Month: September 2012

26 Sep 2012
September 26, 2012 0 Comments By masterpiecelandscapingadmin battling the Minnesota climate, perennials, The Art of Landscaping

Harmony in the Landscape Garden with some Autumn Beauties

As we enter the last month of the non-winter garden season here in our Northland, I regularly stroll my garden paths to evaluate the various arrangement of plants regarding their health, appearance, and harmony with their neighbors. Do they fill their space as beautifully among their neighboring notes for the eyes, as Beethoven adagios do for the ears? What 'note' is each plant playing. What music for your 'eyes' are you composing, and why. Remember...

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26 Sep 2012
September 26, 2012 0 Comments By masterpiecelandscapingadmin battling the Minnesota climate, garden seasons, shrubs and trees

Don’t Forget to Water Valued Trees a bit Extra this Autumn

Autumn is running almost two weeks early this year. It is also likely that this Autumn will be more dull in color. Many falling leaves will have shown no color but dried up brown.....for the very reason that the summer was dried up and hot for our northern clime. The treeless line, that is the rainfall line indicating less than 15 inches of annual precipitation, runs just west of the Twin Cities at a slanting...

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13 Sep 2012
September 13, 2012 0 Comments By masterpiecelandscapingadmin battling the Minnesota climate, garden maintenance, Plant health, shrubs and trees

Autumn “Falling” Early This Year in our Neighborhood

About three weeks ago two 80 plus feet high cottonwoods began shedding their leaves cluttering up many of my garden paths and favorite plants. There is no apparent need for this shedding because these water hoggers have grown up over the past 50 years immediately beside an acre sized pond including a large part for which I pay property taxes. Too, I have noticed the shedding of white pine needles which started about two weeks...

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