How to save a plant:

Caring for plants require time and proper technique. It can happen sometimes that we may forget to water the plant or may place it in an area where it does not get enough sunlight. In the event that your plant does begin to wilt or die, we have come up with the following tips to help nurse it back to life:

1. Remove dead leaves from the plant: Trim away all dead leaves as these will not return back to life. You can use scissors or pruning sheers. Remember to leave any buds, even if they look unhealthy. 
2. Consider repotting: Find out if the pot has become too small for the plant or if the pot is not in great condition to hold the plant. If you find that this is the case, repot it. 
3. Check humidity levels in the home: Plants like humidity. Be sure that your home is humid enough to have plants. 
4. Control sunlight: Be sure the plant it in a place where it gets some sunlight, but also somewhere that has some shade as well. Constant sunlight can also dry out the plant. 

Call us today for gardening or landscaping services. You can also see our website for more information. Happy gardening!

Contact Information: 

Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service

530 L.A. Ave #115-331
Moorpark, California 93021
Cell: (805) 573-0809
info@gonzalezland.com

http://www.gonzalezland.com/

How to organize plants in my garden...

Believe it or not gardens can reflect many traits of our personality. Since there are many options of plants and flowers and ways to organize them, you can choose the ones you like the most and make your landscape a work of art. There are several things to take into consideration when organizing the plants in your garden so they stay fresh and full of life:

• Start with the basics. Good soil preparation is the key for a healthy looking garden.
• Try to match the colors and properties of the flowers you mix.
• Use flowers and plants with similar needs: water, sun and soil conditions so they all maintain a nice appearance.
• Analyze the surroundings. Plant your flowers in an appropriate place for them to grow, if you plant them near mature trees its roots will absorb the nutrients and provide shade making it difficult for flowers to blossom.
• Look for places to create new flower beds, borders or islands in a place where they look great and get the nutrients they need.
• Be aware of the style and architecture of your home. Also the background for the landscape.
• Keep in mind the size of your yard available for gardening. Try to use appropriate plants for each size so none of them provide shade or restrict airflow to the others. You can call Gonzalez Plant and Tree services to help achieve the garden of your dreams; we will make sure to exceed your expectations with a garden that reflects your personality and taste.

Contact Information: 

Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service

530 L.A. Ave #115-331
Moorpark, California 93021
Cell: (805) 573-0809
info@gonzalezland.com

http://www.gonzalezland.com/

Organize Your Ideas with a Planting Plan

A planting plan doesn’t have to be complicated; it can help you to organize your ideas and make decisions on how many plants you are going to need.

Figuring out the cost of your plants

If you are able to buy large trees and shrubs you will be able to have an instant garden; if you can’t afford them then you will need patience to grow young plants. For instance, Perennials can bloom and reach their maximum height in the first couple of years, so don’t spend money on big plants. Besides, it will be very interesting to see them grow as time goes by.

Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service in Agoura Hills, CA can help you choose the best plants at a great price. We are very experienced so we can offer our services along with great materials at a lower cost than most landscapers.

Organizing your Plants

Many people get excited and try to cram too much into a small space, but overcrowded plants tend to be unhealthy, so always think about what their final spreads will be when drawing up your plan. The best way to make your plants look fuller is to put them all in a group together.

• If you group plants in the shape of a sausage (which works well for cottage and prairie styles), or in triangle shapes they will look better and you will be able to create harmony among disparate groups.
  
• When you place the occasional plant away from its group it will look like it grew naturally.
  
• In order to create contrast with natural plantings elsewhere do a formal planting design near the house.
  
• Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service in Thousand Oaks, CA usually plants trees at a good distance from your property to prevent the ground from sinking, and to give them enough space to mature.

Visualize your ideas

At Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service in Agoura Hills, CA we believe you should try to visualize a planting plan. If you are doing a small garden you can sketch the view from an upstairs’ window. Feel free to let your imagination run wild and don’t worry too much about being accurate at this stage.

• Next, look at all the views from the house at ground level and think if you want your plants to frame, enhance, or block them.
  
• Be sure to scope out the field, decide where the plants are going to be. You can place these on your drawing as simple shapes.

You should also take photographs as well, that way you can refer to them when you draw your plan. If you already have a pretty good idea of what you want, you can sketch your ideas directly onto the photographs; if not; work on a sheet of tracing paper laid on top. These rough sketches will help to prepare a more organized planting plan.

The Last Draft Of Your Planting Plan

If you are preparing a plan for your own use you will not need fancy graphics, if you need help Gonzalez Landscaping and Tree Service in Agoura Hills can give you ideas that will produce a beautiful landscape that you can be proud of.

• On the last draft of your plan, map out the sections that you would like to plant, and then add the plants you want.
  
• To help you decide where trees, plants or shrubs will be, sketch circles to scale.
  
• So you are able to see how dense your planting will be, mark out a square meter on the ground and calculate plant spacing for different species using their final spreads. Make a note of them for future reference.
  
• You can design your plan on graph paper. When choosing the scale, take into account how big the beds or borders are going to be. A scale of 1:50 or 1:20 is appropriate for an intricate plan.
  
• Also, make sure you trace your drawing to develop a nice, complete design. Make two versions: a drawing to keep for yourself and the other version that you can use when you are going to plant. It would be nice if you laminate your last draft to protect it from the weather.

If you want a garden that not only looks beautiful but it brings harmony to the overall landscape of your property please call us at (805) 573 0809

Visit: http://www.gonzalezland.com