Typical landscape refresh is a rip out and replace thing, which can be wasteful. To be honest, some stuff like Taxus badly sheared for...

All lawns, including chemical free, require some TLC. Top photo, lawn is overwhelmed with weeds and bare spots. This can be result of...

Under utilized native spring bulb Camassia and small native shrub Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla Rivularis 'Kodak')

A of what we do to maintain our yards costs a lot of time and money and is not so great from environmental and habitat standpoint....

Bring joy to your garden, birds, bugs and pretty much everything else with rich variety of native perennials, shrubs and trees. A list of...

Pale color and moss or signs of nutrient deficient soil. Blowing off plant debris and leaves removes source of nutrition and support for...

An unfussy, subtile native for sun or part shade.

Experimented with Cup Flower (Silphium perfoliatum), a native sun flower. This informal perennial generated a lot of interest by...

Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'), native Stonecrop (Sedum acre ‘Autumn Joy’), native Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum), native...

Perennial borders (especially if mixed with shrubs) provide full season interest and benefit insects, birds and animals Threadleaf...

A variety of shrubs provide full season interest and structure. I think of them as steady anchors for ephemeral perennials. Variety of...

One of the most effective ways to reduce maintenance and improve appearance is cover soil with plants. Understory plants can out compete...

Took advantage of volunteer natives to build an understory (living mulch) under shrubs & trees to compete with non-native Lamium. Heart...

Cardinal Flower with other natives, Inkberry and Cone Flower

Cumberland Azalia, (Rhododendron cumberlandense), native to wooded slopes in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky

According to Missouri Botanical Garden site, the genus Camassia name is derived from the Native American Indian name of kamas or quamash...

Small native shrub best in part shade

Giant tough native perennial. Late summer bloom

Our towns are spending a fortune hauling leaves. The trucks and blowers are generating carbon and pollution. Put your leaves to work, mow...

Perpetual bloom is always interesting and provides important benefits to birds and insects Shrubs provide structural, full season...