This time of year, we can almost hear our gardens calling to us to come outside and spend time with them. This is the perfect time to do your spring landscape maintenance check. What are some things that you can do to make sure that your landscape is in working order and ready to bloom?
We’re so excited to share with you this month’s “Employee pick” from Violeta. Her favorite? The gorgeous, easy to care for, perfect for spring planting Oklahoma Redbud tree! This tree is one of our most popular trees during the early spring months. We usually receive several calls a day from people wanting to know what
People add trees to their landscaping for a variety of reasons. Trees are great for improving privacy, as we discussed in our previous article. They also can bring life and color to your yard and attract birds and pollinators. When you’ve decided it’s time to add a tree to your yard, how do you select
Privacy is important to many people when they want to relax and enjoy the peacefulness of their backyard or patio. But suburban living can often mean you’ve got neighbors overlooking your property or other buildings overshadowing your retreat, making it hard to truly relax. Walls might be one solution for privacy, but for beauty and
If you’re looking for natural, non-prescription ways to support better health and wellness, look out your window. Growing medicinal plants and medicinal herbs offers excellent alternatives for treating everything from sunburns and headaches to anxiety, allergies and so much more. No matter where you live, it’s possible to create a respectable herbal collection in everything
If you think California doesn’t have seasons, look again. Here in the San Joaquin Valley we can enjoy gorgeous fall foliage with plenty of reds, oranges, and golds that go great with all those pumpkin spice lattes. Cooler temperatures mean great walking weather and what better way to enjoy the season’s show that by taking
Starting with a blank slate for a backyard may sound easy, but for many new homeowners the endless possibilities can be overwhelming. When you own a brand-new home with a blank slate backyard, it takes a combination of vision and skill to turn it into the yard of your dreams. We’ve got a few landscape
If you want to know the secret to a thriving, blooming backyard, it’s probably buzzing around out there right now. Sun, soil and water are important, but it’s butterflies, bees, ladybugs, birds and other pollinators that bring your garden to life year after year. Bees and butterflies are struggling right now, though, and need all
Make a splash this spring by creating Thriller, Filler, Spiller container gardens for your home, business or commercial property. With a little planning, and the right plants, you can create an eye-catching arrangement that will make your home or place of business really stand out. Even if this term is new to you, you’ve probably
One thing you often see popping up in yards during spring are “for sale” signs. If you’re thinking of selling your home, curb appeal is a great way to get attention and make a great first impression. We’ve rounded up a few easy ways to use plants, flowers and accessories to add instant curb appeal
If you’re looking for a little something extra to fresh up your flower beds and make your landscaping “pop,” we’ve got just the thing – decorative bark! We carry a wide variety of decorative bark here at Luis’ Nursery in Visalia including different sizes humus, micro bark, pebble bark, jumbo bark & walk on bark.
Luis’ Nursery and Melanie Mackenzie team to offer a unique landscape design service – the Landscape IFD (In-Field Design) Ever wish you could hire an award-winning landscape design expert who could help you create the landscape of your dreams without breaking your budget? We’ve got just the person for you! Meet Melanie Mackenzie and learn