Tag: invasive plants

Buddleia Violet

Outsmarting Invasives

Today’s low seed set sterile cultivars are not your parent’s Bradford Pears.
invasive plants

Are You Planting Invasives? Here’s Some Alternatives

Many common landscaping plants can be harmful invasives. Here’s what to avoid—and native alternatives.
Landscape Design Trends

11 Landscape Design Trends To Expect This Spring

From avoiding invasives to xeriscaping, these are the landscape requests to anticipate from homeowners.   Tilly, which offers outsourced landscape design services (profiled in Turf Spring 2021),...
Barberry

Sale Of Japanese Barberry To Be Banned In PA

Japanese barberry, or Berberis thunbergii, an invasive but popular landscaping shrub due to its red color and deer resistance, will be illegal to sell...
infrastructure

The Infrastructure Act & New Landscape Opportunities

  The House of Representatives recently passed the bi-partisan $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which makes significant investments in the nation’s transportation, water,...

Think Twice Before Planting Pampas Grass, Or Miscanthus, In Certain Areas

Just this past April, Turf reported on the South Slough National Estuarine and Research Reserve in Oregon asking coastal residents to survey their properties...
pampas grass

OR Coastal Residents Asked To Remove Pampas Grass From Landscapes

The South Slough National Estuarine and Research Reserve in Oregon is asking coastal residents to survey their properties and remove pampas grass, following an...
Firewise Landscaping

Firewise Landscaping

Expert advice on designing and maintaining reduced-risk landscapes in an era of extreme wildfires.
Unilock Scholarship

Unilock ® Scholarship Helps Shape the Landscape Industry

Unilock is accepting applications for their Paving the Future Scholarship. The winner will receive $5,000. Deadline for submission is 9/16/24.

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