Landscaping Archives - Lincoln Landscaping

Autumn Blooming Native Perennials

Pollinators need sustenance, i.e. pollen and nectar all season long. Within you will find a diverse selection of plants that offer support to pollinators well into fall. It always seems the growing season is short in comparison to the barren, long, gray days of winter. We want our colorful flowers to last as long as possible before surrendering our gardens to the first frost. Native perennials provide an array of flowers that bloom late into the growing season and support pollinators.

By M Kolenut|2025-08-07T12:34:22-04:00August 4th, 2025|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Boneset eupatorium perfoliatum

The pure, tiny white flowers of Boneset eupatorium perfoliatum stand-out in the late summer landscape and have a pleasant, floral scent that wafts through the garden air. Bonset has been recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees and butterflies, as well as beneficial wasps and beetles. It has a long bloom time of July through September...

By M Kolenut|2025-07-07T09:36:20-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Blue Cohosh

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) is a unique woodland wildflower native to eastern North America and is treasured for its lacy blue-green foliage and deep blue berries. This beautiful shade garden plant prefers a soil with abundant organic matter from decaying leaves and consistent moisture.

By M Kolenut|2025-07-07T09:34:08-04:00June 28th, 2025|Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Butterfly Weed

Butterfly weed is a milkweed plant that attracts butterflies to the garden with its clusters of bright orange-to-yellow blooms rich with nectar and pollen. This clump-forming perennial grows two feet tall from tuberous roots with glossy green, lance-shaped leaves.

By M Kolenut|2025-07-07T09:40:32-04:00June 21st, 2025|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Pollinator Gardens

You may not always be able to observe pollinators in your garden but they are constantly there, and are working to your advantage. Not only are pollinators, such as bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies, moths, bats, and hummingbirds an important part of the natural environment, but they also benefit us by their services to plants.

By M Kolenut|2025-07-07T09:26:02-04:00June 17th, 2025|Design, Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Beneficial Garden Insects

Organic Gardening Pest Control is possible with the introduction of the proper insects into your garden and landscape beds. Garden without pesticides utilizing mother nature's defense against these plant threats.

By M Kolenut|2025-05-06T09:04:17-04:00May 3rd, 2025|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Battery Powered Landscaping Equipment

Receiving a call from the beautiful town of Millburn, New Jersey, i was asked to speak with the Mayor and Township Committee about a proposal to limit 2 cycle gas powered backpacks, from June through September. The 2 cycle backpack is so polluting, and emits destructive noise pollution, and is harmful with regards tp employee safety and the environment as a whole.

By M Kolenut|2025-04-21T14:23:08-04:00April 21st, 2025|Landscaping, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|