The bitter cold from a few weeks back took a toll on our cool-season color. Odds are that you’re about to make some significant upgrades to get ready for the growing season ahead. This is a fun topic, ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

Colors enrich, beautify and unify our landscapes. When adding color to the landscape, we often rely on flowering bedding plants and perennials. However, they add considerably to the effort spent on ...

“February is the uncertain month, neither black nor white, but all shades between by turns. Nothing is sure.” – Gladys Hasty Carroll. “February’s silence speaks volumes about nature’s patience.” – Joy ...

The landscape in Greater Columbus can be downright dreary during the winter months. The vibrant and varied colors of flowering plants are long gone from much of the landscape, and the green turf is ...

“As a kid I associated the color orange with warmth and comfort -- probably because I grew up in the Massachusetts town of Chicopee where nor’easters whipped through on a regular basis. Today I’m glad ...

If you don’t have a crape myrtle in your landscape, then you’re missing out on a lot of easy color. Just look around as you drive through Shreveport and Bossier City as well as most of the surrounding ...

The relationship between landscape color changes, landscape complexity, and peoples' visual preference ratings were studied using photographs of landscapes captured during four seasons. Results ...