A friend recently invited me to visit his yard to offer suggestions for managing some overgrown shrubs. We talked about azaleas, wax myrtles and ligustrum, how and when to prune, fertilize, among ...

Question: My azaleas have beautiful blooms but the leaves and blooms are only at the ends of the stems. When it is warmer, can I cut them back close to the ground and let them grow new stems? Answer: ...

Q: Several of my plants, like hibiscus, ginger and pentas, were burned back during the freeze. What should I do now? Should I prune them back or pull them up? A: The cold temperatures of January can ...

There's no cure for 'citrus greening' Q: I have a grapefruit tree that is about 13 years old. It appears to be dying. Many of the branches are dead and the leaves have been falling. Most of the fruit ...

Severe freezes struck a hard blow to some area landscapes earlier this month. Damage to tropical plants was fairly extensive, and I've gotten lots of questions in recent weeks about what to do next.

Liquid sunshine is a wonderful tonic for the garden bringing forth abundant growth in all areas of the landscape. After the long dry period up to the end of May growth was starting to suffer but ...