Horticultural Journal

Landscape Planting – Acacia Trees

From Australia with love, acacia trees have become a common sight in Southern California, whether you know it or not. Beauty and climate appropriate...

Container Planting

Container planting is an excellent way to create a vibrant garden when you have minimal space for traditional, in-ground, planters. In fact, even if...

Spring Landscape Cleanup

Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere! As the temperature warms and daylight increases, you will see your plants springing forth with new...

Raised Planter Boxes

Creative Concepts Landscape will custom build raised planter boxes for you. We are fortunate here in Southern California to have a growing season...

Common Landscape Frustrations and How to Fix Them – Excessive Weeds

One of the most common calls we get from a prospective client is about excessive weeds on their property. We all know the look. The yard overgrown,...

Landscape Consultations & Proposals

Landscape companies, such as Creative Concepts Landscape, often provide complementary consultations and proposals for prospective clients. We want...

Rose Care in the Landscape

Shall I compare thee to a rose’s flower? Thou art more lovely, more maintenance to keep happy, and way more expensive to feed. That’s Shakespeare,...

Landscape Lighting Installation

Look at this beautiful yard, majestically swaying in the soft breeze of a warm autumn night in Southern California. Wait, what are we...

Landscape Planting – Red Berries Part 4 – Frangula californica

The multicolored berries of Frangula californica Here we are in mid-February and the warm weather is coming back. Welcome to Southern...

Landscape Planting – Red Winter Berries Part 3 – Heteromeles arbutifolia

Heteromeles arbutifolia fruit, in the form of red berries! Who doesn’t love red berries? Red berries for Christmas! How classic can it get!?...

Landscape Planting – Red Winter Berries Part 2 – Pyracantha coccinea

Pyracantha coccinea growing in espalier form (what does espalier mean, you ask? Keep reading!) Red winter berries galore! What evokes...

Landscape Planting – Red Winter Berries Part 1 – Nandina domestica

Red winter berries! What evokes a more festive winter spirit than a glowing fireplace and glowing red berries? Welcome back to another...

Crescenta Valley Landscaping – Planting and Watering in Our Chaparral Ecology

Overlooking the Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley (encompassing La Canada, La Crescenta, Tujunga, and the northern parts of Glendale)...

Christmas Conifer Trees and the Crescenta Valley Landscape

A Brief Historical Contemplation of Christmas Trees People have been decorating their homes with plants for millennia, for longer. There are...

La Crescenta Lawncare – Cool Season Grasses – Part 2

Welcome, again, for part two of our look at cool season grasses. If you have not read part one, please take a moment and start there. Here, at...

La Crescenta Lawncare – Cool Season Grasses – Part 1

Whatever your feelings about lawns in Southern California may be, like their root structures, they are deeply intertwined with the soil of our...

The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Creative Concepts Landscape Management took a field trip to The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, more locally known as the LA...

California Sages (part 4) – Cleveland Sage (Salvia clevelandii)

Salvia clevelandii (also known as Cleveland sage, Blue sage, and Fragrant sage) is a mounding shrub with showy flowers and a deep, aromatic...

California Sages (part 3) – White Sage (Salvia apiana)

The fragrant leaves of White sage (Salvia apiana), also known as bee sage and sacred sage, have been used ceremonially for centuries in what is now...