Author Archives: Tim Merello

When designing the look for a winter container, one might assume the options would be much more limiting than those of the summer container. Ostensibly that may be true as the evergreen choices are not nearly as varied as the … Continue reading →

The above photo diptych is an annual container I planted for a client earlier this year. The first photograph was taken the day the flowers were planted on May 30th. The second shot or the after photo was from September … Continue reading →

What did you do on a rainy day? Merello-Sons Landscaping installed a new patio in Logan Square. Here is a nice tumble paver patio in sandstone with nice contrasting red circular perimeter. Stay tuned for the planted yard. Coming soon … Continue reading →

I have been getting inquiries lately about whether or not we are behind schedule for our spring. The answer is that we are right on time. Yes winter seemed to drag on forever this year. Though we did not get … Continue reading →

T’is the time to start installing cool weather annuals. Featured here is a nice assortment of annuals for your early season planters. We see ranunculus in yellow and pink, stock in a purple and red, primrose in a deep purple … Continue reading →

Few ornamental trees pack the punch that Prunus serrulata or Kwanzan cherry does in the spring. This small Japanese cherry is regularly rife with beautiful double pink blossoms for almost two weeks in early spring. I cannot tell you how … Continue reading →

Finally, the weather seems to have settled in to what spring weather should be, cool sunny days and nights. I know that the entire Chicago winter and March especially was plain strange. Never have I witnessed in my fifteen years … Continue reading →

Hydrangea paniculata can certainly be a great addition to the landscape when properly sited and planted. I know there are some big name designers who find it to be coarse and unruly. I ask them to please take a look … Continue reading →

At this time of year forsythia really puts on a show. Typically flowering before many other spring blooming trees and shrubs like magnolia and cherry, forsythia stands out in the gloomy gray of April in Chicago. The waving, wispy golden … Continue reading →