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Here’s an Idea! Low Maintenance Landscaping Solutions

Xeriscaping is a low-maintenance landscape solution that is perfect for reducing the time and money spent on lawn care needs, especially in the Floridian summer and its scorching heat and relentless rains. During this time, your lawn maintenance needs may spike with the rise in weed and plant growth that excess rain brings as well as with problems associated with Read More

Q&A: Plumeria Rust and Methods of Prevention

Cindy asks: I have a Plumeria that keeps getting this orange colored fuzzy stuff on the underside of the leaves. And when you touch it, your fingers look like you’ve been eating Cheetos! (I call it the Cheeto disease.) What can I do to get rid of it? The Scoop answers: The problem Cindy is having is a fungus called Read More

Optimizing your Landscaping during Rainy Season

With rainy season running from May to October, check out these quick tips on how to support your landscaping during the spike in heavy rainfall. Showers give us not only make plant life flourish, but also send weed growth into overdrive. Some things you can do to avoid having your landscape turn into a weed jungle are pulling big weeds, Read More

How and When to Fertilize Palm Trees

Check with your landscape specialist before fertilizing your palm trees. Depending on what type of palm it is, it may not need regular fertilization at all, or it could need it every month and a half throughout the palm’s growing season. Even these palms, however, may have a root ball that has nutrients in it already, something that your landscape Read More

What to do with Grass Clippings

Leaving grass clippings on your lawn during spring and summer can actually benefit it, adding nutrients back to the lawn in a recycling manner. This trick is good when the amount of grass clippings left are moderate, as heavy clumps will smother your lawn, rather than help it. When decomposition slows or when heavy rains are frequent, remove the clippings Read More