint that the plant in the middle is ‘Torch Glow’ Bougainvillea. Well, I am […]
Are you the type of person that notices what is wrong more then what is right? Although I would describe myself as having an outlook as a “glass half-full” and tend to observe the positive – it doesn’t carry over when I look at landscapes. I think that it is because I am supposed to […]
Rain shaft heading straight for us. Torrential rain began to fall just a 1/2 hour after I took this picture. You would think that living in the desert – that we don’t get much rain. While it’s true that we don’t get as much rain as most people, we do experience periods of torrential, summer […]
Some of you may recall me telling you about a young tree that had suffered terrible frost damage during the winter of 2011. The tree was located at Double S Farms, which is where my mother, my sister and her family live. This Sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo) tree had turned brown and ‘crispy’. We waited until […]
cool-season vegetable Oh, I have been imagining the bounty of vegetables that will come from my cool-season vegetable garden. I have visions of of harvesting lettuce, garlic, carrots, green onions, cauliflower, spinach and radishes fresh from the garden. Marigolds and nasturtiums will also be included in the vegetable garden to help keep bad bugs away […]
Every year, I hope to avoid a certain malady that always pops its head up in mid-August. I was pretty sure I had skipped it this year, but early this week – it hit me. What is this malady? “I don’t want to venture out into my garden.” seasonal malady Shocking, isn’t it? Now, there […]
A beautiful and successful garden, attracts pollinators. My three favorite pollinators begin with the letter ‘B’ – bees, butterflies and birds. First, the bees… Icelandic Poppy Begonia Rabbitbrush Now, butterflies… Swallowtail and Dianthus Pipevine Swallowtail White Checkered Butterfly And, my favorite – birds… Black-Chinned Hummingbird feeding from Ocotillo flower. What kind of pollinators do you […]
What is wrong with the picture above? A few days ago, I decided to start writing about some of the “landscape no-no’s” that I see when I am doing landscape consults. From time to time, I will focus on a particular “landscape no-no” and its solution. My hope is that it will help you to […]
Do you ever wonder if you are doing things right in your landscape? If a plant or tree doesn’t look too well, do you wonder if it is something you are doing wrong? When I am called to do a landscape consultation, my client usually has a primary concern. But, part of my job is […]
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