Garden Plants Articles

1). Landscaping Lessons-Proper Placement Of Trees In Landscape Design By : Steve Boulden
Landscaping and landscape design goes beyond just creating beautiful designs. As a professional designer, it’s not only my job to create designs but also to envision every possibility of the mature landscape in years to come. And while most elements will remain what they are for years to come, the one thing that most do it yourselfers and some professionals overlook is the space that tiny little sprouts will occupy when they become mature plants and trees.
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2). Unifying and Separating Landscaping Planting Beds By : Steve Boulden
There are thousands of plant combinations, companion plantings, and color combinations that will work well in landscaping and garden planting schemes. And form a beginner or do it yourselfer standpoint, simplicity and repitition in planting is a good starting point that can be added to later. I usually say to pick a color scheme of two or three colors and repeat it throughout the garden.
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3). Lawn And Garden Detergent, or Garden Soap, or..... By : Steve Boulden
A few years back I wrote a small piece on the benefits of using detergent as a surfactant or spreader/sticker for herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizers. Since then I’ve discovered a few other worthy uses for detergent in lawn and garden. Before I recap what a surfactant is, I want to make sure you notice that I’m referring to detergent and not soap.
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4). How To Create New House and Garden Plants By Using Stem Cuttings And Rooting Hormone By : Mary Hanna
To alleviate the expense of buying new house and garden plants use stem cuttings and rooting hormone to grow new plants for your house and garden from a mother plant.
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5). Fall Planting By : Steve Boulden
Most people don’t think of Fall as a time for planting new landscaping and garden plants. To most, it’s time to put garden ventures to sleep until Spring. While it may not seem so, Fall planting of trees, shrubs, Perennials, bulbs, and cool weather grasses like Fescue is a very good idea. Roots of newly planted plants and trees can continue to grow and become established in temperatures as low as 40 degrees.
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6). Beautify With Garden Plants By : Triston Huntsmin
There are many ways to make your house and lawn turn into a home. Every bit of careful touch you add will help your space feel more personal and inviting for your friends and family. As a landscape architect, one of my favorite ways to improve the look and feel of a home is through garden plants. I love to encourage all of my clients to invest in some great garden plants when they are at work creating a lawn or renovating their lawn.
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7). Selecting The Best Plants For Your Garden By : Kevin Rockwell
Which are the right plants for the conditions in your garden? We often buy plants on impulse only to discover when we get them home that there is nowhere in the garden that really suits them.
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