New plantings require additional moisture for two years to become established. Evaluate current and future water availability prior to design. If you decide not to plant this season, you can still get started on a new landscape by focusing on design, site preparation, irrigation and hardscape installation....

A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a small field or plot of ground designed to feature and emphasize a variety of rocks, stones, and boulders. The standard layout for a rock garden consists of a pile of aesthetically arranged rocks in different sizes, with small gaps between...

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), detected in Boulder, CO, in September 2013, is a nonnative insect with no natural enemies to keep it in check. EAB attacks only ash trees, and the pest is responsible for the death and decline of tens of millions of ash trees in the United States. Colorado has many ash in...

Winter Desiccation of Evergreens Typical Colorado Front Range winters include periods of warm, windy, low-humidity days with no snow cover and extended dry periods. Needled and broadleaved evergreens, especially last year’s transplants, are very prone to winter desiccation (“winter burn”)...

Squeegee. Similar in color to river rock or pea gravel, Squeegee is smaller than Pea Gravel at approximately 1/4″ minus in size. River rock is one of the most popular stone products used for landscaping purposes. There’s a good reason for its popularity. It comes in an endless variety of shapes,...

Successful Colorado gardeners learn how to take advantage of the favorable properties of our soil and how to improve it through soil preparation. The most important thing to add to any Colorado soil isn’t fertilizer; it’s organic materials like compost, peat and manure. Organic materials...

Foreign and invasive weeds in the Colorado landscape! These aliens are in the form of non-native weeds called “noxious” in Colorado. They’ve gotten that name because of their invasiveness, aggressiveness and the rate at which they spread. Noxious weeds are difficult to control, and...

A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a small field or plot of ground designed to feature and emphasize a variety of rocks, stones, and boulders. The standard layout for a rock garden consists of a pile of aesthetically arranged rocks in different sizes with small gaps between...

What causes leaf color to change from green to yellow or red in the fall? It’s a combination of light, temperature and available water. With less light on short days, trees and shrubs return to an energy-saving mode to survive the winter. Short days and falling temperatures signal trees and...

1. Assess your lawn type and geographic location:Determine what type of lawn you have before you start reading up on what type of lawncare to perform. In many countries like the United States you can look at the Plant Zone for your state and municipality. This will help you determine what is the growing...