Happy Solstice! June 20 is the first full day of summer, and the blooming plants in Venice, Florida, have received the memo. Like the solstitial sun, the yellow blooms of angel’s trumpet are blazing and vibrant in June. If sunny yellow isn’t your color, angel's trumpet also comes in white,…
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In Florida's rainy season, when it rains it really DOES pour! Florida’s rainy season is still here, and Mother Nature has not been shy about pouring down on the Sarasota area lately. Frequent and long-lasting rain can mean the death of many landscape plants (due to excess water and a…
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Local ordinances for Sarasota and Manatee counties ban the use of fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorus June 1 through Sept. 30. Why? It’s rainy season. Saturated ground means the fertilizer you just put down will be flushed into local waters and worsen algae blooms that harm human health, wildlife and the…
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Since the arrival of Lime Sizzler™ Firebush in 2014, gardeners everywhere have been eager to get their hands on this long-blooming addition to Mother Nature’s plant palette. This double-take dynamo has captured the eye of landscape design professionals, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees with its exotic lime-green and yellow foliage topped…
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