Central Texas is home to Austin and its great diverse population. More sophisticated than many cities its size, people in Austin are demanding shoppers and gardeners and plant lovers have quite a few fabulous nurseries and garden shops to choose from when planting or planning to landscape or just to add some color and foliage. ...
Houston has a semi-tropical climate with high humidity and good soil. It has always had a large population that supported the nursery/landscaping/gardening industry and the many garden centers and local industries that are part of it. There’s a lot of money here and a sizeable sophisticated demographic which is a good market for quality suppliers ...
Fall garden mums, (Chrysanthemum morifolium), are one of the most popular flowers here in Missouri. Mums come in a variety of shapes and colors and are perfect fall flowers to compliment the colors of the changing trees. Mums are classified by flower shape. These include daisy, pompon, anemone, and button mums. Daisy mums have daisy-like ...
Begonias are definitely one of America’s all time favorite flowers. They’re extremely popular and abundant at garden centers, especially the most common variety Semperflorens, known as the wax begonia. The begonia’s popularity might be less about their indisputable beauty and more about how easy they are to grow, even for beginners. These tender annuals are ...
To relieve the monotony of four beige walls, many cubicle dwellers would like to decorate with plants. Besides the aesthetic benefits, plants help purify the air you breathe in your cubicle. And workers who keep plants in their spaces are more productive than those who don’t. If you work in a cubicle, the fact that ...
Winterizing a newly planted tree or sapling involves more than just throwing a layer of bark or mulch around the roots. Protecting the bark is also an important step in protecting a sapling during the winter months. The bark of a tree plays an important role in both the overall health of a tree and ...
Atlanta is a very large city now. It’s location in the center of Georgia means that there’s a long growing season here. A lot more plants will over-winter in a climate where the weather is not terribly extreme. In the early spring, Atlantans begin migrating in droves to the area’s many fine garden centers to ...
This article is for those who need to do some very serious weed killing. If you are looking for weed killers that are safe for your lawn and grass, Please see my article, Best Weed Killers for Lawns. For the Ultimate experience is weed killing, check out Ortho Ground Clear Complete Vegetation Killer. It proclaims ...
Creating a potted garden with succulent plants is both easy and economical, even for the beginner gardener. Succulents store water in their roots, leaves and stems, which means that you don’t have to water them very often. Also, succulents are able to stay in the same pot for a long time which means you rarely ...
Keeping that lawn beautiful is not just about cutting the grass. Wind, foot traffic, birds and other animals bring the seeds for weeds into your lawn and there just isn’t any security force available against those dastardly seeds. So we just must resort to a constant and vigilant war against the weeds. Here are some ...
