Preparing Roses for Fall Blooms Duchesse de Brabant Rose gardens need pruning, disease management and proper fertilization now for flowering in September and October. Late summer pruning of modern rose varieties such as hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora and shrub roses should be completed by early September. Pruning should be less severe than that done in […]
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Pests and Diseases in the Garden Pentas Continue to monitor pests and diseases in the garden and treat for specific problems. Plants can be more susceptible to problems due to drought situations. Some pest damage in the garden is okay. Observe your plants and simply pick pests from your plants by hand. Horticulture oils and
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Begonia Warm Season Plants for Summer Color Start adding warm season bedding plants to provide color in your landscape. While petunias and calibrachoas (supertunias) are still blooming, they will start fading as the weather begins to heat up. Don’t be tempted to continue to buy too many of the cool season plants. You can however,
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Foxglove Camelot series (Blooms in Spring) Autumn Color Using Cool Season Flowers Continue to plant cool season flowers this month such as petunias, chrysanthemums, pansies, viola, dianthus, snapdragon, alyssum, sweet peas, calendulas, forget-me-not, lobelia, cyclamen, primrose, nicotiana, ornamental cabbage & kale. Plant spring-flowering bulbs such as narcissus, Dutch iris, daffodils, Spanish bluebells, snowflakes, alliums, fressia,
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Rose – New Orleans Botanical Gardens Hurricane Clean Up With the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, many of us are starting to clean up the tree limbs & debris in our yards and gardens. Trim any hanging limbs from trees and large shrubs. Many of these limbs can cause damage to our homes, break up our
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