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Beware of Troublesome Trees
Beautiful landscapes can be doomed by the wrong selection of trees and shrubs. The same characteristics that cause some species to thrive in nature can spell ruin in manicured lawns and gardens.
Many of these plants are chosen because of their rapid growth or showy foliage only to fill their hosts with regret. Some propagate by suckers, others by seed, but regardless of how they spread, they tend to disrupt landscapes with unwanted growth that’s often hard to prevent.
Sheath Your Shears till After the Snow Flies
Fall is a hard season to predict along Colorado’s Front Range. The earliest freeze in Denver was on September 8, 1962, but just 18 years earlier it didn’t come till November 15. In 1961 it snowed on Labor Day! The National Weather Service pegs October 7 as the average first freeze date, but if you’ve lived in Colorado for any length of time, you know there’s nothing “average” about the weather here. Even the experts can only nail down the first frost to 60-day window.
Trees of Colorado: The Mountain Mahogany
If you’re looking for a small tree to accent your low-maintenance landscape, the mountain mahogany is an excellent choice. Native to Colorado’s rocky slopes, when mature, it has an attractive, twisted appearance that some liken to the African savanna.
Is it Time to Upgrade Your Landscape?
If your home is more than a few years old, your landscaping may be showing its age. This can lead to reduced curb appeal, lower property values, or even serious safety hazards.
Here are some things to consider.
Trees of Colorado: The Autumn Blaze Maple
Are you envious of the beautiful fall colors of New England? Or do you just want a shade tree that will turn heads with a blaze of color when summer turns to fall? Then the Autumn Blaze Maple is the tree for you.
Make Your Yard Wildlife Friendly for Winter
Invite wildlife to your yard and neighborhood for the winter and keep them coming back year-round. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it helps keep important species thriving. With a few simple steps, you can beautify your landscape while enjoying sharing it with...
Put Your Fall Leaves to Good Use
Time was the smell of leaves burning was a sure sign of fall. While it was bad for the environment—and the occasional house or garage—the smoky aroma ranked right up with pumpkin pie and warm cider as a favorite seasonal scent until the practice was largely banned.
Today that aroma has been replaced by the ear-splitting sound of leaf blowers gathering leaves in a pile to be bagged and left out with the trash. And while that may be marginally better for the environment, there are far more productive ways to put your fall leaves to a use than slowly decomposing in a landfill.
The Science of Fall Color
If you’ve ever wondered why some leaves turn red while others turn orange, yellow, or brown—or stay green all year long—the answer hides just below the surface. The leaves, you see, aren’t naturally green at all.
Winter Watering Keeps Trees Healthy and Happy
Trees are living organisms that need nutrition all year round. Even in the dead of winter your trees and shrubs are busy underground, growing and storing food and energy for springtime emergence.
Is This the Year for a Living Christmas Tree?
There’s nothing quite like the scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree to put you in the holiday spirit. And there’s nothing like cleaning up fallen, dried-up needles and dragging it to the curb to get you out of it.
Roses Are Right for Many Reasons
Maybe your landscape design already has Grandma’s roses. Or, maybe you’re ramping up to re-landscape. Either way, Old Garden Roses are a remarkably hardy plant in Colorado’s climate. And they provide security too. If you’ve ever tried to trim your rose bush, you know exactly what I mean.
A Tree Grows in Littleton
Almost 55 years ago, there was a house on South Broadway with a tree growing through it. Well, it was growing through the center of the attached carport roof which seemed an odd place to have a tree. It was a curious sight from the perspective of the back seat of the family car. Not much in suburban Littleton was curious, but instead homogenous.