Video - Doug's Top 10 Salvias for your garden

Here are my favorite plants. I love Salvias for all their easy color and the way they attract hummingbirds. Also known as sages, these are my favorite 10.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Architectural Lighting

 

I took this photo at Balboa Park.  Notice the use of lighting to highlight the architecture. Wall washes, up lights and spotlights are all in use here.

Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Star Jasmine

Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is a wonderful drought tolerant vine that is great for fences and ground cover. Start Jasmine is covered with fragrant flowers every spring. This native from Asia is hardy to zone 8 (about 10 degrees F). It does best in full sun but can hard part shade. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - Sunset on the Beach

I took a break from gardening to take my wife and our dogs to the beach in search of the elusive Green Flash. See the video description for more information on the Green Flash Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - How to grow Gladiolus

I love to mix Gladiolus in with my roses because they seem to bloom when the roses are in between their blooms. In this video I show you some of the the basics on growing this great cut flower. See the video description for more information and where to buy Gladiolus. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Photo - Dark Star Ceanothus

This California native shrub is very drought tolerant and great for slopes.

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Video - More Hybrid Tea Roses vs Floribunda Roses

Time for more roses! Here's the follow up to my most popular video from 2020. This video has 20 of my favorite hybrid tea roses as well as 20 wonderful floribunda roses. There is a list of all the roses below and where to buy them in the video description.

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Photo - Bee on Pink Hawthorn

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Video - Doug's Top 10 Plants for Slopes

Here are my top 10 plants for slopes. These are the non succulents that I love to use to spice up a slope. They run the range from California natives to simple ground covers.

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Photo - Summer squash flower with a bee

Kudos to the hardworking bees that pollinate the flowers that lead to our food.

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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

Video - Doug's Top 10 Materials for Outdoor Patios

Are you looking for ideas for a new outdoor patio? Here are my top 10 favorite materials. From Pavers to tile to decking. This video shows examples of them all plus rough costs of these materials. See the video description for links to even more information on these materials.

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Video - Wild Mustard

Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) is the weed that won over the world. This annual has been found from Texas to the North Pole. From China to California, Wild Mustard has been used for food and medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Here in San Diego, California, Wild Mustard is a critical source of food for bees and the seeds are eaten by a wide range of wildlife.

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Photo - Redbud flowers

This is one of my favorite small trees, the Forest Pansy Redbud.  Each spring the tree is full of these dainty pink flowers.  The tree will reach about 15 feet and wide in average conditions.  About 20 feet tall in ideal conditions.

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Video - Doug's Top 10 Succulents for Slopes

Succulents are a great plant to use on slopes because they are drought tolerant, fire resistant and very low maintenance. These succulents will work for zones 9-11. There is a list below of the plants from this video. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - The Cape Chestnut Tree

This African beauty is tough to find but gorgeous to behold. Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design

Video - The Jacaranda Tree

Here is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the Southern United States (and Europe). The native of South America puts on an incredible show every spring.

Jacaranda trees do best in zones 9 - 11.

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Photo - The Bottle Tree

The Bottle Tree (Brachychiton populneus) is a drought tolerant native of Australia. This evergreen tree can reach 50 feet in height with a spread of 40 feet. Small white flowers cover this tree in the spring, providing a valuable source of food for birds and bees.

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Video - The Bottle Tree

The Bottle Tree (Brachychiton populneus) is a drought tolerant native of Australia. This evergreen tree can reach 50 feet in height with a spread of 40 feet. Small white flowers cover this tree in the spring, providing a valuable source of food for birds and bees.

Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design