Four Season Landscapes
Four season landscapes look great every day of the year! As you look out from the kitchen window in winter, the evergreens and hollies are spectacular in the snow. Come spring, the daffodils, azaleas and…
March Landscaping and Gardening Guide
Here are some tips from Creative Landscapes for what to do in your landscape this month. Pruning: Check all your trees and shrubs for damage from ice and snow storms. Shape evergreens and remove dead…
February Landscaping and Gardening Guide
By the end of the month the first flower bulbs will be popping up through the soil, and you may even see a Cornelian Cherry Dogwood or Viburnum ‘Dawn’ coming into bloom. We are busy…
First in bloom! Early Spring Flowers
How to have plants in bloom in your early spring garden before everyone else! Driving around the suburbs you may marvel at the stunning early spring flowers in a neighbour’s yard, and wish you had…
Gardening Guide & Tips for January
This is usually the coldest month of the year, surely there cannot be anything to do in the garden this month? Well actually there are some things you can do to help the look of…
Gardening Guide & Tips for December
As the leaves fall off deciduous shrubs and trees, evergreens sustain the landscape. Hollies are putting on their bright red berries, Norway Spruces are providing a wind screen, evergreen foundation plantings such as cherry laurels…
Gardening Guide & Tips for November
The time between Halloween and Thanksgiving is one of the most important times of the year to take care of your yard. There is a lot to do this month so let’s get stuck in!…
Gardening Guide & Tips for October
October is a great month to renovate the plantings around your house. This is the time of year to plant deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees as the cool temperatures will encourage root growth. October…
Fall really is for planting!
You may have heard the phrase: “Fall is for Planting”. Is this true and is it better to plant in the fall or in the spring? We have seen for over 30 years that plants…
Gardening Guide & Tips for September
You may have seen the slogan ‘Fall is for Planting’. There is a lot of truth in this as you will have to do a lot less watering in the Fall than in the Spring…