Archive for July, 2017
3 Great Reasons To Enhance Your Landscaping With A Pond Or Waterfall Feature
The landscaping is usually one of the most important aspects of any home renovation project, and that is usually because your home’s landscaping is one of the first things that people are going to see when they see your home. There are a number of great ways to enhance the beauty of your home’s landscaping, […]
3 Great Benefits To Including Walls In Your Landscaping Design
When it comes to versatile design elements for your home’s landscaping, landscaping walls rank right up there at the top of the list in the Virginia Beach area. In addition to providing you with an extremely attractive and useful landscaping feature, tastefully designed and built landscaping walls can help you add a great deal of […]
2 Ways That Pavers Can Enhance Your Landscape
If you are looking for an excellent way to enhance both the elegance and the charm of your home’s landscaping, it might be worth your time to give some thought to the many different ways that a new hardscaping project for your home’s landscape might stand to benefit you. Your home’s landscape is one of […]
Watering & Plant Care for your Landscape
Winesett Nursery provides a one-year guarantee on plantings supplied and installed by us, with exceptions noted in our warranty. However, our guarantee is contingent upon the owner providing proper watering and care. Be sure to read the following general instructions on watering and care. If you have any further questions concerning the care requirements for […]
Bed Maintenance & Appearance
Mulching beds minimizes weed growth and helps retain moisture and nutrients around your plantings. Areas of bare soil will invite weeds. We recommend annual mulching for the health of your plants and to keep your beds looking fresh. Mulch is an organic material and does decompose over time. New planting beds are cultivated and irrigated […]
How to Care for New Sod
Sod is very perishable if not properly cared for after installation. We warranty sod to be true to variety and to be in sound, healthy condition upon delivery & installation only. Our “Guidelines for Irrigation” is a good start if you are using an irrigation system to water your landscape. New lawn areas may have […]
Tips for Improving Flowering Perennials
Did you know flowers not replaced seasonally ~ come back every year? Flowering perennials will enhance the beauty of any garden and come back to their glory season after season when properly cared for. The purpose of the flowers for the plant is to produce seeds. Once a majority of the flowers have faded the […]
Vole Control Tips
Voles are small rodents that burrow through the soil, often just under the surface, leaving small one inch holes around your plants. They are related to the common house mouse and can be just as destructive in the landscape and garden as a house mouse in your home. These garden pests often damage or kill […]
Guidelines for Irrigation
Because exposures (sun, wind, shade etc.) can vary it is important to monitor the watering and make adjustments to your irrigation schedule from area to area within your landscape. After the initial soaking, it is best to water thoroughly, but as infrequently as possible. In Tidewater we see much more plant death occurring the first […]
How to Calibrate Your Irrigation System
During the hottest months of the growing season (June, July, August) in Tidewater your lawn and plants will benefit from at least 1 inch applied in the form of rainwater, irrigation water or both. [reference: Pub. 426-322 Virginia Cooperative Ext.] Immediate soaking and often daily watering for the first week or two after your new […]