Why some plants won’t grow under Black Walnut Trees. Ideas for replacing a walnut tree with plants that are resistant to Juglone toxicity. If you’ve ever removed a Black Walnut tree from your yard and have found that very few plants will grow in its place or the ones that do grow grow very poorly, [...]

Mature tree roots growing on or just below the soils surface are known as surface roots or top roots. And many times due to growing conditions, growth habits, and even the genetics of the tree, surface roots can’t be prevented. So along with a little prevention like planting trees that are less susceptible to surface [...]

While ideas for desert landscaping are often thought of as being the same as xeriscaping, it isn’t necessarily always true. Xeriscaping is actually a set of principles and methods for creating water wise landscapes and gardens regardless of style. Still, when a client tells me they want a xeriscape design, most times they really mean [...]