Lighting your Landscape Print

Caller

• Sandy, is there a sun cloth that is a frost cloth equivalent

Recommendation: Shade cloth, hold it away from the plant

• Her lemon Tree is doing poor, but not her neighbors and rabbits are eliminating her sister's plants.

Recommendation:  Blood Meal around Plants, keep away dogs---bone and blood meal for Rabbits, squirrels

Caller

• Joyce, listening from KGVY, was told not to plant Citrus in Green Valley

• Joyce, has been advised not to plant Citrus in Green Valley, yet her Citrus' are doing fine

Recommendation: Trust your local nurseries and their advice. Dwarf Citrus , Civano Nursery

• Brazilian Pepper Tree that was damaged in freeze

Recommendation: Prune and Fertilize

Caller

• Scott, has a Cork Screw Willow that was sick last season and now will not grow

Recommendation: Chemicals from surrounding water may be hurting your growth, move your spot

• Jim, can he plant Hydrangeas in Arizona

Recommendation: Indoor protected from sun and heat, Amaryllis, Lantana, Pinta

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Letter from Listeners

• Alexandria, needs a weed killer that works on Rock Landscape

Recommendation: Glyphosate, systemic herbicide, pre-emergent twice a year, Scottsdale Weed Control

• Is it time to plant Summer Rye

• Valleywide Recycling Partnership

• Irene, her light fixtures outdoors are going out

Recommendation: How old is her system, they may need to be looked out and changed out, excessive voltage

Letters from Listeners

• Has a home from 1985 and received a notice to insure water main.  Is this legitimate

Welcome New Casa Grande Rosie Certified Partners:

• Brutinel Electric and Plumbing
• Cooper Painting
• Desert Sun Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration, LLC

• John, wrote in to ask about the Crawfish Festival (coming soon)

Caller

• Steve, has residue on his Pavers

Recommendation: Cont. in next segment

• Steve, purchased Pavers and used Polymeric Sand on cracks, now has a residue

Recommendation: It needed to be fully in cracks, then blown off before sealed with water; Grout Release or Cement Release product; then seal

• Randy, has glass block in front yard sitting area. What type of bulb to light them best

Recommendation: Halogen or LED; Halogen for dimming; LED will last longer and can be dimmed

Rosie Asks: Where can we go to see different lighting schemes? (cont. in next segment)

• Benefits to using a professional landscape lighting designer
• Color Temperature
• Proper Bulb Type and Wattage

• Bill, what do we think of a rebar less pool

Lifeline: Craig Grady from Desert Sun Pools

Recommendation:  Aqua Fiber, Craig likes it and the pressure of it

Caller

• Jack, is LED strong enough to light his art in the backyard (12ft/8 ft)

Recommendation: Yes, Ewing can do it, what's your color temperature

• Layering
• Lighting should focus on effect not fixture
• Tall items can be effectively fit

Roger Ramsey from Ewing Recommends:

• FX Luminaire
• Vista
• Phillips Hadco
• Focus Industries

• Marylou, has track lighting in her bathroom that is too bright

Recommendation: install a dimming switch, then you can control light level

Travel Arizona Stay-cation...Register here! From Sanderson Ford, Arizona Highways and Arizona Department of Transportation

Arizona Biltmore: If you book in your Birthday month, you get one day free. BDAY is the code

Congrats to BrozeSmith and The Prescott Art Trust for reaching their goals.  The Gentle Tamer will be cast in Bronze!

Rueben, our last Winner, wants to use his Staycation win on The Train

Caller

• Nick, needs to resurface his asphalt.  What's our recommendation

Recommendation: Rosie will do research and get back to Nick.  Rosie likes Belgard interlocking Pavers

Landscape Sound Systems from Ewing: Sonoscape

• Art, Nature and Use of Space
• Start Small
• levels low
• selective color temperature and higher levels
• Layering Sound

Rosie Certified Landscapers for Landscape Lighting: Vicente in Northern Arizona, CYC and Think Green in Phoenix