Happy Solstice! June 21 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, red, peach, pink, purple and orange varieties with varying flower sizes. Nothing about angel’s trumpet is timid. Its dangling trumpet-like blooms are fragrant and stunningly large -- 20 inches long Continue Reading
Sarasota Water-Loving Plants
Florida’s rainy season has begun, 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 lack of oxygen), but don’t despair. If you’re looking at a water-soaked area, there’s still hope. Simply design your landscape with water-loving plants that don’t mind having “wet feet.” But first things first. It’s only logical to check your drainage first to see if you can Continue Reading
Light Up Your Landscape with Lime Sizzler™ Firebush
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 with sizzling trumpet-shaped, red-orange flowers chock-full with nectar (it’s a top-ten plant for attracting pollinators). Botanically, Lime Sizzler™ Continue Reading
Phalaenopsis: The Best Orchids for Your Southwest Florida Home
I work in the Marketing Department of ArtisTree Landscape, so naturally I’m fond of a million things you can plant in the ground. But I also have an indoor favorite that I eventually like to take outside and nestle up in my trees, and it usually requires a trip to fill up my gas tank. You see, my favorite weekend pastime is to drive to local orchid nurseries in search of the next perfect orchid specimen for my home orchids collection. My search is typically for colors and combinations not Continue Reading
