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- The Natural Garden Pathway
- Natural Boulder Stone Staircases
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The Garden Pathway
Who can’t help but follow them? The landscape design of garden pathways enhance and connect your garden When you have a beautiful garden a pathway allows you to walk through and enjoy ornamental plantings, flowers, grasses, flowering shrubs and trees up close. We enhance our pathways with the use of flowering ground-covers. We have an assortment of step-able perennials that are carefully planted in-between and around the stones. They flower profusely. It is nature’s invitation to take a relaxing walk in the sun or shade. It is organic at it’s best. We use large stones so two people can walk …
Lawn Care
Mowing: You should maintain your grass height at 3”. The roots are directly proportional to height of the grass. At 3” there is a substantial enough root system to support healthy turf through stressful periods. A short lawn leaves you vulnerable to insects, weeds and drought. If tour height exceeds 3” the grass becomes unkempt and chances of matting down or higher. You should mow your grass at 2” for the final cut of the year. This will help to minimize snow mold. Excessive grass length and prolonged snow cover cause snow mold. The grass becomes matted down and a …
Screening Plants
You will need to consider the following:
-The length and width of the area to be screened.
-The desired height of the screening.
-The amount of sunlight the area receives.
-The moisture content of the area.
-The drainage in the area.
-Are there any physical pressures such as road salt, high wind or deer?
This holds true for all types of plantings. The worst thing you can do is plant in the wrong area.
Evergreen screening plants:
Arborvitae (Thuja) – They form a narrow screening for a sunny area. There are several popular cultivars with varying colors, widths, heights, and …
How to purchase quality ornamental plants
Buying quality plants is not as easy as it looks on the surface. When you go into a nursery everything looks great. How do you know you are purchasing quality? Below find a set of rules to help you buy quality!
1 – Check the soil type in your area. Is it clay? Is it sand? It makes a difference. If you have clay soil and you buy a plant from a sandy soiled location the hole will fill with water and your plant will gradually deteriorate. The same thing happens when you buy a potted plant. It is possible …
Natural “Man-Made” Water Features on Swimming Pools
Hickory Hollow Landscapers creates realistic man-made water features on in ground swimming pools. There is nothing like the sound of running water. Whether it be a crashing Hawaiian water feature and a soothing running stream or anything in between we create your dream. It’s like walking up to a beautiful swimming hole in the mountains. Brothers Mike and Ken Yeager create a vacation at your own home. This job was completed in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.…
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