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Covers articles to educate and inspire readers to create outdoor spaces that are beautiful as well as sustainable, covering topics from native plant selection, IPM approach to pest and disease control, timely topics (e.g., spotted lantern fly), garden design tips and plant and turf health and management. Farmside Landscape & Design is a full service landscape contractor offering clients a..
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There are infinite options to consider when designing walkways—which are more than just a way to get from one place to another. A walkway offers direction and functions as a transition between spaces. It adds to the mood and style of your home while providing curb appeal.
Walkways, when combined with other hardscapes such as patios, can be an attractive alternative to traditional expanses of lawn. Whether straight and uniform, or undulating with varying widths, a beautiful walkway enhances your home’s exterior.
Along with unlimited design options, there’s a wide array of materi ..read more
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Patios have evolved from the past’s simple square stone or brick platform on which to place a table and some chairs. Today’s patios extend your home’s living space to your outdoor area, adding to your property’s value and, most importantly, to your own personal enjoyment. Practically speaking, patios can be more cost-effective than adding a deck to your home due to their inherent durability and low maintenance. From small meditative corners tucked under a canopy of trees to fully-functioning outdoor kitchen and entertainment areas, your patio can be anything and everything you want it to be ..read more
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Avid or experienced houseplant cultivators may already have tools like grow lights, indoor green houses, and heating pads to create ideal growing environments for plants. Up for a challenge? Try some of these beautiful plants that can be somewhat finicky, but more than equally rewarding:
Foliage Plants
Crotons (Codiaeum spp.) – The dramatic foliage of this plant includes hues of brilliant yellow, pink, orange and red, adding a touch of tropical color to your room. To ensure Croton’s health and color vibrancy, it requires lots of bright light (daylight and/or artificial light ..read more
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Whether your confidence level tending to houseplants has advanced from novice to (somewhat) experienced or your lifestyle requires your plants to be a bit more adaptable (i.e., able to withstand some flexibility in care level) then the following plants are worth exploring:
Foliage Plants
Jade plant (Crassula ovata) – Jade plants are a popular house succulent, due to their ability to adapt to the warm, dry conditions found in most homes’ interiors. The plant thrives in bright, indirect light and when kept properly watered during the primary growing seasons of spring and summer ..read more
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Think you don’t have a green thumb? Maybe you just had the wrong plant for your environment and/or lifestyle! Here are some plant selections that are definitely worth trying:
Air Plants
Along with ample light, air plants DO need water. Air plants fall into 2 basic categories, Mesic and Xeric. Mesic air plants are native to rainforests, hence, need a very humid environment with bright, filtered light (they’ll cook in direct light).
Xeric Air Plants are native to deserts and are the better option for air plant newbies. Tillandsias are xeric air plants that are epiphytes (g ..read more
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1y ago
When it comes to indoor plants, do you have a green thumb, or do you manage to kill off even the hardiest variety of plants? Well, we have some helpful tips to keep your houseplants thriving at any skill level, plus some helpful plant selections whether you’re a novice or seasoned expert.
General Houseplant Tips
The Right Plant for Your Environment
The same way outdoor plants do best in their native environment, you’ll have the most success with houseplants that are suited for your specific living space. Simply sticking a plant on a windowsill is not ensuring a plant’s b ..read more
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1y ago
We have so much to be grateful for always, but the past few weeks we have felt especially thankful. We have officially moved back into our administrative building and mechanic shop and got to celebrate with the many hands who helped us get there.
We welcomed a friend- President of the NALP, Britt Wood, to check out our new digs and catch up on some landscape talk. This visit was greatly appreciated as Britt and his team prepared every award Farmside has won over the years to replace for our new office.
On top of these blessings our maintenance teams have wrapped up their final ..read more
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The only thing better than enjoying beautiful blooms in your garden is enjoying them again with a repeat bloom. While annuals provide ongoing flowering throughout the growing season, perennials and shrubs are often one-and-done when it comes to blooms. But there are perennials that produce more than one set of blooms in a growing season, which is known as remontancy. This term is most often used to describe reblooming roses, but there are many other remontant plants as well.
Plants can be remontant due to their natural growth pattern, certain environmental conditions (e.g., soil/air t ..read more
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Mums (Chrysanthemums) are part of the fall landscape in our area, often grouped together to create sweeping swaths of stunning color. Father of modern taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus, named the flower from the Greek word “Chrys” meaning “golden” (the color of the original flowers) and “anthemon” meaning “flower.” Originally grown in the Eurasian region, the Chrysanthemum was introduced to Japan by Buddhist monks around 400 AD. Japanese emperors were so enamored with the flower (called “Kiku” in Japan) that they sat upon thrones of Chrysanthemums.
A member of the Asteraceae (Compositae) fam ..read more
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Feeling kind of washed out from summer’s heat and humidity? You’re not alone. The plants in your landscape can be affected, too, and may be suffering from heat stress, which affects a number of processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration, membrane thermostability, and osmotic regulation. High temperatures and extended periods of time of extreme heat cause roots to struggle to draw enough water from the soil to keep up with the rate of water vapor coming from their leaves through transpiration.
A few facts about heat stress in plants:
Most plants grow bes ..read more