Aldertree Garden

Specializing in Native Plants for the Washington DC Area

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Meatball Landscaping

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

  “No, I don’t want any more shrubs in my yard.  They’re too much work,” says a man who has asked me to design his garden.  Puzzled, I think about the structure shrubs provide.  Their flowers, leaf color, leaf shape.  Low maintenance.  Water deeply for the first season, then let Mother Nature take over.  Decades [...]