“I wish I could take the batteries out, but I can’t.” Anyone who knows ArtisTree Purchasing Manager Maria Muhlhahn knows her words ring true. A super-charged champion of plants since her childhood days on a farm in southern England, Maria focuses all her energies on two simple things: learning about…
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What’s that you see on your thinning oleanders? Is it the pesky pest Syntomeida epilais Walker, more commonly known as the oleander caterpillar? Or the spotted oleander caterpillar moth? If you live in Southwest Florida, you’re probably seeing an infestation of oleander caterpillars (no spots). If this critter with its…
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She grew up in Xalapa, Veracruz -- a shy little girl who played with her brother’s trucks in a city ringed by volcanoes and cloud forest. Her brother would become a lawyer, her sister a dentist -- and Blanca, the quiet middle child, would become one of the most welcoming…
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Mmm. You know it’s here by the fragrant smell of cypress or pine bark wafting from nature’s floor, or in this case, around your shrub beds. That’s right: it’s mulch season – the time of year when an innocent little piece of bark can turn homeowners into monsters or merrymakers.…
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