10 Reasons to Invest in Professional Landscaping
Consider your landscape requirements and contact CSL. It will not only add beauty to the neighbourhood, it will raise property values, produce oxygen, reduce temperatures and can also save water. The extra value will pay off when it is time to…
Choosing Deer Resistant Plants
While many of the following plants are “Deer Resistant plants,” that does not mean the deer will never eat them. In different locations some plants will be susceptible, especially during times of drought and if the plants are irrigated. This…
Managing Weeds without Pesticides
Historical garden and bed management practice has included some limited use of herbicides - primarily Round-up. This product is now a banned substance in the City of Victoria - except for use on driveways, gravel and other hardscapes.With enforcement of…
Managing Weeds in Your Lawn without Pesticides
Some new cultural practices will soon need to be implemented in order to maintain lawns within historical expectations in regard to color, density and uniformity. We all understand that healthy lawns almost always means fewer weeds. Pesticides have been used…
How to Control Moss in your Lawn
The legacy of El Ninos past will always linger as we view newscasts of flooding in the east, mud slides in California and wind in the south east. In comparison, our suffering in the Pacific Northwest will be minor. Perhaps…
Steps to Creating a Drought Tolerant Lawn
Let CSL help you create a more drought tolerant lawn.... During times of water restrictions and seasons of low rainfall, the home lawn can become stressed causing long term damage. This is due to reduction of the crowns of perennial…
Creating Beautiful, Water Efficient Landscapes
Beautiful Water Efficient Landscapes Landscaping adds beauty and value to your home. Well designed landscaping provides for attractive, easy to maintain property management. The well designed and maintained landscape is an essential part of our lifestyle and visual expectations of…
Keeping Indoor Plants Healthy
Keep these 6 essential growth factors in mind in order to keep your indoor plants growing and healthy. Light: The ultimate source of energy for all plant growth. Radiant energy is composed of various wavelengths ranging from ultra-violet (10 mu)…
Checklist: General and Seasonal Irrigation System Maintenance
Keep this list as a handy reference for your seasonal Irrigation System Maintenance. Winterization Shut off main water source Open manual drain valves to allow for gravity if possible Shut all irrigation system manual valves and pressurize with compressed air.…
A Guide to Correct Pruning
Correct pruning is the best thing you can do for your trees and shrubs. Here are some useful guidelines: Natural Target Pruning Removing a limb Locate the branch bark ridge (BBR) Find target A - outside BBR Find target B…
Annual Bedding Plants: Planning for Success
Soil Preparation for Annual Bedding Plants Remove all old growth and examine roots Add organic material (amend soil to 30-50% in total volume) Add Dolomite lime, slow release fertilizer (i.e. 17-17-17 at 3-6 month release), bone meal Selection and Installation…
How to Make a Wire Moss Flower Basket
Secure pan to bottom of wire basket. Line edge of bottom of basket with moss 4" up. Add soil and lightly fertilize. Press soil down and towards sides of wire basket. Line basket again with moss up to 1/3 from bottom.…
Landscape Design Tips
When creating a landscape, you should work to get the most out of plants and landscape features by arranging them to perform more than one function. For example, not only can plantings increase the beauty of a landscape, but they…
Designing a Pond or Water Garden
In ancient times, Egyptians along the Nile River found their paradise in the tranquility and beauty of water gardening. Centuries later, the sight and sounds of water are still cherished by gardeners, making water gardening one of the fastest growing…
Ecological Grounds Maintenance
Too many landscape installations are hooked on chemicals and are shaped by outdated maintenance practices, which are as old-fashioned as the Ford Model T. Today's economic and environmental realities demand a complete re-thinking and a fresh approach to the conventional…