Video - How to convert a lawn to a hummingbird garden

Doug shares how to attract these birds with hummingbird flowers, offering a guide to plants that attract hummingbirds. Discover how to create a pollinator-friendly garden and see which plants for hummingbirds are best for your yard. Learn how to get started with attracting hummingbirds today! Included in this video are 12 great hummingbird plants.

Video - How to Move an Monster 800 lb Tree Up a Slope

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Video - Why Gardeners Love These Shears!

Product Review: Gonicc 8" titanium bypass shears with a tough blade and comfortable handles for easy garden tasks. These gardening tools make nice clean cuts, especially when pruning the rose plant. See how easy it is to use these hand pruners for all your pruning shears needs. Here is the link for these clippers. https://amzn.to/45Hofey Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Top 10 Palm Trees for Southern California Gardens!

 

Doug shares his top 10 favorite palm trees perfect for Southern California gardens, especially in zones 8, 9, and 10. Learn about different palm varieties and why they flourish in places like San Diego and Los Angeles with this guide to tropical landscaping. He covers everything from pygmy date palms to the majestic queen palm! Here are my favorite palm trees. There is a list below of these beauties. Here are some good books on palm trees; https://amzn.to/325vKgN https://amzn.to/3wXZZll https://amzn.to/3ClwvPv Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Why Do Butterflies Love This Tree So Much?

 

Doug introduces the Chaste Tree, also known as Vitex Agnus Castus, highlighting its appeal to butterflies. This flowering tree has amazing summer blooms and is perfect for attracting butterflies in the garden. Learn how this tree can be grown as a large shrub or small tree and is great for gardening. Swallowtail butterflies are among the largest seen in Southern California. This morning I discovered two different varieties on the same plant. One was a Western Tiger Swallowtail, the other was an Anise Swallowtail. Bother butterflies were enjoying the sweet flowers of my Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus castus). Here's the link to buy this wonderful tree. Vitex Tree aka Chaste Tree https://amzn.to/4dyxyze Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Watch This Stump Disappear in Minutes!

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Video - How often should I feed my orange tree

 

Why is my orange (or lemon or lime) tree looking bad? It probably needs more food and water than you have been giving the tree. This video will talk about how often to feed your citrus tree. Here are links to some of the citrus tree foods seen in the video. https://amzn.to/4bNraUw https://amzn.to/4hmZQNW https://amzn.to/4kK4kkE Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Plants for Fall Color

Here are some trees, shrubs and perennials that can bring fall colors into your garden.

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Video - Strawberry Tree, a tough shade tree that birds love

 

The Strawberry Tree actually does bear fruit (but it's yucky). However Birds love this tree not only for the food but the shelter it provides. The Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo or Arbutus marina) can reach 30 feet and 30 feet wide. It is also a drought tolerant tree that can tolerate sea breezes. Best in USDA zones 7-11, this tree will go deciduous in the colder zones. Here in San Diego the Strawberry Tree is a wonderful evergreen shade tree. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - What is killing these big palm trees?

 

Canary Island Date palm trees all over Southern California are slowly being wiped out by a small but deadly pest. The South American Palm Weevil target these majestic palm trees by laying its eggs in the top of the trees, Once the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow down and begin killing the host tree. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Are Costco Fruit Trees any Good

The fruit trees have arrived in Costco, but are they any good? That's the question I answer in this video. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Bareroot Fruit Tree Shopping and Planting Tips

 

Spring is finally here! How about some tip for buying and planting a new fruit tree. Fruit trees are great for back yards because they can serve multiple uses. Fruit trees can be serve as screening plants, focal points and of course a fun source of food. Here are some links to buy bare root fruit trees. Please note that some states do not allow the import of bare root fruit trees; https://amzn.to/4anJ66A https://amzn.to/3PV3HGZ https://amzn.to/4apk5b7 https://amzn.to/3vJJ5uw https://amzn.to/43SYDZI Here are some links to buy planting amendments; https://amzn.to/49tVWi8 https://amzn.to/3lOtRiF https://amzn.to/3lNFWVe https://amzn.to/3PUBbW6 Here's the nursery in San Diego where I filmed this video. https://www.walterandersen.com/ Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Decomposed Granite Tree Ring

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Taken at a client's garden in Escondido, California

 

Video - This Week in Landscape Construction #12 Bamboo Shade Structure, Paver P...

 

The construction tour continues as I check on 6 projects I designed. This week the crews install a paver patio, bamboo shade structure, cable railing, outdoor bridge, outdoor kitchen, retaining wall and large tree planting Looking for more patio ideas? Check out these books; https://amzn.to/4aTzaSU https://amzn.to/3ixeAhM https://amzn.to/3DepGjk https://amzn.to/3lwOmxK Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Forest Pansy Redbud Tree (Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy')

 

This wonderful little tree is perfect for small gardens.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Taken at a client's garden in Escondido, Calif

 

Video - How to tell if a tree is dead or dormant

 

As winter gives way to spring, you might be wondering if your tree is still alive. Here is a simple test to determine the answer. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How to Plant a Big Tree

 

A 36 inch box tree can weigh between 400 and 800 pounds. This video covers how big to make the hole, how to amend the soil, how to stake the tree and other valuable tips for getting a big tree in the ground. Thank you to Juan Montano of Unique Landscaping for demonstrating how to do this. Here's are links to buy some of the supplies in the video; Tree straps https://amzn.to/3lOWts9 https://amzn.to/3FuFekM https://amzn.to/3sBSKPW https://amzn.to/3EuJCij Slow release tree fertilizer https://amzn.to/3lOtRiF https://amzn.to/3lNFWVe Tree care books https://amzn.to/3YJrvQs https://amzn.to/3XC39a4 Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photos - Fig trees and its fruit

 

This drought tolerant tree produces tasty fruit

 

Video - Swallowtail Butterflies Dancing for Their Dinner

 

Swallowtail butterflies are among the largest seen in Southern California. This morning I discovered two different varieties on the same plant. One was a Western Tiger Swallowtail, the other was an Anise Swallowtail. Bother butterflies were enjoying the sweet flowers of my Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus castus). Here are some more books to help identify your local butterfly; https://amzn.to/443hD5T https://amzn.to/45byqW9 https://amzn.to/43SS9bn Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How to install a tree root barrier

 

How can you stop tree roots from breaking up walkways, driveways and other valuable parts of your house? With a root barrier and here's how to install one. Thank you to Juan Montano of Unique Landscaping for demonstrating how to do this. Also, here are the links to buy one.

ROOT BARRIER https://amzn.to/3krPvcd https://amzn.to/3xVydaz https://www.ndspro.com/shop/root-barriers/root-barrier-sheet-material.html Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design