David's Landscaping Blog

If you've deemed chemical warfare a viable option in your war on Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), then you've reached a critical juncture in the landscaping season.... For this is the time ... Read More

Landscaping enthusiasts and nature-lovers often take great pride in being able to identify plants on and around their landscapes. Here's your chance to test your knowledge! Name the ... Read More

Fortunately, a plant's taxonomy is not a special tax you have to pay when purchasing plants! Rather, our plant taxonomy makes it easier to talk about plants -- how ... Read More

This imaginary lawn care dialogue should be good for a few laughs. You'll especially enjoy it if you've reached that point in the year when you're so sick of ... Read More

Considering a Labor Day weekend party to bid farewell to summer? Make use of these party planning tips from About's Entertaining expert, Donna Pilato. Be sure to check ... Read More

Landscaping enthusiasts and nature-lovers often take great pride in being able to identify plants on and around their landscapes. Here's your chance to test your knowledge! Name the ... Read More

I never like to leave home without my camera. When a person is on the road as much as I am, who can say how many great photo opportunities ... Read More

Why use those long, hard-to-pronounce scientific names when referring to landscaping plants? Is it just to show off? Or is there a good reason to avoid using common ... Read More

Okay, your lawn looks like a hunk of Swiss cheese, riddled with holes. What landscaping solution should you pursue? Well, begin by identifying the culprit. Many folks immediately think ... Read More

An FAQ on lawn care and lawn mowing. Lawn health has a lot to do with how you're mowing your lawn.

FAQ for novices in using hardscape in landscaping. Includes tips, definitions of key terms and links to articles offering more extensive treatment of the subject. Understanding the basics will take ... Read More

One doesn't hear much talk of accommodating caterpillars on a landscape. Yet that is precisely what you need to do, if you wish to have successful butterfly gardens. ... Read More

Homeowners sometimes select a tree for their landscape design plan because of its beautiful flowering quality, or perhaps due to its evergreen quality. The American elm merits selection on ... Read More

Landscaping with rhododendrons adds colorful flowering and striking foliage to your landscape design. But how severely can you prune back rhododendrons? Rhododendrons are tolerant of severe prunings. ... Read More

Have a problem area in your landscape design? Perhaps a steep incline, a rocky area, or a shady patch? Fortunately, rock gardens and other creative landscaping solutions come ... Read More

You're new to the Home and Garden scene? You've recently bought your first home (or are planning to), but your landscaping experience doesn't go beyond mowing lawns? What ... Read More

If you break down the word, microclimate into its two basic components, it's obvious that it refers to a subset of the overall climate. But what may not be ... Read More

Planning before planting is the hallmark of good landscape design. As we stagger through the dog days of August, we need to be looking ahead to the fall planting ... Read More

If you want a knockout front yard for fall, you don't wait for fall -- you plan ahead. There's something you can do during the dog days of August ... Read More

For most of us enjoying gardens and appreciating wildlife around our homes go hand-in-hand. So how fortunate we are that we don't have to leave to chance our opportunities ... Read More

Readers new to the lingo of landscaping may be confused by references to naturalized plants. After all, aren't plants already about as natural as you can get? In ... Read More

Learn how to supplement the plant material in your landscape design with wood. Read about tips on building wooden garden arbors and decks. These design and construction guides ... Read More

They're the icing on the cake of landscape design. The lawn and garden decor elements you choose for the finishing touches say a lot about your landscape -- and ... Read More

Low-maintenance landscaping. We hear references to it all the time, as if it were part of the natural order of things. It sounds deceptively simple. Rest assured ... Read More

Do you feel cursed because you have poison ivy in your backyard? Poison ivy is the best known of The Big 3: poison sumac, poison oak and poison ivy. ... Read More

Learn how to build stone walls and give your landscaping a classic look. Whether you prefer the dry wall method or a mortared wall, this article will provide a ... Read More