Customers often call with concerns about their formerly healthy ornamental hedges and shrubs. Once brilliantly green and thriving viburnum, Indian hawthorn or other evergreen bushes are now sporting yellowed foliage marred with brown mottling or spots like the ones on the right of the picture below. Fungal leaf spot is a common problem in the [...]
Foot rot and root rot are both symptoms of Phytophthora, a serious soil-borne disease that infects all citrus varieties. Although its effects are most devastating to commercial growers, it can still attack trees grown in the home landscape. Fortunately, there are preventative measures you can take before planting to keep your citrus trees healthy and [...]
As the first few cool nights happen upon the Tampa Bay area, most of us are extremely relieved and, once again, realize it is not 78 degrees and humid every night of the year in Central Florida. It also signals an opportune time to give our lawns a “wintertime fertilization” to make sure it survives [...]
A woman came in to the nursery last week with an unfortunately common problem in her back yard. After competently caring for her lush yard in the same house for over thirty years, she returned home from a 10 day vacation to find the grass was almost completely dead except for a few green patches. Finding the source [...]
Most everyone who buys a citrus tree for thier yard is hoping to pick some off to eat every year as they fruit. One customer that came in to the nursery was very typical of those that have trouble growing citrus trees. He had a Sunkist tangerine tree, a younger four year old tree with a [...]
Few things bring you closer to life during springtime in Tampa than starting a garden. Now is the perfect time to begin planning the vegetables you want to grow and prepare an area. Make this the year you teach your children how to cultivate a variety of plants and vegetables. If you decide to designate [...]
Our company name is never more appropriate than during times when the Tampa Bay area is at risk of a frost or freeze. Watch your local TV weather report and they will give very ample warning when the temperature has the potential to frost and take actions to protect your plants and trees. In recent [...]
We always have customers coming into the nursery looking for what we refer to as drought tolerant plants. They usually say they need to grow something in a heavy shade area, often with less than ideal soil. The request has become a little more popular because of all the water restrictions in place around the Tampa [...]
We commonly hear from our customers that a lot of the plants they have start forming a copper colored fungus or algae all over the leaves. This is very common as the dew point increases every night during the Fall in Tampa. The increase in moisture leads to an ugly mildew or algae. The solution [...]
We often get questions from customers about how to go about transferring potted plants into the front yard to add to your Tampa landscaping. Many ask about Crotons or Ixoras, the Jungle Geranium. We always recommend not to put the Ixoras right next to the house, put them further out. They tend to continually absorb [...]
