Leaf and Stone Landscape

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As Co-Owners, we have the benefit of maintenance and installation experience as well as design and administrative experience. This allows us to be a well rounded company, meeting all of our customers needs. We also have 20 years of experience in quality tree service, pruning and removal. Whether it's maintenance, a landscape face lift or

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Our Goals

Commercial Properties

Our Goals

Our goals at Leaf and Stone Landscape are to work with our clients to maintain and nurture pleasing landscapes while being environmentally responsible. In addition, we strive to provide exceptional and trustworthy customer service.

Commercial Properties

Having a well maintained store front is the first impression for any business. We would be happy to give you a free estimate for maintaining your commercial property.

What Our Customers Have To Say

Testimonials

I have been a very satisfied customer of Leaf and Stone Landscape for quite some time. They take wonderful care of my yards leaving no stone unturned. I especially appreciate the horticulture approach they bring to landscaping. The care and treatment they provide to my plants is targeted and meticulous. Since taking over the business, Kim and Alfred have worked really hard to improve the level of their service and communication, making it both more personal and more professional. I'm loving the relationship I have with this company and look forward to continuing it for many years to come.

Alex

Alfred is Fantastic! An upstanding, trustworthy, knowledgeable craftsman! Really like this guy and is fair and only expands clientele based on word of mouth! Glad to have him agree to work at our home! Not everybody makes the cut!

Erin

Call Leaf and Stone Landscape if you ever need landscape and/or irrigation help. Several people recommended them and so I thought I would give them a try. I can't begin to tell you how persistent Alfred was with a very difficult irrigation problem I had! He was knowledgeable, reliable, dependable and fair. He's been in McCormick Ranch for quite some time (grew up here and went to high school here) and now lives here. He came up through the ranks and now owns this business and takes great pride in giving you the best service he knows how. He and Kim make a great team and want to make your property the best that it can be. Check them out!

Cathi

Thank you Cathi, for recommending Alfred. He came immediately when we called him to repair a serious irrigation leak. He is a class act and we will be using his services on a regular basis. Alfred is polite, knowledgeable and his truck and equipment are pristine.....

Daphne

After five or six different landscapers, I am very pleased to have found Leaf and Stone Landscape. They do excellent work, clean up everything (even clippings that go in the pool!), friendly and courteous, and they show up when they say they will!
Unbelievable.

Beth

September Gardening Tips

September is another transition month in the desert. We feel like the worst of summer heat should be over -- but it isn't.

What To Do in September

Grass

If you plan to over-seed your Bermuda, stop fertilizing. You'll be over-seeding next month.

If you are not planting a winter lawn, add about 10 pounds of Ironite for every 1,000 square feet.

Trees/Shrubs

If you didn’t fertilize your citrus during August do it now. Use ammonium sulfate. This last fertilizing will help make larger fruit. Lemons can be picked as needed later in September even though the fruit is still green. Lemons will not get sweeter, just juicier. Truly ripened limes will turn yellow. This is a good time to get inside your citrus trees, trim out the water sprouts and clean out any dead wood.

You may begin planting non-frost sensitive trees and shrubs from containers. Soil temperatures are still warm enough to help roots establish quickly. After planting, water deeply. Dig a planting hole about three times the diameter of the root ball and no deeper.

Flowers

Prepare flower beds just as you would the vegetable plots, but planting of most flowers should be delayed until mid- October.

Hose off the rose leaves 1-2 times a week to remove dust, spider mites and potential white flies. Water roses about every three days and apply about five gallons of water to each plant. Prune dead canes and weak top growth, but no heavy pruning.

Some bulbs like tulips and hyacinths need to be chilled in a paper sack in the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator for four to six weeks or they won’t bloom.

Vegetables

The most important step to achieving a successful garden in the Valley is soil preparation. Spade the garden beds to a depth of 8-12 inches, turn the soil over, break up clods. For each 100 square feet of garden area add 2 pounds of 16-20-0, ammonium phosphate; 5 pounds of sulfur and 5 pounds of Ironite. Spread 3-6 inches (eight to 10 two-cubic-foot bags) of compost, forest mulch or steer manure. Mix all this together, water it well and when the soil has dried to just moist, you are ready to plant.

If you grow onions use gypsum in place of sulfur because sulfur makes onions strong and hot.

If your tomatoes and peppers are still alive, trim them back to 18 inches. Remember the root zone is as large as the foliage, so sprinkle one-half cup of ammonium sulfate (21-0-0) and Ironite on moist soil over the entire root zone.

As temperatures drop below 100 degrees, seeds of cool-season crops can be planted. These veggies can be directly seeded in the garden later in the month: beets, celery, carrots, chard, endive, peas, green onions, parsnips, lettuce, snap beans, bok choy, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, cucumbers, kale, lettuce, leeks, mustard, radishes, spinach, and turnips.

Don't Make These Garden Mistakes in September

When fertilizing citrus, don't sprinkle the fertilizer next to the trunk, since the roots won't get the benefit there. Fertilize the outer 2/3 of the root area.

Hold off on transplants of broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chard, and lettuce until after the end of September or beginning of October. The temperatures must be consistently below 100°F.

Don't over water after transplanting trees and shrubs. Too much water can drown and rot the roots.

What To Do in November

Grass

Bermuda should be watered with two to three inches of water each week. Bermuda will become dormant as temperatures drop to below 50 degrees.
Dethatch to prevent fungus diseases.
Overseeding should have been done by now.
Winter ryegrass should be mowed to 1-1/2 to 2 inches. Keep watering until established, and then water only about once a week.
Yellowing of the winter lawn may occur when the cold weather sets in. An application of ammonium nitrate will bring back the dark green color.

Trees/Shrubs

Cut back watering of all trees and shrubs, but continue to water deeply. Don't over water or fungus will grow.
Plant 3-5 gallon shrubs and 10-15 gallon trees.
Clean dead branches out trees and shrubs.
Trim unwanted sprouts from the interior of your citrus trees. This makes it easier to harvest fruit.
Keep the skirt of your citrus trees pruned and trimmed to about two or three feet from the ground. This permits a better air flow and minimizes chances of fungus.

Flowers

Plant in full sun: petunias, calendulas, dianthus and snapdragons
Plant in part sun or shade: dianthus, geraniums, impatiens, and primrose
Plant bulbs in well-drained soil that is also high in compost or organic matter. Your bulbs should be planted with about two inches of sand beneath them. Cover with a coarse material such as peat moss or crushed wood products, such as bark. Plant Amaryllis, Anemone, Calla and Easter Lily, Dutch Crocus, Daffodil, Freesia, Gladiolus, Iris, and Ranunculus. Planting in clusters rather than in rows makes for a nice arrangement. Bulbs should be given a good soaking immediately after planting, and every seven to ten days after growth begins.
Keep spent rose blooms pruned.

Vegetables

Now is the time to plant seeds for beets, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard, collards, endive, kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsley, peas, radishes, rutabaga, spinach, and turnips.
Transplants in November include asparagus, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, and lettuce.
When you plant any of the many varieties of leaf lettuce you can harvest and the plant will keep growing new leaves. You don't have to pick the whole head of lettuce.
Plant strawberries now to get berries next spring.
If you planted vegetables in October, thin out seedlings about three to four weeks after germination. Snip them, don't pull them.

Don't Make These Garden Mistakes in November

Don't forget to check for aphids in the garden. Use soapy water in a spray bottle to control them.
Don't water the lawn when it's dark.
Do not fertilize frost-tender plants such as bottlebrush, bougainvillea, oleander and citrus.
Don't procrastinate about preparing for cold weather. Toward the end of November we can get frost, and your garden will be at risk if you don't cover tender plants, flowers and vegetables.
Don't ignore weeds. Either pull them later, or use pre-emergent now.

What To Do in December

Prepare for frosts now. If you don't care for your sensitive trees, bushes, flowers and vegetables before the first frost, it's probably too late, since the first frost will permanently damage them. It is not uncommon to have up to 20 frosty mornings in December. Be prepared to cover those frost-tender plants throughout December.

Grass

Your over-seeded winter lawn should be established by now.
If your winter lawn turns yellowish, fertilize. An application of Ironite will bring back the dark green color.
Water every 5-7 days, or more often if you notice a drying-out of the soil. Light or sandy soils dry out faster.

Trees/Shrubs

Wrap the trunks of young citrus and other cold-tender trees with cloth, cardboard or several layers of newspaper (no plastic) to protect them from frost. Leave them wrapped until the threat of frost has passed.
Sweet oranges, navels, lemons, tangerines and tangelos may now be picked now but pick only as needed. As the season wears on, the fruits will continue to sweeten.
Citrus fruit stores best on the tree.
Frost-tolerant trees and shrubs may planted this month. Dig holes three to five times the size of the root ball but not any deeper. Set the plant so the top of the root ball is ground level and then backfill.
Remove dead branches and water sprouts.

Christmas Trees

When you purchase your tree, try to get a freshly cut tree. Feel the needles for dryness; the needles should be pliable.
Cut an inch off the trunk, put it in a stand with a water reservoir and fill it daily.
If you buy a living tree, don't bring it inside until about a week before Christmas and take it back outside right after the holiday. After the tree has been outside for a while and is again acclimated to the colder weather, you can plant it or donate it to a school or park.

Flowers

Flowers can still be planted so choose your favorite annuals and perennials.
You can still plant bulbs. Plant them in well-drained soil that is also high in compost or organic matter. Your bulbs should be planted with about two inches of sand beneath them. Cover with a coarse material such as peat moss or crushed wood products, such as bark.
Chrysanthemums begin to die back after blooming.
Cut back dead or dying foliage and add a bit of nitrogen fertilizer.
Poinsettias will turn yellow if you water them with the foil sleeve still on because they will sit in the water. Take them to the sink, remove the foil sleeve, water until water comes out the bottom, let them drain for a few minutes and then put the foil sleeve back on.
Start getting the new rose catalogs and watch for bare root roses at nurseries later in December. Get your seed catalogs now, too, and start ordering!

Vegetables

Plant seeds: beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, garlic bulbs, green onions, leeks, lettuce, parsley, peas, radishes, swiss chard, spinach and turnips.
Asparagus is best planted in a single row.
Plant transplants: asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce (head & leaf)

Don't Make These Garden Mistakes in December

Don't pick grapefruit yet. Grapefruit are the best in late spring.
Don't do any major tree pruning in December.
Don't fertilize trees or shrubs in December. Wait until Spring.
Don't over water.
Don't ignore pest problems.

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What To Do in November

Don't Make These Garden Mistakes in November

What To Do in December

Don't Make These Garden Mistakes in December