A professional garden designer chooses landscape shrubs and bushes in a certain way, while an inexperienced home gardener chooses them in another. The novice tends to go for plants that he or she has seen and liked in parks, gardens, and nurseries. The landscape architect or garden designer on the other hand, while taking personal …
I was recently reminded of a little touch that I’d always loved, but had almost forgotten. I was visiting family in a village in Northern Israel, when I saw a fairly common shrub limbed up to take the form of a small tree, not more than 2.5 meters high. The shrub was Pitanga, (Eugenia uniflora), …
Emphasis plants are those that are different to some degree to the mass of plants with which they associate. Their design purpose is to create a gentle or subtle contrast, not an especially dramatic one. The landscape bush, Nandina domestica, sometimes known as Heavenly Bamboo, is a perfect example of an emphasis plant, especially when …
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Weed control fabric, also known as landscape fabric or ground cover membrane is a chemical free solution for controlling weed growth in gardens, paths, driveways and allotments. It is a permeable fabric, which allows air, water and nutrients to pass through it but is designed to block out the sun to reduce photosynthesis and stop …
Weeds can be your worst enemy when it comes to tending a vegetable garden. They can make it more difficult for the crops you painstakingly plant and nurture to grow. There are many ways to get rid of or prevent weeds, but some of the chemicals used in a few methods can harm the environment …
Weeds are indeed huge problems not just for gardeners but also for homeowners who want to maintain immaculate and attractive-looking lawns. Weeds are known to grow fast and in huge numbers and no one would ever want to spend too much time weeding a garden, lawn or yard. Now, one option to consider is to …
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Weed is a form of parasitic plants that compete for the nutrients other plants need. They sprout anywhere even if the conditions of the soil are not fit for most plant life. Weeds can survive and live by draining nutrients from the ground. They can be a problem in farming and producing food as they …
Weeds are undesirable invasive plants in gardens. They take nutrients and moisture from desired crop plants. They hinder plant growth, quality and yield. They help spread plant diseases, and harbor and attract insects. Weeds can be the most difficult or the easiest of garden problems to control. The key factors in controlling them are planning …
If you want to ensure that your lawn remains healthy and clean, then you will have to get rid of weeds. Weeding can be quite a strenuous process and many of us keep delaying this activity. There are a number of weed control measures which can be adopted. Regular weed control activities should be adopted. …
Keeping your landscape plantings, flower beds, and nursery crops free of weeds is a battle, but if you approach it with a strategic plan, you will prevail. In order to develop a plan, you first must understand how weeds work, and what kind of weeds you are dealing with. Basically weeds grow either from seed, …
