Eco-lawns, or lawns that have a variety of wildflowers or other plants interspersed in with the turfgrass, can look really weedy and unattractive if not maintained properly. Here’s a photo of an Eco-lawn that DeSantis Landscapes maintains in the South Waterfront. Love it!
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Tips for summer watering
As we get into the dry summer months watering is a key to keeping your lawn healthy and green. You want 1-2” of water a week on your lawn depending on how hot and dry it gets. You can put a tuna can in the middle of a zone and measure the amount of water […]
Read MoreA Guide to Watering our Landscapes
By Henry Soto, Landscape Management Account Manager As the days are getting warmer and the rain is tapering off, we need to start thinking of regularly watering our landscape. Even though many plants are able to survive our dry summers, all plants will benefit from a regular watering schedule. Having an irrigation system makes all the […]
Read MoreKeeping your landscape healthy and disease free
by Jim Zauner, Plant Health Care Technician Spring time in the Willamette valley can bring the perfect environment for disease issues to thrive. Constant stretches with wet weather can create the perfect situation where diseases can thrive. Flowering trees such as flowering and weeping cherries, dogwoods, plums, crabapples, fruit trees and others are very venerable […]
Read MoreBEWARE of these Invasive Plant Species
By Laura House, Account Manager If you live in Portland, as I do, you may have spotted a ground cover plant in the neighbor’s yard with a heart-shaped, waxy, green leaf and a yellow, daisy-like bloom this past month. The Lesser Celandine can offer a nice punch of color, especially on a gray, rainy day […]
Read MoreRhythm and Spacing in Landscape Design
Rhythm in planting beds is created by the space that plants have between them. This is a very important aspect of planting design and will greatly affect the final outcome of your landscaping. Plants placed twice their overall diameter apart (2 feet apart for a 1 foot plant, 6 feet apart for a 3 foot […]
Read MoreGreen Roof Work and Pictures
We had one of our crews out today at the Meriwether Condominiums, one of our clients in Portland’s South Waterfront neighborhood. They were working on installing some new plant material on one of the seven Eco-roofs that we maintain for them. How’s that for a good office view!
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