Month: April 2011

Hail in Dallas

You never know what Dallas weather is going to throw at us. The hail last night shredded these poor begonias in Richardson and even by 4 in the afternoon this pile of hail in the corner of Dallas atrium still hadn’t melted
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How to use annuals in your landscape

You don’t have to use a ton of annuals in your beds to get great bang for your buck.  Our Plano landscape is using annuals grouped where we want to call the most attention – the entrance.  Putting annuals in long thin strips along the border of your beds is more expensive and is much […]
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Azalea Bark Scale on crape myrtle

Here’s something we’re seeing a lot more of – azalea bark scale on crepe myrtles.  It looks like the tip of a cotton swab but it’s actually an insect.  Our solution is a deep root feeding with an insecticide and fungicide along with a slow release fertilizer.  The tree will take the insecticide and fungicide […]
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Richardson Flagstone – Part II

Mrs. V. In Richardson liked the flagstone we laid on her side patio a couple of weeks ago so much she asked us to lay it over her back patio too.  We started this morning and we’ve already made quite a bit of progress.  We already have about 1/3 of it cut and laid into […]
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St. Augustine freeze damage April update

This is a photo of a Plano lawn that suffered quite a bit of freeze damage this year. It’s actually filling in nicely. It still has some large patches missing but because of our lawn fertilization program the St. Augustine surrounding it is healthy and in a few weeks will start filling back in. If […]
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