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Need help designing a landscape? Here’s how to find the right pro for the job | Home/Garden
Garden columnist Dan Gill responses readers’ concerns each and every week. To ship a concern, e-mail Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have to have some aid creating a landscape in my backyard. I’d like to put in a deck, beds of shrubs, flowerbeds and some trees, but I’m hopelessly missing in how to do it properly. Do you have any guidance on trying to find expert support? — Valerie Mitchell The winter season neat time is the excellent time to install new landscapes in Louisiana or redesign and renovate existing landscapes. If you’d like to hire a landscape specialist but you will not know in which to begin, here are some…
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Wait until May to plant tropicals for pool landscaping, but use some evergreens as well | Home/Garden
We are just completing the installation of a new pool at our home and are now ready to plant some tropical landscaping. The planting area will get full afternoon sun. I’ve heard you say November is the best time to plant trees — does this also apply to palm trees? What type of palm trees are the hardiest and which would you recommend? What other types of smaller tropicals (palms, bananas, etc.) do you advise? — Paul Baranova Fall planting applies to hardy trees and shrubs that are not bothered by winter freezes, not tender tropical plants. Palms fall into the tropical plant group and are best planted from May…


