Gardening

Looking for some color around your home? You'll get lots of compliments with mums

Resist pests but protect beneficial bugs that will help your garden and landscape flourish.

Looking back on eighty years of history and many evolutions in the local nursery trade.

Create and maintain a tropical atmosphere in your home with just a little work

Attract winged visitors to your yard and enjoy the sweet chirps of nature.

What you need to do to keep your plants healthy and happy.

Be careful. This two-striped walking stick can cause some serious pain.

Prune crape myrtles now for floral abundance this summer.

Pichest / iStock / Getty Images Plus - Divide and transplant clumping perennials, such as Lily of the Nile (agapanthus), swamp lilies (crinum lilies) and daylilies (hemerocallis). - Sow seeds of cool-weather vegetables, such as lettuce, spinach, mustard and radishes. Transplant…

kazakovmaksim / iStock / Getty Images Plus - Plant strawberries this month for a tasty spring crop. Choose varieties for our region. If space is limited, plant them in a large container. - Plant cool-weather annuals, such as snapdragons, foxgloves, pansies,…

Illustration by Saige Roberts Tropical sod webworms (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée) are caterpillars that chew on blades of grass, resulting in a lawn that looks ragged, thin and brown. Despite their name, they are not limited to the tropics and have been…

zawafoto / shutterstock.com - You can still plant heat-loving vegetables, such as eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, cherry tomatoes and okra.  - Prune hydrangeas and gardenias after they’ve finished blooming. Do NOT prune azaleas or camellias, or you’ll risk removing flower buds.…

Much needed mulch, and gardening chores

Illustration by Saige Roberts Citrus Leafminer The Citrus Leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella) attacks all types of citrus trees anywhere in Florida. The adult is a small moth that lays eggs on the undersides of young, tender leaves. The eggs hatch and…

Tim UR / shutterstock.com - Trim back perennials and annuals to encourage a fall flush of blooms. - Give your citrus trees a final application of fertilizer for the year. Use a formula developed specifically for citrus and follow the…

Bloom-worthy tips for your summer garden.

Ginger plants add lush foliage to your landscaping.