Fall gardening season is here! Time for Fall veggies and citrus, refreshing your landscape, and reviving your lawn. Here are our top 6 must-do’s right now for a beautiful Fall … Read More
September Garden Guide
There are numerous selections of vegetables to be started in the garden or in containers. Come in and pick up our fall vegetable guide. Read: Why Botanical Interests is Our … Read More
August Garden Guide
Read: Organic Gardening Read: Comfort for Summer: Shade Cloth Watch: A Great Trick to Green Up Your Lawn & Garden! Read: Fall’s Around the Corner – it’s Garden Time! Watch: How … Read More
Get Ready for Spring – James’ Tips for Lawns, Pruning, and Citrus
James Gill had his annual Get Ready for Spring garden talk here at Gill’s last weekend. As always, it was a big hit – standing room only! In case you … Read More
Looking Sharp for Spring!
Each year in January and February, I give my pre-spring “Get Ready for Spring” garden talk. I always start the talk with pre-spring pruning and the importance of sharp tools. … Read More
A Few More Summer Tips
If your watering hose is in the sun, make sure to let the water run through for a little while before watering your plants. Hot hoses make for hot water! … Read More
Lacebugs on Lantana
Are your lantana looking rusty brown like a fungus has attacked them? Well it’s not a fungus it’s a lace bug. These are common this time of year to attack … Read More
Does Your Lawn Look as Bad as Mine?
Wow! Snow and 2 hard freezes has really hurt my lawn. The only thing growing are the weeds. The weather is now warm enough, but not quite sunny enough to … Read More
Freeze Damage on Your Plumeria, Crown of Thorns, or Desert Rose?
Lots of folks will find freeze damage on some of their favorite tropical blooming succulents. Neglecting these damaged plants may not mean the end of them, but most of us … Read More
Freeze Alert! (January 2-3, 2018)
Looks like we will be seeing some cold temperatures, probably upper 20’s, on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Having already been through some cold snaps this winter, your plants should have already slowed their metabolism, … Read More