Category: Landscaping Ideas

Protecting Spring Bulbs From Animals

Simple Tips To Keep Deer From Eating Spring Bulbs It’s time to plant spring bulbs!  Not only are you excited about it, there are quite a few animals looking for an easy meal that are happy too. Tulip and Crocus bulbs are the animals favorite. Use the three tips below to help keep animals out of your garden. If you remember these tips this fall while planting your flower bulbs you

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Fragrant Plants Greatly Enhance A Landscape Design

Add Fragrant Plants To Your Garden Design Most garden designs only consider appearance but a well-designed garden appeals to all of the senses. Who doesn’t love to see beautiful flowers or interesting foliage. The sound of leaves rustling in the wind or birds singing appeals to our ears. The soft touch of an ornamental grass inflorescence against our cheek. The sense of smell is among the strongest of the senses.

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Plant Profile: Coneflowers

Coneflowers Offer Fantastic Late Summer Garden Color Late summer can be a frustrating time in the garden. Some of our favorite plants are fading and the fall plants are just not quite in prime time yet. This is where Coneflowers come in. With a wide variety of color and size options, Coneflowers offer blooms that last from midsummer well into the fall. Coneflowers originated on the prairies where they are

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6 Outstanding Summer Flowering Shrubs

Summer Flowering Shrubs To Brighten Your Garden Summer is in full swing and so are some of the best summer flowering shrubs. If you are like most people, you may think the summer garden is limited to Crape Myrtles and Hydrangeas. Not true (although we did include a few on our list below). Here are some other excellent summer flowering shrubs for you to consider. Abelia ‘Kaleidescope’ – Abelia x

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Backyard Landscape Ideas

Backyard Landscape Ideas For Creating Your Own Oasis We have a saying; the front yard is public, the backyard is private. The backyard is your personal domain. The place where you find refuge from the go, go, go world we live in. It is where you go to escape, spend time with family and friends, relax, and unwind. So why not make it as nice as possible. No matter the

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Hiring Your Next Maryland Patio Design Company

What To Consider When Hiring Your Next Maryland Patio Design Company Deciding which Maryland patio design company to hire is a big decision for any homeowner to make. After all, whoever is hired is charged with designing and installing an important improvement to one’s home. Whether you plan to add a new walkway and entry or a patio and outdoor living area, the project is an investment in your home.

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Landscape Garden Design For The Front Of Your Home

Create The Perfect Landscape Garden Design For The Front Of Your Home Some people say clothes make the man. Well, a good landscape garden design can truly make the front of one’s home. Let’s face it, a house without a stunning front foundation garden simply looks naked, sort of like a picture without a frame.  The right plants in front of a house not only hide the foundation, but if

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Proper Rose Pruning Encourages Flowering

Rose Pruning For Season Long Blooms Roses are a gardener’s garden plant. They take a lot of care and pampering but, if done correctly, they will bloom profusely all season long. One of the tasks that is key to season long blooms is deadheading. Deadheading is the removal of old, fading blooms so the plants will send up new buds, starting the process all over again. Rose deadheading is a

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Native Plants For Maryland Gardens

Native Plants Have Many Benefits A native plants is a plant that originate in and is native to a geographical region. In other words, it naturally occurs in the area and can be found in nature. Why Use Native Plants Using native plants in the landscape makes sense for a whole host of reasons. Because they are native, they are used to our conditions. Native plants are programmed to survive

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What Is Blooming In Maryland Gardens In May

So Much Flowering In Maryland Gardens May is like the Super Bowl of flowering plants. Look around our neighborhood. There are so many shrubs, perennials, bulbs and trees in bloom. This blog is intended to help you identify what is in bloom in Maryland Gardens right now so you can consider these plants for your garden. Shrubs Perennials   Bulbs   Trees Allentuck Landscaping Company is always here to help

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