Allentuck Landscaping Co. Visits Dufief Elementary School

Allentuck Landscaping June 16, 2017

Allentuck Landscaping Co. Installs 2017 Gardens For Grade Schools Grants It was a hot day, but also a wonderful day as we installed this year’s Gardens for Grade School Grants at Dufief Elementary School in North Potomac, Maryland. Earlier in the day, our landscape crew installed an 8’x4’ cedar planter with perennials that attract butterflies; Coreopsis, Sedum, Echinacea and several other species. After the installation was complete, over 80 second

8 Best Garden Plants For Attracting Butterflies

Allentuck Landscaping May 20, 2017

Plant These Plants For Attracting Butterflies To Your Garden Butterflies are a delight to have in one’s garden. Attracting butterflies to your garden is easy. It is important to plant the one thing they cannot resist, flowers. Flowers and butterflies go hand in hand. As a poet once pointed out, butterflies are flying flowers, and flowers are tethered butterflies. Here are 8 of the best plants for attracting butterflies to

8 Deer Resistant Perennials

Allentuck Landscaping May 15, 2017

Try These Deer Resistant Perennials In Your Garden If you are reading this you already know that damage to landscape plants in Montgomery County, Maryland by White Tail Deer has increased dramatically over the last few years. Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to gardens has occurred. The problem has become worse because of a rising deer populations, encroachment of human’s into the deer’s natural territory and the

How To Improve Your Front Landscape In North Potomac, MD

Allentuck Landscaping March 25, 2017

It Is Not Difficult To Make Your Front Landscape In North Potomac, MD Look Awesome! You only get one chance to make a first impression and first impressions are everything. How our homes look can affect how we feel about it every time we come and go, how guests feel when they arrive, and ultimately, how successful a home sale can be when we ultimately decide to move. Here are

Solutions For Planting Under Trees

Allentuck Landscaping January 26, 2017

Planting Under Trees Can Be Challenging It is a common complaint, “Nothing will grow under my trees”. To be perfectly honest, our first response to this statement is usually not what our customers want to hear: “Duh”. Mature trees have large canopies that block out the sun and massive root systems that will out compete smaller plants for water every day. So the area under the trees becomes brown and

11 December Landscape Tasks For Montgomery County, MD

Allentuck Landscaping December 6, 2016

Getting These Tasks Done In December Will Pay Dividends Down The Road for your Montgomery County, MD landscape It may be December but there us still a lot to do in your Montgomery County, MD landscape. December is a great time to divide perennials. It’s like getting free plants! Some of the easiest to divide include Hostas, Daylilies, Astilbe, Black Eye Susan and Purple Cone Flower. For easy to follow instructions

Beautiful, Beneficial Native Plants for Maryland

Allentuck Landscaping December 3, 2016

Native Plants Offer Many Benefits To Maryland Gardens This is the second part of a two part post. The first part was Native Plants To Be Thankful For In Your Landscape. This post was written by guest blogger Toni Bailey, owner and Landscape Architect of Gracefully Green LLC. Toni specializes in sustainable landscaping. You wouldn’t think that writing a short piece about native plants, which populate 98% of my plant recommendations,

12 December Landscape To Do’s For North Potomac, MD

Allentuck Landscaping November 29, 2016

Getting These Landscape Tasks Done In December Will Pay Dividends Down The Road for North Potomac, MD gardeners It may be December in North Potomac, MD but there us still a lot to do in the garden. December is a great time to divide perennials. It’s like getting free plants! Some of the easiest to divide include Hostas, Daylilies, Astilbe, Black Eye Susan and Purple Cone Flower. For easy to

How To Divide Perennials

Allentuck Landscaping November 29, 2016

Dividing Perennials Dividing perennials is a great way to keep your garden from getting over crowded. It is also a great way to get new plants to spread to other parts of your landscape. One other side benefit, you can trade extra plants with friends for some of their extras. The following instructions are from Clemson University. Prepared by Karen Russ, HGIC Information Specialist & Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist,

Olympic Spirit Has Hit Us Hard!

Allentuck Landscaping August 8, 2016

Introduce Gold Medal Plants Into Your Garden In the spirit of the Olympics, it is time to go for the gold! We understand that not everyone can be a world class athlete and win a gold medal, but everyone can add a little gold to their landscape. Good landscape design balances having plants that flower with plants that offer color in their foliage. While it is nice to get a

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Allentuck Landscaping Co. Visits Dufief Elementary School

8 Best Garden Plants For Attracting Butterflies

8 Deer Resistant Perennials

How To Improve Your Front Landscape In North Potomac, MD

Solutions For Planting Under Trees

11 December Landscape Tasks For Montgomery County, MD

Beautiful, Beneficial Native Plants for Maryland

12 December Landscape To Do’s For North Potomac, MD

How To Divide Perennials

Olympic Spirit Has Hit Us Hard!

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