LandscapeAdvisor

Why Do You Want A Plant Guarantee? The answer is obvious – if a plant dies the company that installed it must replace it. Of course that’s the main reason to want a guarantee.  But I don’t think we choose a product or service just because it has a guarantee.  Most of us want a [...]

In the previous article on watering to the core, we looked at the importance of maintaining moisture at the center of a plant’s root ball. The soaker hose provided one method to efficiently water plants by concentrating water over the root system.  This is essentially what drip irrigation does. Drip irrigation is typically installed on [...]

Why Replace A Plant? Well, beyond the obvious “because it’s dead”, there are other reasons for plant replacement. In this case the homeowner was disappointed in the way these existing Arborvitae were looking.  She said “they look like an x-ray of the plant”.  Over the years the maintenance contractor had been shearing them to keep [...]

Emerald Green (a.k.a. ‘Smaragd) is a narrow, compact, pyramidal arborvitae with bright green foliage that grows in tight vertical sprays. It can get to be 15′ high and 4′ wide. Like most arborvitae Emerald Green prefers full sun.  And although it will tolerate some dryness once established, moist soil is its friend.  I have found [...]