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David S

Fayetteville, GA
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About Me:

I'M A LONG TIME GARDNER THAT HAS HAD FUSTRATINS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS DEALING WITH DEER . HAVE TRIED A LARGE NUMBER OF SO CALLED REMEDIES WITHOUT ANY PRODUCT AND/OR IDEA WORKING .

Favorite area of home improvement:

FLOWER GARDENIG IS MY PASSION .


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  • Top side view of the front two level retaining wall showing the other steepest wall in the background. This angle gives a good idea of the amount of slope we had to address on this circular driveway. It's not much but was enough to make it necessary to create levels so that we could plant without run off.
  • Again, this small retaining wall doesn't have any purpose of holding a slope but rather creates continuity and unity with the rest of the landscaping by adding the retaining wall element. If you look closely, you can see that this wall lines up with the other wall on the other side of the sidewalk to help create the continued unity as though they would meet in the middle.
  • Lower view of the steepest area and highest retaining wall. With these smaller type retaining wall blocks, it's a good idea to not stack them much higher than this. The plants inside are Diascia, Verbena, Lantana, and a Chitalpa tree. 1
  • Another view of the steepest area of the landscape. This angle gives a better idea of how steep and quick of a drop it is. Again, as with the rest of the landscaping, the plants are newly planted and will take a while to grow in and add more character to the area.
  • This planting area top view shows the retaining wall we created to address the steepest area of the landscape. The planting bed design shape is just something simple to add a little more character than just a circle or a square box. 1
  • This small wall doesn't really have any purpose to hold any slope but is just created in this area to create continuity and unity with the rest of the landscaping. all other areas of the landscape have this element so it would have looked odd with out it. Purely cosmetic.
  • Downhill side view of the two level retaining wall gives a better idea of how much slope there is on this circular driveway and front yard.
  • Two level retaining wall helps to create planting areas inside this circular driveway on a slight hillside slope. It's not much of a slope but is enough to make it difficult to water plants without all the water running off before it saturates. Level areas needed to be created for planting. The plants are newly planted.
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Desert Southwest landscaping on a small hillside circular driveway using retaining walls and Xeriscaping principles and

methods.
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    RECENTLY I WAS VISITING A FRIEND LIVING IN SUN CITY .......LOCATED NEAR GRIFFIN IN SPALDING ...»
    COUNTY , GA . DUE TO A LOT OF FACTORS THE WATER BILLS THERE ARE OUT OF SIGHT .

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Southern gardeners are contemplating pruning their crapemyrtles right now.

Personally, I think whacking them into a knob is the ugliest thing you can do to this beautiful plant. It's simple to just remove twigs that are smaller than your little finger, prune out ...»
limbs that cross through the middle and clip the sprouts around the base. The result is a beautiful plant for both winter AND summer.

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    Commented on Feb 15, 2012
    RICARDO ......ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE METHODIST CHURCH ?
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  • There are 3 of them.  Sorry they are so hard to see in this pic but I wanted you to see how tall they are.
  • Here you can see the trunk better and some flowers are growing from here so I can get a closer pic
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Gardening: What is the name of this flowering tree?

Someone told me it was a kind of magnolia. It has the prettiest flowers but they don't last long at all.
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    FLOWERSCAPES ...........BACK IN THE DAY , MY MOM HAD A VERY LARGE TERRACED BED OF THRIFT . I ...»
    DON'T REMEMBER THE COLOR , BUT I DO REMEMBER NEIGHBORS ENJOYING THE VIEW .

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Installing pavers over your existing patio is a great way to change the look of your outdoor space.

these were set directly on top of the existing concrete and the joints were filled with a poly/ sand product.
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    WEEKS AGO SOUTHERN TRILLIUM HAD A POST WITH PHOTOS OF THEIR INSTALLATION OF PAVERS FOR A PATIO ...»
    AND WALKWAY . THEY WOULD BE A GOOD RESOURSE FOR GETTING THE JOB DONE RIGHT . I GOT SOME GOOD TIPS FROM THE POST ABOUT MAINTAINING A PAVER PATIO THAT A LANDSCAPER INSTALLED FOR ME LAST SPRING .

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The warm winter in my part of the country has gardeners asking if it's time to prune roses.

I normally advise waiting until early March. This avoids the problem of pruning now, having more warm weather (which stimulates new growth) and then a hard freeze in late Feb. which would ...»
damage the new sprouts. If your rose has new growth now, leave it alone and let's see how Nature proceeds.

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    BILL.....I ALSO LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE .......AND CUT MY BANANA TREES BACK WEEKS AGO WHEN WE ...»
    FIRST HAD 20 DEGREE WEATHER . AFTER THAT AS THE WEATHER HAS FLUXUATED I WOULD HAVE TO DIG DOWN INTO THE MULCH COVERING AND CHOP THEM OFF AGAIN .......AS I DID 2 DAYS AGO . THIS IS MY FIRST GO AT THIS AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ADVISE OF MY BROTHER , WHO LIVES IN SMYRNA , AND HAS GROWN BANANAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS . HIS GET UP TO 10 AND 15 FEET TALL . BACK IN MAY HE GAVE ME 3 PUPS AND THEY GOT UP TO 7 FEET BEFORE A CUT THEM DOWN WITH A PRUNING SAW AND COVERED THEM WITH ABOUT 3 FEET OF MULCH .

    DO YOU HAVE ANYOTHER TIPS FOR ME ?

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  • Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira' - 3.5' mature size and shape if hand-pruned annually (immediately after flowering) to encourage compact, dense growth and tons of flowers!
  • Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira'
  • Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira', a prolific winter bloomer

Camellia sasanqua 'shishi gashira' is one of my favorite camellias because it blooms in December, January and sometimes

into February, adding a lovely bright color to the garden when there's usually nothing else blooming. Unlike most sasanquas, it has a dwarf, spreading habit reaching from 3.5'- 6' tall ...»
and wide. My mature Shishi Gashira is on the small side because I prune it once a year, immediately after blooming, to keep it full and compact. My neighbor's which was planted at the same time but has never been pruned, is the larger size and more wispy. I find a place for this plant in most of my designs. I love that it's also winter hardy and can be used in a part sun/part shade location.

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