Cut spent blossoms from Crape Myrtles to extend bloom time. Fertilize your citrus this month with a good all purpose granular fertilizer such as MicroLife. If you must have color this month, plant marigolds, salvia,torenia, cora vinca,calendulas, begonias, petunias, ipomoea sweet caroline and perennials like ornamental grasses, Mexican butterfly bush, russelia, false aster and groundcovers. [...]
NATIVE SPIDER LILY If you work during the day and only get to enjoy your garden at night you might choose to do an all-white garden. In nature, art, and landscaping, white is a natural focal point that draws the eye to it. If you have an area that needs to be lit up [...]
Last week my friend /client asked, when should we plant a fall garden? Dwight MacDonald recommends if you are sowing by seed to start the following fall vegetables: beans, brocolli, mustard, carrots, winter squash, and tomatoes no sooner than August 20th. If you plant the seeds outside you will need to water a few times a [...]
Last week I was driving to Memorial Park for my morning run and I saw a new landscape job with a stressed tree under an umbrella to shade it. I thought that was a clever idea, so I pulled over to take a picture. My mentor and associate,Dwight MacDonald also recommends for this tree and [...]
Jen, My bottlebrush trees continue to have dead to yellowing branches. I cut them out, but they continue to reappear. Do you have any solutions? Paul H., Bellaire, Texas Paul, sounds like too much water. I consulted with the growers at Treesearch Farms to verify and they agreed the bottlebrush needs very little water even to get [...]
This week I saw the Cactus King and picked up a beautiful Agave Octopus. Lyn the owner told me it is now time to spray agaves because its main pest the Japanese Beetle typically attacks in late summer which leaves your agave with wilted leaves and will collapse the plant. The Cactus King suggests to spray your agave [...]
If you really want to enjoy the day tomorrow and learn something new stop by the Organic Horticulture Business Alliance booth at Discovery Green. I have been asked by Houston’s organic expert, Mike Serant, owner of San Jacinto Environmental and chair member of the Organic Horticulture Business Alliance to help answer questions at our booth [...]
Spring is my favorite time of year to visit TreeSearch farms. The Viburnums, Magnolias, Callary pear, Mexican plum, Red buds and apple trees all look astonishing this spring. Heidi Sheesley says it is from Houston’s few weeks of exceptionally cold weather. Jenscapes Inc. would like to thank Michael P. Dumont for some of his fabulous [...]
Today I asked xeriscape expert, Jeff River Law how many times does he recommend watering newly installed plants this spring. I recommended once a week for 12 minutes until it gets in the high 70′s. River suggests, ” AT most………….unless they are xeriscaped plants . Xeriscaped plants need NO water once established, unless drought conditions. [...]
Here is a Spring Tip from my Matt Raney owner of All in One Discount Nursery in Houston. Matt was just missing a picture. Garden tip for the day: What is going on—with these weeds: The weeds are supposed to be there, what they do is cover the land and protect the microbial animals in [...]
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