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Five Essential Facts About Soil For Gardening Success In Tennessee There are five essential facts about soil for gardening success in Tennessee. With three distinct regions, gardening in Tennessee can be tricky. There's a saying is that "Your garden is only as good as your soil." How true that is! So true in fact, that [...]
A recent study by RealEstate.com showed that landscaping and hardscaping can deliver a return on investment as high as 150 percent. This is very significant for any realtor or homeowner trying to sell a house. The study proved that when potential buyers "saw state-of-the-art landscaping and hardscapes like fire pits and high-end pavers, they assumed [...]
Cold and snowy outside? Perfect! That means it's time to start seeds indoors for a luscious spring garden. Starting seeds in the wintertime is a great way to get a head start on your growing season. Not only that, but it saves you money and there's lots of varieties to choose from, especially from online [...]
Asiatic lily growing in our Franklin garden Magnificent Asiatic lilies are a must have in your Nashville garden. Why you might ask? Check out the list below. Blooms appear from late spring to mid summer Always look great (but spray so dear don't eat the tops off!) Very easy to grow Are hybrids [...]
As a landscape service provider in Nashville and surrounding areas, Acer Landscape Services would like to share some tips on planting bulbs in the Mid-South. The beauty and color flowering bulbs bring to your garden is hard to match. With so many varieties of bulbs readily available on the market today, homeowners can have almost [...]
Planting the Liberty Holly in Tennessee is a smart choice for an evergreen. It is a favorite of ours because of it's beautiful shape, shiny dark green leaves, and easy care. It adds great winter interest to the garden, the birds love the berries and I love it for decorating at Christmas! One caution though, [...]
Now is the time for planting your cover crops. Below you'll find some helpful cover crop tips for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Today in Nashville, the forecast calls for bitterly cold weather to come in this week. If your like us, you've probably harvested your crops that need harvesting and maybe you've gone a step [...]
Indian Summer Rudbekia Perennials are the backbone to any garden. These flowers are some of the toughest and best performing plants that you will have in your landscape. With so many types of perennials to chose from, we came up with the following list of the best perennials that we have found [...]
Planting Hellebores (Lenten Rose) in Nashville, Tn Hellebores, also called Lenten or Christmas rose, is one of the best spring flowering perennials for the mid south. Not actually in the rose family at all, but in the Ranunculus order, this perennial is a gift from nature that shows its glory in the dead of [...]
Crocus are perennial spring flowering bulbs that scream "Spring is almost here!" here in Middle Tennessee. They grow beautifully in zones 4 to 10 and produce wineglass-shaped flowers in so many color combinations of purple, white, yellow and even striped, it's hard to decide which color and variety to grow. There are about 30 different [...]