Las Vegas Landscaping Blog
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How to Water, What to Plant
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Watering: Get up early this summer. We recommend watering early in the morning, between 4 am and 8 am. Early morning watering reduces the evaporation loss. We recommend deep watering as it is the best way to ensure that the entire root zone becomes saturated. Fertilizing: Use a slow-release fertilizer for containers. Roses should be fed during…
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Landscape Design Tips
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Finding the right colors between your garden and house, paying lot of attention to the details, thinking about texture and shape, and considering stone here and there are just some of the best ingredients when your planning a landscaping around your home. Don’t forget that natural materials are the only ones that help you get…
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Therapeutic Landscape Design
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In case you didn’t know, landscape design can have lots of health benefits and a therapeutic landscape design can have a positive impact on your life. Since there is a strong connection between humans and nature, it’s no wonder that people can be heavily influenced by nature. At VIP Landscape Design we provide you with…
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How Important Sun Is For Your Garden
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Why sun is important for your garden? Well, a very straight answer will be this:Β Plants get energy from light through a process called photosynthesis. This is how light affects the growth of a plant. Without light, a plant would not be able to produce the energy it needs to grow. When designing your garden, always…
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Planning A Fall Garden
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Once you set your fall gardening goals, it’s time to get to work and design it accordingly. Start searching for few seasonal plants and structure your garden based on what you simply want to look like. Also, be very careful on all sizes and garden dimensions so that things will look perfect once everything’s finished.…
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How To Get Your Garden Ready For Summer
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Nature doesn’t take time off, so make sure you are respecting a minimum set of rules when trying to take care of your garden. During the active growing season, more water often moves up than it does down. Look at all the big plants, such as trees and shrubs, in your landscape. Theyβre like big…
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Garden Design Trends In 2018
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In case you haven’t made a decision on how your garden will look this year, well, this is the right time to put down your ideas. Either you are willing to contact a landscaping specialist or simply want to do it yourself, make sure that the design perfectly suits your location. There are many landscaping…
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How To Choose The Best Landscape For Your Property
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Give your property more value by choosing a good landscaping design. Either you are going to decorate your front garden or backyard, you must first ask a landscaper what are the best recommendations, based on location, surroundings, house design, etc. The best landscape for your property, therefore, depends on lots of small things you might…
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Featured in Landscape Contractor Magazine
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V.I.P. Landscaping was featured in the July edition of Landscape Contractor magazine, a nationwide publication read by millions of readers. Our showroom wall fountain was selected to be the feature image for the article “More Than Meets The Eye”. A full version of the article can be read by clicking here.
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Fall Watering Schedule, Las Vegas
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September 1 – October 31 Fall watering tips: Because drip irrigation delivers water slower than sprinkler irrigation, it’s needed less frequently. LVVWD recommended frequency for drip irrigation during the Fall isΒ 2 days per week. The length of each watering depends on the flow of the drip emitters. For example, an emitter flow of up to…