por Platt Hill Nursery | Nov 2, 2020 | Lawn & Garden, Bricolaje/Cómo hacerlo, Winged Friends
When winter comes, there’s no point in resisting. It’s best to dive in and embrace it in both our lives and landscapes. Trends for house decorating change from year to year, but winter’s beauty always offers ample gifts to work with. Here are the coolest ways to...
por Platt Hill Nursery | Oct 26, 2020 | Lawn & Garden, Fiestas, Kid's Activity
Although trick-or-treating is a little hit-or-miss this year, your family can easily host Halloween activities at home. And what better place is there than outdoors—beneath the haunted trees, rustling leaves, and glowing moon itself. Don your costumes, skip the candy...
por Platt Hill Nursery | Oct 16, 2020 | Lawn & Garden
Before we list common landscape weeds in Chicagoland (and Northern Illinois), we should define what a weed actually is. The description might not be what you’d expect: What is a weed? A weed is defined as any plant that is growing where it is not wanted. The...
por Platt Hill Nursery | Oct 11, 2020 | Bricolaje/Cómo hacerlo, Lawn & Garden, ÁRBOLES Y ARBUSTOS
Is it normal for my evergreen to turn brown? Why is my evergreen (pine, spruce, juniper, arborvitae) dropping interior needles? Should I be worried? No, it is perfectly “normal” for newly planted and established evergreens to drop interior needles in the...
por Platt Hill Nursery | Oct 2, 2020 | Lawn & Garden, Bricolaje/Cómo hacerlo, Vida sana
Blueberry bushes offer such richness to our gardens, and it’s easy to see why they’re so popular. With a little preparation and some patience, these radiant plants can be garden showstoppers. Blueberries are slow to establish taking 2-3 years to take hold...
por Platt Hill Nursery | Sep 28, 2020 | Lawn & Garden
It’s easy to forget about planting fall bulbs. With the fall harvest at hand, who is thinking about planting and springtime? Yet our forgetting of fall bulbs is precisely what makes them so precious. Every year, just as the final days of winter make us give up on...
