Plant Care

Consider the Container Consider the Container

Much of the fun in arranging flowers comes from having the right container. Containers actually... 

Columbines Columbines

In Grandmother’s day, columbines (aquilegia) were already prized in flower gardens. Then,... 

Preserve a Jar of Garden Fragrance Preserve a Jar of Garden Fragrance

For added pleasure from your garden capture a bit of its summer fragrance in an old fashioned potpourri... 

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Lawn

Power Equipment for the Garden and Landscape Power Equipment for the Garden and Landscape

Power equipment requirements vary greatly according to the equipment owner, use, needs, the size... 

Look Underground Sprinklers Look Underground Sprinklers

An underground lawn sprinkler system can be installed in an average home yard, landscape and garden.... 

April Lawn Care Making Yards Look Easy April Lawn Care Making Yards Look Easy

Got a nice looking home with a lawn that’s an eyesore to the neighbors? Chances are, you don’t... 

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Landscaping

Heirbloom Beans A Gift From Indians

Heirbloom Beans, what are they? Heirloom beans are the ones that our fathers, grandfathers and... 

The Common Rock-Lichen… Our Oldest Plant

Many persons have exclaimed with delight over a brilliant patch of the little red-crested lichen,... 

The Upstanding Lotus

The name LOTUS has many different meanings in various parts of the world. Poets speak of the “lotus... 

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Seasonal Focus

Now Is The Time To Visit Gardens

Despite all that may be said or that may be read, most of us learn by example rather than by precept.... 

Lawn Program Begins in The South Lawn Program Begins in The South

April can be one of the most active months in the garden. As usual, the various garden duties overlap... 

Eastern Garden Call – Get the Worm Eastern Garden Call – Get the Worm

The old saying “the early bird gets the worm” applies to gardeners as well as to birds.... 

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Technology

Pest Sprayer for Landscape Lawn and Garden Pest Sprayer for Landscape Lawn and Garden

There is a type and size of sprayer designed to fit everyone’s needs (and pocketbooks)… all the way from the person with only a few house plants to the large estate with acres of gardens or orchards. Most gardeners prefer to have a separate sprayer, properly marked or labeled, just for chemically controlling weeds. Many of the weed killers... [Read more of this review]

Gibberellin Growth Hormone Gibberellin Growth Hormone

In 1926, Long before 2,4-D and DDT became known to gardeners, a Formosan scientist, E. Kurosawa, made an important discovery. He observed a peculiar fungus (Gibberella fujikuroi) disease that affected rice. The first symptom was a greatly accelerated growth rate and the diseased seedlings grew much taller than the healthy ones. Kurosawa found... [Read more of this review]

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Images

Neoregelia Antigua Neoregelia Antigua

Neoregelia Antigua – comes from our in house breeding program. As with most Neoregelias it isn’t... 

Aechmea ‘Volcano’ Aechmea ‘Volcano’

Aechmea ‘Volcano’ – is a new cultivar of Aechmea ramosa. When Volcano begins to flower... 

Aechmea ‘Marcelino’ Aechmea ‘Marcelino’

Aechmea ‘Marcelino’ – is a Bullis Bromeliad hybrid for the landscape. South Florida is... 

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