In article , blorefan wrote:
I was trying to avoid mentioning all the mistakes he made since it
makes me look
rather stupid since I overpaid. Well here it goes,
Apart from the weed problem, he planted 5 trees which he did not stake
to the ground so now they are swaying all over the place and am afraid
will break if we have forceful winds. He planted Kleim's gardenia in
the front (facing East) which gets full sun for atleast 6 hours and
two of the plants are already yellowing. I used Ironite since I read
some thing about Gardenia's needing a lot of iron. Well in any case
that seems to be working so far but am not sure if it will hold up.
I expected a lot more for $4000. Regarding mulch, he used the
cheapest pine straw mulch you can ever get. There was more pine
cones, leaves, twigs than pine needles. My yard looks like a big dump
with green buses sticking out of them.
I will call Garden Creations. Thanks for your suggestions Penny.

Yep, you got ripped off bigtime . I apologize for my overly tart
remarks. I have had my own share of such cases where I paid excessive
tuition to the school of hard knocks so so you are not alone. I have
acted in haste and repented in leisure more times than I want to admit.

It is a warning to the rest of us to check references and get additional
estimates before making decisions.

Care to tell us who this was so we will be fore warned?

Now for the areas where weeds were sprouting, you can use Preen as a
preemergence to reduce this from happening. It seems to work as long
as the soil is not disturbed but if it is scratched up the weeds will
come back. Of cours you will have to kill the existing weeds again with
weedbegon or roundup.
"Penny Morgan" wrote in message . com...
Did he do a bad job in design or are you upset about the weeds? If it's
design related, you can contact Garden Creations (Kendra Douros) at
819-8814. She is a landscape designer who does consultation, drawings,
installation, etc.

As far as the weeds are concerned, I have to say that spraying weeds to kill
them doesn't necessarily guarantee that you won't get lots more. We have
the perfect conditions for weeds to come in groves right now .......warm
weather and lots of wet weather. My yard is sprouting everywhere right now
even after spraying and pulling all in March. You will have to spray again.
Did he mulch the areas very well?

Spring is the time for new growth on everything .....trees, flowers, and
lots of weeds.

Penny
"blorefan" wrote in message
om...
Hi!! Can anybody suggest a good landscape designer in the trianlge
area. I hired one from Apex recently and he ripped me off (paid close
to $4000). He was very knowledgeable with the plants native to this
area and promised low maintenance landscape so I hired him. He did a
very poor job. All the beds that he supposedly sprayed with weed
killer are sprouting already (the beds were planted on Apr 19,2003).
I would appreciate your help.

Thanks


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