Kansas City Landscaping and Lawn Care Ideas

Ready to Renovate Your Lawn?

Jeff Hamons — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:04:34 +0000

Important steps to a lawn makeover Summer is still burning strong and we surely have several weeks left of stifling heat in Kansas City. Many of the lawns in the city are showing the stresses of surviving yet another brutal summer of heat and dryness. If your lawn no longer looks thick and healthy [...]

Kansas Lawns suffer from Heat in Johnson County

Jeff Hamons — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:22:40 +0000

Lawns suffer from Heat – Now What? If your lawn is like most in Kansas City then it is suffering! The Hottest July in several years followed by the wettest Spring of several years has been particularly devastating to our lawns. The super wet spring caused many problems from Lawn Diseases and reduced [...]

Kansas City gardeners should not have to deal with inferior Garden Hoses!

Jeff Hamons — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:25:14 +0000

Landscapes Need Water! – Use a Good Hose One of the things I have noticed in spending a lot of time renovating landscapes around Kansas City this summer is that homeowners have terrible hoses. Most probably don’t realize what they are missing by using these inferior watering devices! Here are some tips: [...]

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 [...]