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Landscaping has more value than aesthetics

May 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Landscaping

Dear Jim: We are planning to landscape our new house. We like a wooded yard for cooling shade and also the idea of helping to reduce greenhouse gases. Where do we locate the trees and which are best? Mark G.
Dear Mark: Wise landscaping can do more than just create a pretty yard. It can also [...]

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Good landscaping can reduce your utility bills

May 20, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Landscaping

Q. We are planning to landscape our new house. We like a wooded yard for cooling shade and also the idea of helping to reduce greenhouse gases. Where do we locate the trees and which are best?
A. Wise landscaping can do more than just create a pretty yard. It can also lower your utility bills, [...]

The Winter Garden: Landscapes for Cold Weather

May 08, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Winter is generally considered to be the dead season, the time when plants and trees lie dormant until warm weather arrives. But with some planning and design, your winter garden can be the season you enjoy most – when all the work has been done and there is nothing left but the beauty to look [...]

How To Choosing a Tree

April 28, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants

Before you shop, take time to evaluate your landscape. For example, are there overhead utility wires where you want to plant? Either choose a different spot or select a tree with a naturally small stature. Here are some things to consider.
Height, width, and form. Trees can be tall and narrow (”columnar”), short and spreading, or [...]

Gardening Concepts: Color

April 17, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

by Dolly R. Sickles
What if we consider planning our garden based on color? There are still questions to consider. Do we want all of our color to bloom at one time? Can we spread it out across the season? Across multiple seasons? How do we blend colors for a pleasing palette?
Staggered Blooming
Staggering your blooming times [...]

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Chinese Evergreen SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

Ribbon Aglaonema (Aglaonema commutatum): Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 18 to 24 inches wide with dark green leaves with gray marks along veins. Pewter Plant (A. crispum): Very robust

Lilyturf SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

Big Blue Lilyturf (Liriope muscari): This lilyturf grows in a clump form, making it well-suited for edging. The leaves are a little wider and the flowers somewhat bigger than those

Holly SPECIES

The Japanese hollies (Ilex crenata): are evergreen shrubs with relatively small, spineless leaves and black fruit. They are usually 3 to 10 feet high, with a similar spread and look

Do It Now In The Garden

VEGETABLES: Thin out any crowded vegetable seedlings from early plantings of cool-season vegetables. FRUIT TREES: Check your fruit trees and ornamental fruit trees for the hatching of eastern tent caterpillars. They

Lemon Tree Five Gallon

Price: $59.98 Buy Now This Meyer lemon is great for containers on deck, patio, or even indoors. Fragrant flowers produce thin skinned, juicy lemons year round. Different than conventional lemons in

In the garden: Time to plant savory herbs

GARDEN BEDS Plant fragrant, flowering herbs such as rosemary, thyme, oregano and basil in patio pots. Keep them near the grill or kitchen for easy access to fresh flavor. Sage and

Camellia MATURE HEIGHT/SPREAD

Common Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) is a broadleaved, evergreen shrub, which may grow to a height of 25 feet, but more often to 6 to 12 feet. It has a

Cool landscaping ideas for hot summer days

Have you ever noticed that parks and wooded areas often seem cooler than a street landscape? It isn't just your imagination: shade from trees can reduce surrounding air temperatures by
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