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What Landscaping Challenges to Expect From This Past Year’s Volatile Weather
August 7, 2018Wild Weather Ride Recap Every landscaper experiences landscaping challenges — fighting the good fight can help us to conquer and surpass these tests from mother nature. What a crazy spring and summer we’ve had! From snowstorms in the end of…
5 Watering Tips for Your New Plantings
July 24, 2018You just invested time, money and energy installing new plantings into your landscape, keeping them watered and hydrated is the most important aspect in helping them become established. While there is no universal rule of when and how much to,…
Why Less is More: The Beauty of Mass Plantings
July 10, 2018Mass planting embodies simplicity because it reads as one large element instead of a wide variety of individual plants. As a lover of plants I often become bogged down when trying to decide how many types of plants to use in a design. When I go to…
How to Create a Sustainable Garden that Helps Wildlife
June 26, 2018Creating a sustainable garden that helps promote a balance of native plants is not only beneficial for wildlife, it makes for less need for harmful chemicals and more enjoyment of the outdoors. Gardening is a rewarding experience as it connects one…
How to Have Success With Crapemyrtles in Your Landscaping
June 5, 2018Anyone who has travelled in the south during mid-summer has surely taken note of the Crapemyrtles throughout the area. The crapemyrtle, often referred to as the ‘lilac of the South’, boasts showy blooms that attract bees and provide habitats…
Which Material is Best for Your Perfect Patio?
May 15, 2018Spring is the time our customers start thinking about installing a new deck or patio. A patio or outdoor living area is becoming a popular element for extending a home’s square footage and makes for spectacular entertaining. Before starting a…
Don’t Let Boxwood Blight Take Out Your Boxwoods!
May 1, 2018Since early 2010, the Boxwood Blight has been slowly moving its way from the Carolina’s to the Delaware Valley region. During this period, our landscapers have noticed this issue at only a handful of our maintenance properties but we want to keep…
The Side Effects of a Late Spring on Your Plantings
April 17, 2018Is Spring Here Yet? By Adrienne Angelucci As many of you may have noticed, Mother Nature has not quite made up her mind as to whether she wants to continue the blustery saga that characterized winter 2017-2018 or allow us the pleasure of an actual.…
Why Homeowners Should Be Positive About BEES in Their Landscape
April 3, 2018I DO NOT WANT ANY BEES IN MY LANDSCAPE! I hear this remark all the time from homeowners for whom I design landscapes. It makes me ask, “Why not”? Unfortunately, bees have gotten a bum rap by homeowners in the last 20 years or so. People…
Celebrate Spring With An Outdoor Living Space To Die For!
March 22, 20183 Ways to Enjoy Your Backyard With Protection From the Elements: I am sure many are skeptical that spring will arrive to Delaware any time soon. With a fourth nor’easter ushering in the season of rebirth, it is hard to imagine warm days and…
3 Ways to Prepare Your Patio for Spring
March 6, 2018This has been one wet winter and as spring approaches, it is not going to dry up anytime soon. When moisture sits continually on cement, brick and stamped concrete surfaces mildew and algae can become a problem. In addition, the freeze and thaw…
How to Handle the Challenges to Your Landscape for Record Cold Winter
February 20, 20182018 has started off as a blustery cold winter and our friend Phil the groundhog gave us some more bad news when he saw his shadow, declaring six more weeks of winter. Whether you believe in Phil’s skills or not, one thing is for sure: this…
4 Steps to Optimal Plant Health for Your Landscaping
February 6, 2018 Why Plant Culture and Environment is Important for Plant Health A healthy plant, planted correctly in the right location, is more likely to remain healthy and less susceptible to attack by disease or insects. Healthy gardens and landscapes…
4 Benefits of Planting ‘Winter Interest’ Plants
January 17, 2018The winter weather tends to bring a boring, cold landscape that further makes us want spring to come as soon as possible. All the plants in a landscape are frozen in time or cut back to the ground, awaiting the weather to break and bring us their…
5 Tips on Keeping Fresh Landscape Installations Looking Great
January 2, 2018Did you have a landscape overhaul last season? Your new landscape may look spectacular for the first year, but it could revert to being lackluster shortly thereafter without pest control, plant feeding, and routine pruning. A professional…
Did You Know DiSabatino Landscaping Designs Beautiful Patios With Pergolas?
December 19, 2017DiSabatino Landscaping builds beautiful pergolas integrated expertly with custom designed patios and decks. A pergola can provide protection from direct sunlight, yet allow for air to circulate freely. This makes them a welcome respite from the…
Why Late Winter is the Best Time to Prune
December 5, 2017Most would be surprised to learn that winter is the best time to prune your deciduous plants. Though it might be frigid and snowy outside, pruning plants in the winter months while they lay dormant promotes fast regrowth come spring. Proper pruning…
Check Out This Brick Edged Slate Patio Design by DiSabatino Landscaping in Delaware
November 21, 2017DiSabatino Landscaping of Delaware has built a stellar reputation for quality custom hardscape designs in the Delaware area. This example above shows how we can convert a aged and stained brick patio can be converted to a beautiful slate patio…
5 Great Tips for Preparing Your Patio for Winter
November 7, 2017The fall weather has been extremely mild, which may fool many of us into becoming content with putting off the annual task of preparing patios and decks for the approaching winter season. Some might feel winterizing outdoor living spaces at this…
Don’t Settle For Second Best – Hire the Premier Outdoor Architects Today!
October 24, 2017Our professional landscape team created this beautiful outdoor living space for a residence located in Garnet Valley PA. We added a modern waterfall feature at the center of the walled stone patio with a conversation fire pit on one side and a…