When choosing fire-resistant plants, check the flammability ratings, plan for proper spacing, and have a plan to maintain them.
Category: Landscaping
How to Keep Mulch in Place
Installing proper edging, creating a mulch trench, using heavier mulch, removing landscape fabric and plastic sheeting, keeping mulch moist, and applying mulch stabilizers can help keep mulch in place. Learn more here.
How to Cut Back Ornamental Grass
Cutting back ornamental grasses requires proper timing, bundling the grass with string, and cutting at the appropriate height with the right tools.
How to Choose the Right Colored Mulch
Choosing the right color mulch depends on things like cost, your home color, your plants, sun exposure, and environmental impact.
8 Hurricane-Resistant Landscaping Ideas
Hurricane-resistant landscaping ideas include planting wind-resistant trees away from your home, grouping trees together, properly pruning trees, growing salt-tolerant plants, installing wind-resistant fencing, using soft mulches, and improving yard drainage.
7 Ways to Prevent Mulch Fires in Your Yard
Protect your landscape from dangerous mulch fires with 7 simple strategies: maintain proper depth, create safety zones around structures, select fire-resistant materials, handle cigarettes responsibly, install irrigation, perform regular inspections, and place mulch strategically away from heat sources.
5 Signs of Freeze Damage on Plants
Split bark on trees and distorted, falling, wilting, or blackened leaves are the signs of freeze damage on plants you should be aware of.
How to Save Plants After a Freeze
Even after a harsh freeze, your garden can recover. Start by assessing the damage, moving potted plants indoors, watering your plants, applying mulch, and pruning dead material once temperatures rise.
Benefits of Mulch
The benefits of mulch include healthy soil, well-protected plants, lower yard care costs, better visual appeal, and fewer weeds and pests.
What to Plant Above Buried Utility Lines in Your Yard
Turfgrass, moss, and wildflowers are good choices, but not the only ones. Learn what to plant above utility lines in your yard for a beautiful and safe design.