Shade Plants – Begonias and Kodiak Fresh
There really aren't a lot of vine options, especially with a lot of flowers like that, tropical-wise, for shade. For folks to come to the nursery, what are they looking for that might be [...]
Grass Seed and Fertilizing
We have questions about grass, and I figured I'd bundle them up into one post. The first one we got is "Do you know the special fertilizer we put down the six-month release? I [...]
How Much Rain Is Too Much For Plants
When we get an all-day soaker like this, it generally takes care of the watering for shallow rooted stuff, like some of the young shrubs and perennials. Trees, however, they can have a root [...]
Creeping Charlie Taking Over
I got an email about creeping Charlie. It says, "help! Creeping Charlie is taking over my backyard. What should I do?" We have got a tough to kill weed chemical here, 'Oxalis, Clover and [...]
Viburnum
We've got a question here: "I've got viburnum that I've kind of let go for a while for one reason or another. And they're pretty big. And I hear they're hard to cut back." [...]
All Season Fertilizer
Fertilizer and Plant Questions The number one thing you can always do for a plant is give it that all season fertilizer. That's going to help any plant that's struggling, or even one [...]
Bugs to Look Out For
Ticks and Lanternflies We can't really judge or predict what our winter was like that'll give an indication of how many bugs we'll get. I think we did get some good freezes to [...]
Peat Moss – What to Do?
Peat Moss What is sweet peat? Sweet peat is the soil amendment that we use, and it's actually got some lime we've mixed in it so that the pH is neutral. This is [...]
Magnolia Pruning
Magnolia Tree Pruning This is a great time of year to shape up your plants, as stated in previous posts. We get asked how to prune all kinds of things. Today's question is [...]
Mowing
Beginning of the Season Mowing When somebody looks at their lawn, how do you tell when it's time to mow for the first time? It's a temperature thing, and the grasses will wake [...]