Florida Landscaping Today

Azalea Plant

Kurt — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:16:03 +0000

Azaleas are a popular part of landscapes for their beautiful flowers, plant form, and dark green foliage. The Azalea plant is used as foundation plantings, borders, and are planted in mass groupings. They are great for informal landscape designs due to their open growth habit. Large Azalea plants can be used as background shrubs for lower [...]

Camellias Plant

Kurt — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:54 +0000

The Camellias plant is a popular part of today’s southern landscapes. Many homeowners love to grow Camellias for their natural beauty and their many functions. Camellias plants can serve several functions in a landscape. They are used as foundation plantings, screens, accent plants, mass groupings, and as hedges. There are many varieties of Camellias plants [...]

Native Florida Trees

Kurt — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:21 +0000

Native Florida Trees are being planted more and more today in residential landscapes. This is not only for their natural beauty, but because their low maintenance makes them practical to use in landscaping. In recent years native trees in Florida have been torn down from massive development. Unfortunately, since this began thousands of native Florida [...]

Trees In Florida

Kurt — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:15:39 +0000

Trees in Florida are a valuable part of a landscape not only for their natural beauty, but also in helping with energy conservation. Florida homeowners can receive a substantial amount of energy savings from the usage of trees. Trees placed in the right location in a landscape will provide homes with shade from the hot [...]

Raised Bed Garden

Kurt — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:06:34 +0000

Since good soil is important for having a successful garden, a raised bed garden can give an advantage over a regular garden. When filling a raised garden bed with soil, you can fill it with a blend of soil that is loose and rich with nutrients. This is most likely far better than the native [...]

Lawn Disease

Kurt — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:27:20 +0000

St. Augustine Lawn Lawn disease is caused by fungus that disrupts normal growth and appearance. Lawn problems in a St. Augustine lawn from disease can occur year round. However, certain types of lawn diseases that affect St. Augustine grass are seasonal, due to weather patterns. During summer months long periods of rain and the high [...]

Lawn Maintenance

Kurt — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:08:08 +0000

St. Augustine Lawns To have a healthy lawn and to keep it in good shape all year round having proper lawn maintenance done is needed. To maintain St. Augustine lawns with a dense green look proper, watering, and mowing, are always essential factors to be considered. If St. Augustine grass is not maintained properly it will experience [...]

Lawn Pests

Kurt — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:42:58 +0000

St. Augustine Lawns Lawn pests that are common in St. Augustine lawns are chinch bugs, white grubs, sod webworms, and mole crickets. Lawn treatment is needed to control and eliminate lawn insect pests. Identifying turf pests and damage is the first step for good lawn control of any insect infestation. Lawn Pests Chinch Bugs The [...]

Best Roses For Florida

Kurt — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:14:24 +0000

If you have decided to start a garden with roses the first thing you must do is make the right choice on the best roses for Florida to plant. Many types of roses are available from rose growers. It is important to purchase roses from nurseries or garden centers that have suppliers from Florida growers. [...]

Cold Hardy Palms

Kurt — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:55:36 +0000

Even though tropical palm trees can experience problems during the winter, there are some cold hardy palms. Palm trees in Florida adaptable to cooler climates can be found in landscape nurseries. Some palm tree types that are found in central and southern Florida can also do good in north Florida. Listed here are some cold [...]