2024 has been particularly hard on our lovely landscape plants. The excessive heat coupled with drought, has left the majority of landscape plantings struggling to survive. It’s quite literally cooked shallow roots, regardless of the amount of supplemental water provided. Shallow-rooted trees began dropping leaves in August; […]
Fall Feeding, pruning, planting & protection of plants in your yard. Read More »
Planting Annuals (Flowers and Vegetables) in the Ground in April – Every year, we’re asked when we will have warm season vegetables and flowers. With the exception of cold crop vegetables and pansies, most flowers and vegetables that we plant in this region ARE NOT FROST HARDY! The 2023 USDA Hardiness Zone Map puts our area in
Ready, Set… it’s Grow Time! Read More »
DORMANT Feeding of Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, and Bulbs – DORMANT is the key word with fall feeding of landscape plants. In essence, when these plants have completed their seasonal vegetative growth and are readying for their long winter’s nap. Feeding trees, shrubs and perennials from mid-October to late November encourages and strengthens root expansion,
October is Perfect for Planting EVERYTHING! Read More »
At the beginning of last month, we were a bit worried about weather conditions going into the best time of the year for lawns and landscapes; there’d been regular rainfall for most of the summer, and lawns and landscaped areas had done beautifully. Then we hit a 2-week period of not much meaningful rainfall and
Fall is for Planting, especially Grass Seed. Read More »
A month ago, as I was writing our September Newsletter, we were still in the throes of a very damaging summer for lawns (particularly) and landscapes. Now, in early October, the difficult summer is well in our rear-view mirrors. Over the past several weeks, and including the remnants of the devastating hurricane Ian, we’ve had
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