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Austin’s Landscape Consultation Station!

Landscape Consultation for Austin and the Surrounding Area I know you’re busy, who isn’t? We are also running out of water and need to get away from large lawns and into more sustainable gardens and landscapes. This leaves you struggling to find the right plants, concepts and directions for your personal landscape and you may …

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Is Your Landscaper Killing Your Landscape?

Bad landscape practices

You’d be unpleasantly surprised by how often I’m called to a clients home for consulting only to inform them that the service they hired to care for it is the reason for their problems. More times than not, your landscaper is killing your landscape.  Unnecessary Trimming is Ruining Your Landscape   One of many reasons …

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Pink Flowers for Central Texas

Flowering, Peggy, martin rose

 There are so many beautiful Pink flowers to choose from in the Central Texas landscape. Pink flowers can help create a beautiful, happy color pallet for sun to shade. Texas loving flowers can include an array of pink shades as well as interesting greenery and textures.  Pink Turks Cap We will begin with a true …

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Agarita

Agarita, Lisa LaPaso

Interesting Foliage, Flowers and Fruit. Agarita is an evergreen, native plant of  Texas. Boasting tri-leaved blue-ish green/grey foliage, yellow flowers and edible red fruit that is great for jams and jellies.  Drought Tolerant and Deer Resistant  Agarita is deer resistant and super drought tolerant. It’s an excellent Xeriscape plant that works well in a myriad …

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Extreme Heat and a Depressed Landscape

Heat stressed lawn

I keep thinking about the influx of people who’ve recently moved into my area over the last several years and what an awful surprise it must be to spend a real summer in Austin Texas. Not only is there oppressive, extreme heat and humidity for us, (exacerbated by concrete) but it’s down right depressing to …

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