Colorado Yard Care
Helping you create a more beautiful, functional and sustainable yard along Colorado's Front Range
With spring right around the corner, it’s a good idea to start thinking about your landscape again. Trust me, it’s not too early. The warm weather will be here before you know it! To help you decide where to start, I made a video where I talk about the yard care tasks to complete during […]
Spring snow is full of moisture. That’s good news for winter-dehydrated landscape plants, but can cause problems for our trees and shrubs. During late spring snow storms, the wet flakes cling to branches, causing them to bow under the weight. Sometimes branches will bend outward from the plant’s center. But if enough heavy snow accumulates, […]
March is the time to get busy in your yard! When you can go outside without a jacket for a few days, it’s the perfect signal to dust off the gardening gloves and pruners. Here’s my advice on what to do sooner than later. Prune your shrubs, if needed. It’s important to do any pruning […]
Now that it’s October, some plants have lost their luster. Some look tired and ragged. Add in the extra moisture from the spring rains, and some plants simply flop. Russian sage can be the poster child for floppy plants in rainy years. If you’ve got floppy Russian sage, you may want to watch this video […]
They’re so seductively beautiful, just hanging out in the garden center waiting for someone to take them home. Their impressive color combinations and gorgeous flowers cause thousands of shoppers to grab them purely on impulse and buy them before they even think the purchase through. But how do you keep that container of annual flowers […]
My house got pummeled by hail not once, but twice, within the past two days. Sheesh. Talk about incredible to watch and disheartening to deal with. If the same thing happened to you, you might be interested in the post I wrote last year about dealing with hail damage in the landscape. It might be […]
Now that spring is here, it’s time to get busy. What do you need to do this month? 1. Finish spring cleanup, if you haven’t already. The time for getting ornamental grasses cut back is NOW. Don’t delay. Learn more about this here. 2. If you have areas of rock mulch or decorative rock and […]
With the big snowstorm on the horizon this weekend, you may be wondering how to best protect your landscape. My answer basic answer is 1) be proactive about a few things, 2) don’t worry too much about most plants and 3) be thankful for the moisture. There are two big factors with spring snowstorms: snow […]
Wow it’s warm for February! My daughter asked me why we didn’t own a convertible car. I answered, “Because we live in Colorado. It could be freezing next week.” In fact, it looks like President’s Day will be snowy. Talk about erratic weather! With the unusually warm conditions, it can be confusing to know what […]
You can, but it might be better to wait until spring. If you want the quick answer, here’s a 90-second video on cutting back Russian sage in fall. Read on if you’d like a deeper explanation. Keep in mind it doesn’t need to be cut down in fall. There is absolutely not a problem in […]
If your landscape plants were damaged by the hail yesterday, first of all, I am so sorry. I know how disheartening it is to watch your plants be destroyed in minutes when it took months– and sometimes years– to nurture them along. I remember one summer when hail hit my garden six times. I almost […]