Sustainable Landscaping

Treating Root Collar Disorder

The root collar of a tree can be defined as an area of the lower trunk that transitions from trunk tissue to root tissue. It is typically associated with the basal flare, or the trunk flare of the tree, which is the wider portion of trunk that insects the ground. Healthy tree trunks typically have a well-defined trunk flare at the ground level. However, many urban trees don’t have an identifiable trunk flare at the soil surface.

By |2024-10-18T12:35:26-04:00October 18th, 2024|Landscaping, Maintenance, 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 |2024-08-13T13:34:47-04:00August 13th, 2024|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

How a heatwave affects garden pests

How A Heatwave Affects Garden Pests - While its been a trying time for us and our garden plants, the heat has been a blessing for many a garden pest. Each species of garden pest/insect has an ideal range of temperatures within which they complete their life cycles. All of them are essentially cold-blooded, which means they can’t produce their own body heat.

By |2024-07-27T08:36:32-04:00July 27th, 2024|Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Go native with plants: Nature’s solution for water conservation

A water-efficient landscape has functional lawn areas that are irrigated properly and plants grouped and irrigated according to their water needs. Plants native to our region can help with landscape water conservation because they are adapted to our climatic growing area, and they can be watered less frequently than landscape plants native to other growing zones.

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