David's Landscaping Blog

"Getting there is half the fun." Should this motto apply to the walkways in your landscaping? Well, it depends. If you'll be strolling a walkway to view a garden area or ... Read More

Wave petunias "created quite a stir when first introduced," remarks Marie Iannotti. If you haven't bothered with petunias for a while, you may wonder what all the fuss is about; ... Read More

Planting a tree this year? Don't take the responsibility lightly. You'll have to coddle your new baby until it's mature enough to stand on its own roots! About's Forestry ... Read More

Whether or not you'll be adorning cemetery monuments with flowers for Memorial Day (May 29), you may be curious about the history behind the holiday. "This all-American holiday has its roots ... Read More

It seems like we're always on the lookout for ways to inject some additional blue into the landscape (be it through flowers or foliage), and with its bluish-gray color, blue ... Read More

Solomon’s Seal plants are North American natives -- I see them all the time out in the New England woods. Marie Iannotti notes that Solomon’s Seal plants pair well with ... Read More

Of Hercules-club tree (Aralia spinosa), Steve Nix writes, "Very few landscapers recommend the tree but some do with reservation and caution." While I don't recommend planting Hercules-club trees, I couldn't ... Read More

I invite you to use the Comments section below to tell us what's in bloom in your May yard. But since I asked the question, I'll go first. The following are ... Read More

Plants and bugs -- they pretty much go hand in hand, much to the dismay of many beginning gardeners. Some bugs, though, are beneficial. Bees, for instance, pollinate our plants; they're ... Read More

Your deck design options are virtually limitless. But this very abundance of choices in deck design can confound homeowners. I recently conducted an interview on deck design with an expert ... Read More

Landscaping and gardening give us an opportunity to give free reign to our creativity -- to varying degrees, depending on the circumstances. At the higher end of the spectrum, we ... Read More

The diseases to which our trees succumb can be pretty befuddling to non-arborists. After all, it's tough enough to keep up with the constant changes in human biology with which ... Read More

If you do a lot of watering on your landscape, should you have a water well dug, to lessen your dependence on the public water supply? The initial cost of ... Read More

There is much confusion over the identification of poison ivy plants. Some folks mistake another plant, Virginia creeper vine, for poison ivy. Others, with less experience in the woods, aren't ... Read More

Red twig dogwood shrubs provide year-round interest, featuring: Flowers in spring Variegated foliage and berries in summer Fall foliage in autumn And their signature red twigs in winter. In fact, when people wish to call ... Read More

"What to do in the garden in May? What doesn’t need doing? That’s why it’s nice to have a list," states Marie Iannotti. And About's Gardening Guide supplies such a ... Read More

If you're new to landscaping, perhaps you've heard a lot of talk about "dogwood" but aren't sure what dogwood looks like. Steve Nix remedies that with his photo gallery, showing ... Read More

As I enjoy the blooming spectacle being put on by the flowering trees in my area, I can't help but think of what can be a false dichotomy between "ornamental" ... Read More

After suffering through a long winter, we plant lovers are often guilty of going berserk at the nursery in spring. We buy too many different kinds of trees, shrubs and ... Read More

Burning bush shrubs put on a fall foliage show for the ages. Their fall foliage color ranges from red to pinkish-red. Burning bush also bears reddish-orange berries in autumn. So ... Read More

Beds of shrubs near a home can add much to the overall look of your property, as I show in these pictures of foundation plantings. Here are some examples of ... Read More

Growing clematis vines is pretty easy. But, says About's Gardening Guide, Marie Iannotti, the question of when to prune clematis vines "tends to instill fear in the stoutest of gardeners. ... Read More

By choosing hypoallergenic trees for the plantings near your home, rather than their allergenic counterparts, you can cut down on your allergy problems. For the good news, relates Steve Nix, ... Read More