http://landscaping.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-16T16:00:55Z Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/19/tall-shrubs-tree-wannabes.htm <p> Plants can bring out the stickler in some of us, which can give rise to heated exchanges regarding how we classify them. I'll always remember, in this connection, a kid I chummed around with in the early grades of school.... </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/19/tall-shrubs-tree-wannabes.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/19/tall-shrubs-tree-wannabes.htm Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:14:02 +0000 2012-02-19T10:14:02Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/16/what-we-can-learn-from-the-winter-landscape.htm <p> Here in the North, winter can be a real eye-opener for us landscapers. What we take for granted in other seasons (flowers, deciduous leaves) is long gone. While we will inevitably miss those things, let's not overlook the fact that this is a learning opportunity, too. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/16/what-we-can-learn-from-the-winter-landscape.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/16/what-we-can-learn-from-the-winter-landscape.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:55 +0000 2012-02-16T16:00:55Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/14/pictures-roses-to-add-to-your-yard.htm <p> There will be even more attention than usual paid today, Valentine's Day, to one particular flower beloved by millions: the rose. Roses receive Super Bowl-level attention during this special day, when love is in the air. Red roses, especially, are as synonymous with Valentine's Day as is Cupid. All this focus on roses will give gardeners plenty of excuse to contemplate adding a new rose to the landscape this year. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/14/pictures-roses-to-add-to-your-yard.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/14/pictures-roses-to-add-to-your-yard.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:31:39 +0000 2012-02-14T08:31:39Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/12/valentine-roses.htm <p> For many of us, Cupid doesn't fly in on a conveniently early date to remind us to buy our roses for Valentine's Day. In fact, the chubby cherub is more likely to sneak in at the last moment and shoot us in the back with one of those mischievous arrows. Not only that, but for all his alleged acumen in the art of love, Cupid will be of no use to you in selecting the right roses for the occasion. For that, you'll have to conduct a little research into <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/cs/rosebushes/a/rose_colors.htm">rose color meanings</a>. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/12/valentine-roses.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/12/valentine-roses.htm Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:00:14 +0000 2012-02-12T08:00:14Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/10/six-hills-giant-catmint-edging-superstar.htm <p> Most people who garden deal with more than just the plant kingdom in their landscapes. The animal kingdom, too makes its presence felt in the garden. Sometimes, that's a good thing (actually indispensable, in some cases); other times, not so much. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/10/six-hills-giant-catmint-edging-superstar.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/10/six-hills-giant-catmint-edging-superstar.htm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:49 +0000 2012-02-10T12:36:49Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/04/easter-lilies-thinking-spring-on-a-winters-day.htm <p> Punxsutawney Phil has delivered his prognostication, so now we can turn our thoughts to spring. Not that I'm ever concerned about the clairvoyant critter's actual prediction. But if winter has a "hump day," it's February 2 -- the calendrical midpoint of Old Man Winter's icy reign. <a href="http://landscaping.about.com/od/floweringbulbs/qt/planting-Easter-lilies.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/landscaping/1/0/9/_/Easter-lily-blossom-small.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" height="150" width="170" alt="picture of easter lily blossom" border="0"></a> </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/04/easter-lilies-thinking-spring-on-a-winters-day.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/04/easter-lilies-thinking-spring-on-a-winters-day.htm Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:26:21 +0000 2012-02-04T07:26:21Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/02/did-the-groundhog-see-his-shadow.htm <p> Who is Punxsutawney Phil? And why do we ask whether he saw his shadow? For those who have never watched the movie, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/cs/pestcontrol/a/groundhog_day.htm">Groundhog Day</a>, Punxsutawney Phil is the name of the famous groundhog in Punxsutawney, PA who annually predicts when spring will come based on whether he sees his shadow on February 2. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/02/did-the-groundhog-see-his-shadow.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/02/did-the-groundhog-see-his-shadow.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:23:37 +0000 2012-02-02T10:23:37Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/01/bulbs-that-deer-dont-eat.htm <p> Picture stepping out into the yard on a chilly day in early spring. Most of the snow is gone, but the bare earth, the gray or brown limbs of trees and shrubs, and the overcast sky all work together to put a damper on your spirits. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/01/bulbs-that-deer-dont-eat.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/02/01/bulbs-that-deer-dont-eat.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:12:15 +0000 2012-02-01T09:12:15Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/30/flowers-that-smell-like-chocolate-make-me-think-of.htm <p> Being the plant-lover that I am, it's difficult to get my mind off of plants once I start thinking of them. In fact, a far more likely scenario is that, when pondering a topic totally unrelated to plants, my mind will wander to the subject of gardening or landscaping. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/30/flowers-that-smell-like-chocolate-make-me-think-of.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/30/flowers-that-smell-like-chocolate-make-me-think-of.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:00:21 +0000 2012-01-30T08:00:21Z http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/24/barbarians-are-not-always-ugly.htm <p> Americans who haven't taken the advice of the well-known bumper sticker that proclaims, "Kill Your Television!" have very likely seen the Capital One TV ads that show some scruffy-looking barbarians invading and rampaging their way across the screen. I hope people don't extrapolate from these ads that barbaric invaders are always ugly. Many of the invasive plants at war with our native fauna are anything but that. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/24/barbarians-are-not-always-ugly.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://landscaping.about.com/b/2012/01/24/barbarians-are-not-always-ugly.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:28:11 +0000 2012-01-24T08:28:11Z