Published on Thursday, March 14, 2013
![The Southeastern Flower Show Is Here!]()
This is the most exciting time of the year, for us! It’s the equivalent of the World Series, Superbowl, and World Cup all wrapped up into one. This weekend is the 25th annual Southeastern Flower Show. It’s a time when we get to take a break from our usual landscape and design routine and meet with our peers, see old clients, welcome new ones, and create amazing cutting-edge garden scenes.
A little friendly competition is good for the soul, right? This will be the 5th...
Published on Thursday, March 07, 2013
![Home Garden Tour Fever]()
You’ve been cooped up all winter and soon your gardening urges will kick into high gear. Right now, you’re starting to see some early flowering trees which symbolize the coming of Spring. You’re looking for inspiration for your home garden design and your mind is full of questions. Which plant combinations to work well together? What color palette should I use? How does the plant effect the space around it? Is it easy to...
Published on Thursday, February 28, 2013
![It’s Not Too Late for Winter Pruning]()
You might not notice right away that your yard’s landscape changes. Over time, some places that used to be sunny are now partly shaded by maturing trees and shrubs. Even though February is almost over and springtime is right around the corner, there is still time to give your yard a facelift. Late winter pruning promotes healthy growth when the weather gets warmer, it keeps your yard aesthetically pleasing and keeps it easier to maintain. Of...
Published on Saturday, February 23, 2013
![Surviving a Warm Winter]()
With the very warm temperatures we have been experiencing this winter it is really hard to believe it is only February. While the common individual relishes when the thermometer reaches into the 60o in January and February, the true gardener may cringe just a little and wonder what will happen to buds and foliage that have already started to peak out. In my yard, I have Okame cherry’s blooming right beside camellias and many of my daffodils and crocus have nearly full...
Published on Friday, February 08, 2013
![Call to Spring]()
It’s a cliché to describe spring as the earth waking up from winter sleep, but in many cases things are clichés because they are true. February is when Mother Nature starts to come up from the depths of slumber, vaguely feeling a change, but not fully aware. A sudden warming trend, like an alarm clock, opens her eyes. She hits the “snooze button” and pulls a blanket of frost over her head, but it’s not long before the buzzer goes off again. Then there is a...
