President/CEO, and landscape designer at Glacier View Landscape & Design, Inc. in Longmont, Colorado. He has 25 years experience in the landscape and nursery industries both in north Florida and Colorado, including more than 15 as a landscape foreman, and has been a Boulder County resident for 32 years. Dave brings elements of stone, earth, fire, and water into his landscape designs. Read more of Dave's articles on Examiner.com or read more about Glacier View Landscape on Houzz.com.
Plant of the month series for Brighton Colorado area landscapes April: Bruns Serbian Spruce Bruns Serbian Spruce or Picea omorika ‘Bruns’ is a narrow upright, almost columnar evergreen specimen tree that is great as an accent tree for small spaces, or as a windbreak due to its dense form. Since it grows relatively quickly for … More Bruns Serbian Spruce is April 2019 Plant of the Month
Plant of the month series for Broomfield Colorado area landscapes March: Tricolor Beech Tricolor Beech or Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ is a fabulous multicolored medium sized shade tree that will add show stopping color to any landscape. It has an unusual marbled color with cream, silver, and pink/burgundy leaves that start out purple in the … More Tricolor Beech is March 2019 Plant of the Month
Plant of the month series for Lafayette Colorado area landscapes February: Kinnikinnick Kinnikinnick of various forms also known as bearberry because sometimes bears will eat the Fall berries in mountainous native growths, or by its botanical name Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a low growing, mostly evergreen ground cover that is an excellent shade tolerant choice for … More Kinnikinnick is February 2019 Plant of the Month
Plant of the month series for Erie Colorado area landscapes January: Black Chokeberry Black Chokeberry, or Aronia melanocarpa elata and its variants Iroquois Beauty Dwarf Chokeberry and Lowscape Mound Black Chokeberry are great plants for use along the Front Range of Colorado in a woodland setting, or where there is a lot of excess water. … More Black Chokeberry is January 2019 Plant of the Month
Plant of the month series December 2018 for Louisville Colorado area landscapes December: Variegated Jacob’s Ladder Variegated Jacob’s Ladder or polemonium caeruleum ‘Brise d’ Anjou’™ is the variegated form of Jacob’s ladder and will add rich creamy white tones to any shade garden. A small 12”-18” plant, it should be planted in clusters to form … More Variegated Jacob’s Ladder is December 2018 Plant of the Month
