Landscaping Articles

The time has come, and you’re ready to make some landscaping changes to your Tallahassee home. However, you’re torn between installing Pavers or Concrete.

You’ve passed by numerous homes in Leon County and seen decorative driveways, patios, and walkways. From what you’ve seen, a new decorative addition will enhance your home’s look and could increase its resale value.

A great way to bring your Tallahassee garden to life is to add water features. More precisely, a fountain, pond, aqua features, or a mixture of all three. These eye-catching add-ons bring a certain appeal and calming to your yard.

Many folks feel, and we’re sure you’ll agree, there’s nothing more relaxing than sitting on a rocking chair or bench next to your garden, listening to the sounds of trickling water flowing down the sides of their fountain.

If you are a lover of flowers as much as we are, and you must have different colors in the garden, you’ll enjoy the blue, violet, red or pink blossoms found on the Mexican Bluebell. These fanciful flowers are showy and appear on this perennial three times a year; spring, summer, and fall. Besides its attractiveness, it seems as though different types of butterflies love the plant’s nectar.

The Ruellia brittoniana, (the Mexican Bluebell’s scientific name; pronounced: roo-EL-lee-uh brit-TOE-nee-uh), from the family of Acanthaceae, is not a native perennial to North America, but got introduced to Florida in…

When you live in Tallahassee’s tropical climate you know every year, we have a 6-month long Hurricane Season. That timetable starts on June 1st and ends November 30th. Furthermore, if you’ve lived here more than five years, you know hurricanes, and tropical storms slam Florida and hit most gulf states just about every year.

The damage is extensive, ruins landscapes, and mutilates or destroys Leon County trees and shrubs. To avoid or minimize those losses Dickerson Landscaping and Lawn Care services has four hurricane-resistant choices you can make long before our rainy season takes off. If planned correctly, those trees will remain standing, help you weather most storms, and possibly save your trees from…

When you’re hunting for a specific plant to use as a garden border, walkway edging, near your building’s foundation or an all-out prime hedge, that you can plant 24-36 inches apart, the Common Boxwood fits the bill. That round, dense, and slow-growing non-invasive shrub will surprise you with its ability to grow from 8-20 feet in height and expand 10-15 feet across its immediate area.

The Buxus sempervirens, (the Common Boxwood’s scientific name; pronounced: BUCK-sus sem-pur-VYE-renz), from the family of Buxaceae, is not a native shrub to North America but blends well with the native Tallahassee and Leon County plants and shrubs you already enjoy. Other names of the Common Boxwood is…

If you were like most of us growing up, you went outside and played in the dirt. There was something fun and magical about being in the garden. Smelling the flowers, chasing the butterflies, defeating dragons, and pretending the garden was your kingdom.

Hands down, playing in the garden has always been a fun adventure for kids. Now, we’re going to show you how to give those little ones more fun as they make their very first garden. Below are Dickerson Landscaping and Lawn Care’s eight first time fun and kid-friendly home gardening tips. They will help you create fond memories with those little ones that will last a lifetime.

It looks like another Grey Leaf Spot infestation has begun this season in Tallahassee. We recently uncovered this while examining St. Augustine grass blades with leaf lesions. They had lost their green color, and the lawn looked thin and had a delicate appearance in spots. With the frequent warm rains we’ve been getting recently, it always creates this favorable environmental for this nuisance fungal disease to show up unannounced, grow, and spread.

The Dickerson Landscaping technicians started noticing that all too familiar oval and oblong-shaped grey leaf spots on the blades of grass. Our teams are finding more and more instances this season where the pathogenic organism Grey Leaf Spot is on the loose and devastating local St. Augustine grasses. So, we needed…

The Bee Balm is a fun and beautiful, summer ground cover plant that accents most small to medium sized Tallahassee gardens. As a dense herbaceous perennial, it will grow to a height of 12- to 36-inches tall. Its spread will range from 2- to 4-feet across, and before we forget, expect fast growth along with fragrant, attractive pink summer flowers.

The Monarda punctata, (the Bee Balm’s scientific name; pronounced: moe-NAR-duh punk-TAY-tuh), from the family of Labiatae, is a native perennial to eastern Canada, eastern United States, northeastern Mexico, and all of Florida. Other names it is commonly known by are Horsemint and Monarda named after the physician and botanist, Nicholas Monardes. An interesting homeopathic fact, the Bee Balm has also been used to create…

Are you planning a rock garden and need plant and shrub suggestions? If you want to make a striking statement, then the Agave gets right to the point. Literally! The tight rosette of stiff, sword-shaped leaves, each reaching up to 3 feet long and 2 inches wide, the effect will prove extremely dramatic. With its short trunk, the green toothed leaves have marginal bands of bright white and a sharp point on the tips.

The Agave angustifolia, (its scientific name; pronounced: uh-GAW-vee an-gus-tif-FOLE-ee-uh), from the family of Agavaceae, is a native to North America, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Other names it is known by are Century Plant and Variegated Caribbean Agave. It is, however, an invasive type shrub. But on the flip side…

In the world of landscaping, when a plant gets sowed, a sapling replaced, or a shrub introduced to fresh soil, each will genuinely thank you with growth, blooms, and beauty. When your landscaper transforms your yard into an oasis, grooms your lawn your neighbors envy or decorates your garden with ornaments of wonder, are you like most where a simple thank you doesn’t express your most profound gratitude. That’s where planting a thank you opens the door for you to show your appreciation.

Sowing, thanks has become a powerful and permanent form of thankful expression. Some will buy gifts to thank their landscaper while others tell everyone they know. Many love to send letters, or whip out their phone and video a thank you selfie. However, the quickest and easiest way to plant your thank you is…