Fall Plant Pick: Marvelous Maples

What would New England be without our beloved maple trees?  It’s hard to beat the fall color of a native Sugar Maple:  gold, orange and red all at once.  Sugar maples prefer a site with moist, acid soils that are away from roadsides or driveways that are salted or deiced in winter.  The best color…

Fall Native Plant Makeover

FALL isn’t just about planning for winter. It’s about reflecting on what worked and didn’t and planning for spring.   Following a reassessment with our Carlisle client, we renovated problem spots by removing grasses.                         We replaced what wasn’t working with native ferns and…

Microclover Lawn Makeover

After a long restoration process of a historic home, our Groton client’s lawn was severely compacted from all the heavy equipment driving on the site. She’s opted for the establishment of a natural microclover lawn to outcompete all the crabgrass that had taken up residence. Microclover has many benefits: 1.Pulls nitrogen out of the atmosphere…

When Should You Bring in Tender Plants ?

We get this question a lot this time of year.  Here is a link to an article from Terrain’s September Blog that may help you decide. Al and Carmine are available to spray insecticidal soap with powerful backpack sprayers on your tender plants just before you are ready to bring them inside for winter.  Usually…

Priscilla’s Early Fall Plant Pick

Clematis virginiana I’ve found that Sweet Autumn Clematis is not always hardy in our area.  Vines are slow to revive in spring, and some we just have to declare as dead.  Luckily, I discovered the native Clematis virginiana.  Those who hike among waterways and open woodlands may recognize this plant as Old Man’s Beard due…