Outdoor garden pots with built-in lighting

How cool are these? I love the whole concept. The lit garden pots can be used to warm up your landscape or mark a garden path. Created by Spanish company Vondom, the innovative pots are from the LLUM collection.

This sexy décor feature offers you stylish garden pots during the day and a unique, warm glow in the evening. Perfect for indoors or outdoors, the LLUM product line integrates self-watering devices in every model and includes wheels for easy mobility. And the pots are frost-resistant and ideal for any season. (more…)

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Smaller-sized trees can save you a world of homeowner headaches. Carefully choosing petite trees that still offer a full-size bang is essential for “lushing” up a limited landscape. When you’re shopping around, pay special attention to soil and water requirements, replanting tolerance, planting location, and plant hardiness zone charts that inform about the tree’s durability in your climate. Here are some small tree suggestions that go a shade farther than most.

Dr. Mike Dirr, a horticulturist at the University of Georgia, said this about the Eastern Redbud: “No equal, no competitor can be found among small flowering landscape trees.” The Redbud, along with the Flowering Dogwood, both rank in the top 10 most popular under-30-foot trees. The Redbud doesn’t actually have red flowers – it’s the tree’s magenta buds and pink flora, accompanied by dark, bluish-green, heart-shaped leaves, that often affirms it as the showiest. (more…)

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First impressions are sometimes the only impression. Your indoors can be as cozy as an old quilt, but still the house will scream, “There’s something not right here!” if the exterior doesn’t reflect the same warmth. Here’s a simple checklist to ensure that your house’s charm won’t be overlooked.

1. Upkeep matters: So, keep up your lawn. Mow the grass, edge the sidewalks and flower beds, and prune and renew plants. Spreading new mulch or pine straw freshens up the landscape. Replacing broken bricks and other rundown plant borders make the grounds look neater.
2. Take matters into your own yellow rubber gloves: Put a sparkle on the windows, power wash siding, fencing and sidewalks, clean out gutters, and blow off leaves and debris from the roof. Clean stains from driveways and pull weeds growing through cracks. Repair, if possible.
3. Highlight the highlights: Your front door is most often the focal point. Choosing an eye-catching color for the entryway, installing a natural wood door, or upgrading one with ornamental stain glass can make all the difference. Replace old house numbers, door handles, wall-mounted mailboxes and lighting so that the door is enhanced. Paint the trim and shutters in colors complementary to that of the door. (more…)

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