Kansas City Landscaping and Lawn Care Ideas

Big Trees possible to be planted in Kansas City

Jeff Hamons — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:09:52 +0000

The two trees on the left were planted 5 years ago as part of a project I worked on with a customer. These trees were planted by Instant Shade using a large tree spade. If you want a large tree – this is a great option! No tags for this post. Related [...]

Fungus Soon to be Among Us

Jeff Hamons — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:28:53 +0000

Kansas City Lawns will soon be subjected to the ideal conditions for lawn diseases such as brown patch in tall fescue and summer patch in bluegrass lawns. The moist ground combined with 80 degrees plus will be like throwing a match on disease wildfire all across Kansas City’s grass. If you are interested I have [...]

Clean-up the Spring Garden – Cutting back the Ornamental Grasses

Jeff Hamons — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:48:02 +0000

Kansas City Landscapes need to have Ornamental Grasses trimmed back once per year! Ornamental grasses are a favorite in Kansas City’s Landscapes…and for good reason. They provide beauty throughout the year with relatively little maintenance. The one "chore” required in order to keep them looking their best is that they need to be cut [...]

Clean-Up in the Spring Garden – Trimming the Knock-Out Roses

Jeff Hamons — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:28 +0000

Knock Outs are almost Maintenance Free Taking care of Knock-outs in Kansas City gardens is a little like parenting a very well behaved child. Most of the time they are darling and beautiful and very well behaved. However, occasionally you need to show them some tough love. The tough love is not fun, can [...]

Who will win a FREE landscape design?

Jeff Hamons — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:06:52 +0000

A contest is underway at our Facebook Fan page to see who will have a FREE landscape design created for them by Hamons Custom Landscaping. Visit us and cast a vote for who you would like to see win! Tags: Hamons, Hamons Custom Landscaping, Kansas, landscape, Landscaping Related posts Repairing Damage to Kansas City Trees [...]

Top 10 Kansas City Landscape Plants

Jeff Hamons — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:28:45 +0000

1. Allegheny Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophylloides ‘Allegheny’) This plant works great when you need a large shrub to add structure to the back of a bed or as a screen in the back yard. it is not tidy enough to be used as a specimen plant or in any highlighted position With care it can grow [...]

Kansas City Landscaping dodged a bullet

Jeff Hamons — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:44:28 +0000

Kansas City gardeners can breathe a sigh of relief that we did not reach the forecasted lows last of week of -20. For many years, we have been lulled into thinking that we may have shifted into zone 6. However, it only takes one very cold night to ensure that we are truly a zone [...]

Snow is good for Kansas City’s Lawns and Landscapes

Jeff Hamons — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:56:39 +0000

Kansas City has had a record snow storm this week. Gary Lezak reports that most areas received between 10 and 14 inches in Kansas City. Although snow can be a hassle for traveling and moving around in, it is GREAT for plants. Not only does the snow insulate the plants crowns from widely swinging temperature [...]

Preparing for Early Fall Freeze for Kansas city Landscape

Jeff Hamons — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:23:11 +0000

Frost coming to Kansas City Landscaping

Why do they insist on piling it on?

Jeff Hamons — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:32:22 +0000

There has been a near media blitz this year informing Kansas City Gardeners. However while looking at an Overland park landscape last week I saw more mulch volcanoes. I can fin no excuse that there are professional landscaping companies out there who still continue to pile mulch around trees. It make me very sad to [...]