Secrets to Hibiscus Care in Southern California

The hibiscus is an elegant blooming plant whose popularity is growing, whether container cultivated around decks, porches, and patios or used in landscape settings as annual color. While individual flowers may last only a day or so, especially in the hot summer, many...

Indoor Bromeliad Care: Growing Great Blooms

Bromeliads are native to Central and South America, growing on rocks, trees, and the ground in wooded and humid areas. They’re some of our most fascinating and beautiful ornamentals. Their rosette foliage ranges from silvery gray to dark green. It can be...

Understanding Plant Nutrients: What They Do & How to Apply Them

To understand fertilizer and what it does, you must know the roles plant nutrients play in a plant’s growth and development. Each nutrient has a specific function essential for plant health and productivity. In this blog, we’ve included a list of primary...

Lawn Care Tips & Tricks for Easy Maintenance

The lawn is the foundation of suburban American landscapes and the pride and joy of (almost) every homeowner. But maintaining that luxurious lawn can be a pain and time drain. Weekends mowing and edging the grass Time wasted watering, weeding, and fertilizing Multiple...

How to Grow Hot or Sweet Peppers

A recent gardening trend is to plant colorful peppers in the landscape, in containers, and in vegetable garden beds. There are several different sizes and shapes of plants, and many sizes, shapes, and colors of the fruit. Hot peppers are used worldwide more than any...