Video - How to Create a Modern Style Walkway with Travertine Tile

Travertine tile is a great material for creating modern style walkways and patios. Here's how it gets installed. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Pork & Beans Sedum

 

This little succulent is great cascading over a pot

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

 

Video - How to Roast Summer Squash

 

Summer Squash is easy to grow from seed, even in containers. We used 21 inch cheap pots and 3 months later we had these beauties. My wife, Lisa, shows you how to roast the squash. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Chinese Fringe Flower (Loropetalum chinense)

 

This colorful shrub prefers a little afternoon shade in hot regions.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Taken at a client's garden in San Diego

Video - Growing Sunflowers

 

Sunflowers are so easy to grow in warm weather. From seeds to flowers in 6 weeks, here's a fun 2 minute video on growing sunflowers. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Crape Myrtle, the crazy colorful tree

 

Crape Myrtles produce an explosion of summer blooms in a fairly small tree. They comes in several colors from bright red to pink to white. These little trees may only get 20 feet tall but pack a big wallop of color. Crape Myrtles are also drought tolerant. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Round Hot Tub

This hot tub is capped with Travertine tile coping.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

taken at a client's house in Poway

 

Video - What to feed your citrus tree this summer

 

Citrus trees are like teenagers, you have to feed them a lot in the summer. Here's what to feed them. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How to Install a Paver Pool Deck

 

Pavers are a great choice for a pool deck. They come a wide variety of color, textures and patterns. Here's a how to video on their installation.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - A Little Dog and a Big Stick

 

Time for a little break from gardening for a cute 1 minute dog video. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Infinity Edge Pool

This a great use of the infinity edge pool, a mountain top home.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

 

Video - Hate your neighbor? Plant Privet!

 

Do you have an ugly neighbor that you can't stand to look at? Hide them with Privet! This is a great shrub for privacy. Privet will reach 8' tall if untrimmed and flowers nicely in the spring. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Pool House

This pool house serves as bother an outdoor kitchen and a changing room / bathroom.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

taken at a client's residence in San Diego

 

Video - 12 Great Trees for Small Spaces

  

Here's a wide selection of great trees for small spaces. From Redbuds to Crape Myrtles there is a tree for every garden in this video. All the plants in this video are listed in the video description. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How to Repair a Retaining Wall

  

Retaining walls are often damaged by poor drainage. This then cause stucco damage. Here's a video on how to repair both. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - After Glow Echeveria

 

This is one of my favorite succulents.  After Glow Echeveria only gets about 12" tall and wide with a cute little flower in the fall.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
 

Video - Drought Tolerant Plants for Snowy Places

Here are 3 wonderful drought tolerant plants for places with snow. These plants are great for USDA Zones 6-8. Here are 3 of my favorites from the mountain town of Big Bear. Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina), a great butterfly plant. that grows in a wide variety of conditions. Shasta Daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum) are perennials that wait for the snow to melt before bursting out of the ground. They are hardy in zones 5-9. Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) flourishes at higher elevations where the soil is better draining than lower California. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Concrete with Top Cast Finish

 

Top Cast is a great way to give concrete a non-slip finish. In this video, I also show how concrete gets it's color and control joints are made.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Lipstick Echeveria

This cute little succulent gets about 12" tall and wide.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Taken at a client's garden in San Diego

 

Video - Iceberg Roses Tougher than the Titanic

 

Do you need a tough rose? There is nothing tougher than an Iceberg (ask the guy driving the Titanic)! This floribunda rose gives loads of easy color.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design