When the rest of the garden has gone to sleep, camellias provide extraordinary blooms. These evergreen shrubs can be a little high maintenance, but give them a little acid plant food and soil and some shade and your winters will be much more colorful.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
Video - How to Install a French Drain
Retaining walls are often damaged by poor drainage. A French drain is critical to prevent water damage to a wide variety of retaining walls. This video will cover the 5 important steps for installing a French drain.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Friday, January 20, 2023
Video - Doug's Top 10 California Native Plants
California native plants are great for gardens here in the golden state because they are drought tolerant, low maintenance, forgiving of bad soil and attract a wide array of wildlife. Here are my 10 favorite plants.
HERE ARE THE TOP 10 CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS;
#10 California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
#9 California Sycamore Platanus racemosa
#8 Black Sage Salvia mellifera
#7 Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus
#6 California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum
#5 California Fuchsia Epilobium canum
#4 Showy Penstemon Penstemon spectabilis
#3 Matilija Poppy Romneya coulteri
#2 Ceanothus Ceanothus sp.
#1 Cleveland Sage Salvia clevelandii
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Photo - Katydid
This critters are tough to see but they cause a lot of damage.
Use a water wand to blast them off of the roses so that the birds can spot their prey.
Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Video - Winter Flooding Creates a New Stream
Time to take a break from gardening and look at how the winter rains have reshaped the landscape here in San Diego.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Photo - Baby Rattlesnake
When spring arrives in Southern California, watch our for these little guys.
Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Monday, January 16, 2023
Video - Pink Muhly in the Winter
Pink Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) is a gorgeous ornamental grass to explodes with color in the fall. By winter the pink has faded but the grass is still beautiful.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Video - How to Prune Roses in January
The holidays are over and now it's time to prune the roses. This short video shows you how.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Photo - Pool Slide
Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Taken at a client's residence in Poway
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Video - Portable vs Built in Firepits
With winter hammering much of the country, it's ok to dream about warmer weather and outdoor firepits. But should you buy one or build one? This view covers the benefits, drawbacks and costs of both.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Photo - Water Fountain at Night
Photo by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Taken at a client's garden in San Diego
Friday, January 6, 2023
Video - Octopus Agave, the Succulent that Goes Big
The glorious Octopus Agave (Agave vilmoriniana) only flowers once in its life, but what a flower! Rising over 15 feet tall and lasting 6 months, this flower is a great source of food for bees and hummingbirds.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Video - 2 Minutes Of Crazy Hummingbirds
Chase away the winter blues with these 2 crazy minutes of hummingbird fun. The hummingbirds are crazy about salvias, aloes and even these feeders.
Video by Doug Kalal, Great Gardens Landscape Design
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