HEAT STRESS! Plants are suffering now too. A common problem is overwatering with your irrigation system in heavy clay soils. Symptoms of overwatering look a lot like dryness- wilting, yellowing foliage can mean too much water. Check the soil with a trowel around your plants before you add more water. Remember: fewer, longer waterings are best for trees and shrubs. Sprinklers are best for groundcovers.

Are you ready to plan the garden of your dreams this summer? Hydrangeas are in their glory now and Crape Myrtles are coloring the landscape. Easy perennials like daylilies, salvias and coreopsis provide long lasting color without the expense of annual replanting! Let's get together to create your new home, office or vacation place landscaping. Our design team can create a master plan to install now or in phases as time and budget allow. Our landscape construction crew's precision and attention to detail will make your project shine. Our landscape maintenance crews will free you for other interests, while keeping up the value and beauty of your property.

BROWN LAWNS- If you don't have an irrigation system, we recommend that you let your lawn go dormant in this summer heat and drought rather than try to water it. Lawn grass plants will recover when temperatures go down and rains start again. You will most likely be aerating and reseeding in September anyway! Save your watering for your woody plants- they are your biggest investment.

See our 'Calendar' for what else you can do in in the garden this month, and give us a call to help with all your landscaping needs.