Category: Trumbull CT

  • Late Season Blooming Flowers

    Late Season Blooming Flowers

    Last Monday, November 16th I was cutting back perennials in Trumbull, Connecticut in USDA Hardiness Zone 6b.  I noticed a couple of beautiful late season blooming flowers. We’ve already had several hard frosts.  Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees and been cleaned up. Late Season Blooming Flowers I first noticed a grouping of Honorine Jobert Windflower…

  • Wisteria – Mother Nature Trumps Man Every Time

    Wisteria – Mother Nature Trumps Man Every Time

    Last week I saw a wisteria in full bloom weeping from a blasted ledge.  No matter how hard I try to create beautiful landscapes mother nature can beat me without trying. If you’re driving down Whitney Avenue in Trumbull, CT in early-May keep your eyes open for the wisteria on the ledge between the entrance to…

  • Backyard Landscaping Ideas

    Backyard Landscaping Ideas

    A video tour of backyard landscaping ideas.  A great opportunity to learn some backyard landscaping ideas and watch how quickly landscapes grow in.

  • Trumbull CT Landscape Designers – Trumbull CT Landscapers

    Trumbull CT Landscape Designers – Trumbull CT Landscapers

    This landscape is a welcoming entry to the pool scape .  The plants provide  interest in all seasons and low maintenance requirements.  By mixing plants from the old landscape in the new we transition from old to new seamlessly. Trumbull CT Landscape Designers John Holden offers landscape design services in Trumbull CT, Newtown CT and Shelton CT. If…

  • I Saved a Life Today

    I Saved a Life Today

    Today, while walking in Trumbull, CT I saved a Yoshino Cherry choking to death.  As a horticulturist, I did what I’ve been trained to do.  I took my knife, bent down and removed the obstruction. As the tree roots expand the twine cuts the flow of nutrients eventually choking the tree to death.  This tree would have died a slow…

  • Front Yard Landscaping Ideas by a Trumbull CT Landscaper

    Front Yard Landscaping Ideas by a Trumbull CT Landscaper

    I installed this front yard landscaping over 9 years ago and been involved in the maintenance ever since. I hope you can learn a few tips when it comes time to design your own landscape. If you are looking for a Trumbull CT landscaper or landscape designer please call today.