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Fall is for Fescue!
If you have a Fescue lawn, now is the time to make things right for next season. We've learned over the years that Fescue takes a beating every summer, so we need to do everything we can now to make sure our yards look incredible later. Later means this fall, but especially next spring. Our friends over at Atlantic Mulch posted this list of tips for Fall Fescue Renovations. We suggest you take a look, and give us a call if you would like us to help you with your Fescue lawn this fall. Thanks for … [Read More...]
It’s That Time Again
The birds are chirping and we're looking at 80 degrees several times this week. Yep, now is the time to start thinking about a warm season grass. Zeon Zoysia, Emerald Zoysia, TifGrand Bermuda, or Centipede. The list goes on. If you can stand the dormancy of winter, what's the hold up? Here are just a few of the benefits of installing a warm season lawn. 1. Reproduces itself: You'll never have to seed again as all of these grasses reproduce by stolons and rhizomes. 2. Drought Tolerant: These grasses will not die out due to excessive heat or drought (after the establishment … [Read More...]
Warm Season Grass……We Believe!
I didn't get into the landscaping field with the idea to become opinionated....it just happened. It's hot outside this week.....bloody hot! I'm not surprised. It happens every year doesn't it? We experience 4 distinct types of weather in North Carolina and most of the US for that matter. You don't have to go far to find places that experience only two seasons, and even those two often aren't that different. I suppose the best we can do is stay hydrated, enjoy the A/C when we have it, and continue to marvel at the heat as if it's impossible. In fact it is impossible, especially … [Read More...]
A Good Time to Mulch
If you're thinking about mulching your plant beds, NOW is better than later, unless you want to wait til December! If you have any amount of deciduous (leaf dropping) trees in your yard, they've probably just been completely cleared. Why not get the most out of your mulch job by placing it now? If you mulch now, you'll have 7 months with no leaves covering your beautiful mulch job. If you mulch it in July, the material will cost more per yard, and you'll only have 2 or 3 months before your beds are covered with leaves again. If you still have leaves in your beds, DON'T RAKE THEM … [Read More...]
T1′s Halloween Garden wins first place at the NC State Fair!
Back in March when we first drew the Halloween theme for the 2010 NC State Fair Garden Competition, I was a little skeptical. I couldn't quite imagine where this theme could take us. Luckily, the guy spearheading the project design was Bryson Trexler, our on staff Horticulturalist and Landscape Designer. From a voodoo potman named Heddou Marco (framed up with rebar and dressed with black landscaping pots) to tribal skulls with Tongue ferns coming out of the mouth, he really conceived a tremendous outcome right from the beginning. As things began to shape up in the week prior … [Read More...]