David's Landscaping Blog

Planting landscape plants effective for attracting butterflies is one of those precious 2-for-the-price-of-1 activities in landscaping: you'll not only be attracting butterflies, but also furnishing your yard with beautiful flowers! ... Read More

Let's face it, gardens are more interesting than lawns. So many folks decide, at some point, to convert a portion of lawn to garden space. But what's the best way ... Read More

"Choosing plants to grow in clay soil takes some discretion," notes Marie Iannotti, About's Gardening Guide. You'll end up frustrated if you try to grow plants needing good drainage in ... Read More

Are you fed up with the suffering you've endured this spring due to allergies? If you could take steps to reduce your discomfort for next spring, you'd jump at the ... Read More

When contracting for home improvement work -- whether on your home or landscaping -- you need to prepare yourself properly before having a contract shoved into one hand and a ... Read More

Early spring and late fall are good times to plant trees. Right now, we're in an in-between period, so it's not an ideal time to plant. Rather, a more productive ... Read More

Memorial Day is a week away in the U.S. Some readers may be curious as to the meaning behind this holiday. Or perhaps you'll be using Memorial Day Decorations for ... Read More

Thinking of hiring a landscaping business to help you whip your yard into shape this year? If you're new to this sort of thing, you may be shocked by the ... Read More

Coreopsis flowers "work well in any type of border. Because of their long bloom time, they make great fillers or edgers." This landscape-design idea comes courtesy of About's Gardening Guide, ... Read More

Spring is a busy time of year for those who care about how their yards look. If you've composed a checklist of "things that need doing" on your landscape, you ... Read More

Red salvia plants (Salvia splendens) are among the most popular annual flowers sold at nurseries. Don't confuse them with Salvia officinalis, which is the culinary herb, sage. My entry ... Read More

"My concern is that the backyard has a very drastic grade and if erosion begins to take place, I could have a minor disaster on my hands," says this week's ... Read More

The peony plants most common in North America are herbaceous perennials. Peony plants have been grown and admired for centuries, due in part to the beauty of their blooms and ... Read More

"You probably don't think about roses for a shade garden," observes Marie Iannotti, About's Guide to Gardening. "However, if your garden doesn't quite get the 5-6 hours of full sun ... Read More

Poison oak control begins with identification. Once you know what you're dealing with, you can try getting rid of it through manual control methods or by applying herbicides. I explore ... Read More

"If a little is good, more is better." Many landscaping enthusiasts have discovered the error in this dictum the hard way! Steve Jones, the Plant Man, discusses one of the ... Read More

Should the color of your house dictate your choice of plants in landscape design? That question has been posed recently in the Landscaping Forum, in a thread on landscape design ... Read More

Are you shopping for a new lawn mower as the grass-cutting season begins? With the variety of decent lawn mowers on the market now, selecting a lawn mower may largely ... Read More

"Rosemary" derives from the Latin for "dew of the sea," an elegant name for an elegant plant. In her article on growing rosemary, Marie Iannotti, About's Gardening Guide, refers to ... Read More

Franny Syufy advises us to "plant some Kitty Grass for Boots to munch on-- his very own salad bar. Tasty, and much safer than allowing him to eat lawn grass ... Read More

"My backyard backs up to woods, but right now there is really no transition from one to the other and it looks awful. Any ideas on what can be ... Read More