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Tips to avoiding common landscaping mistakes

May 12, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Landscaping

Although dollars spent on landscaping can pay big dividends, the trick is to stretch those dollars and make the most of the money invested. Here are some money-saving, dollar-stretching suggestions for you to consider:
• The WOS landscaping philosophy: Avoid practicing the WOS or “What’s On Sale” approach to landscaping. It is quite acceptable and appropriate [...]

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Take care of newly planted citrus to enjoy the fruits of your labor

April 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Plants

Question: We recently planted a citrus tree that has new growth and lots of flowers. How should we fertilize the tree and with what product?
Answer: Keep your tree growing with frequent, light feedings with a citrus fertilizer found at garden centers. Feed for the first time four to six weeks after planting with a half-pound [...]

Master Gardener: Consider the cold-hardy, low care citrus

March 16, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

This winter has been extremely cold in the Napa Valley. For several weeks before the end of January, temperatures dipped well below freezing. This rare extreme weather gave me a new appreciation for oranges.
Having lived surrounded by orange groves during World War II, I found an orange in my lunch bag every day, and that [...]

Let orange trees have sufficient breathing room around trunks

March 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants

Question: I have read articles that suggest orange trees don’t like mulch close to their trunks. What can we use to prevent weeds and not harm the trees?
Answer: Mulches that hold moisture around the trunks of citrus trees can quickly encourage a fungal problem known as foot rot. It’s best to keep mulches of any [...]

Acadiana Gardening: Spring to arrive early in Acadiana

March 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

Soon to be ushering in the season are the showy Southern Indica azaleas (Rhododendron indicum) which, with their hybrids, have come to be some of the most widely used landscaping plants in the coastal South, and with good reason. The plants are unsurpassed for their rich evergreen foliage, spectacular spring bloom, showy size and relative [...]

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Master Gardener: Consider the cold-hardy, low care citrus

This winter has been extremely cold in the Napa Valley. For several weeks before the end of January, temperatures dipped well below freezing. This rare extreme weather gave me a

Calif. freeze puts squeeze on citrus prices

You can't get a fruit basket this week at Mums the Word, a flower shop on Pacific Avenue. Unusually icy weather in California's citrus groves has driven orange prices through the

Take care of newly planted citrus to enjoy the fruits of your labor

Question: We recently planted a citrus tree that has new growth and lots of flowers. How should we fertilize the tree and with what product? Answer: Keep your tree growing with

Geranium LANDSCAPE USE

Geraniums need at least four hours a day of direct sunlight in order to flourish and flower well. In very hot areas it may be best to give the plants

A flower for cardinal fans

Answer: Cardinal flower is a perennial that is not suited to every home landscape. It is very striking with its brilliant red flowers. It is a late summer flower. Cardinal flower

Caladium LANDSCAPE USE

Mass plantings of caladiums create a focal point in the landscape. They provide a striking contrast with the green foliage of other plants, especially when planted in the foreground. Caladiums need

Gardening Tips – Storing plants over winter

Tender plants in the herbaceous border won't normally survive our low winter temperatures. To keep replacing plants every spring can quickly become expensive. If you don't have a greenhouse, conservatory

Special Care For Farious Flowers

Special Care for Azaleas: Azaleas prefer and will flower longer if kept in a cooler environment. They do not like to dry out between waterings, so be sure to keep the
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