We began our travels down the road to annuals last week, so I am not making any U-turns just yet as this week we will continue to talk color and tropical plants. The vast majority of our landscapes are filled with…
It pains me to see customers spending hundreds of dollars on new plants and simultaneously refusing to spend a few more on a bag or two of compost and a box of starter fertilizer. These two items are not unnecessary “add-ons” that the retailer is just trying to add to the sale, they are critical components of a successful transplanting process - or as I like to refer to them as “plant insurance”. Unless you have phenomenal soil, you should always add compost and starter fertilizers when you are planting new plants. Here is why…
We started our journey with Hydrangeas last week, so let’s keep the momentum going and continue by talking about an even more useful species of them this week. As I have mentioned before, there isn’t a better choice for summer-long blooming shrubs than…