When it comes to container roses soil really matters! Pretty easy to figure out which ones got the better soil I’ve always preached about making sure your soil is healthy, has a living soil profile and then maintaining it. You’ll find links to a couple of posts below about that. Basically the take away from it is feed the soil and it will feed the plants. While I’ve known intellectually commercial potting soils differ widely, I’ve never really done a side by side comparison. Yes, we went through gobs of potting soil when I had Ashdown Roses but we bought…
Author: Mateo
Our world is constantly changing thanks to plenty of advances in technology. Many tasks that once took hours or even days, can now be done in a matter of minutes. Take shopping for example. Instead of browsing shelves at various stores, we can simply click our way through to the check out. You can buy just about anything online these days – including fresh flowers. No matter the occasion, when shopping for the perfect bouquet, you can save plenty of time and money by shopping online. Online flower orders are particularly convenient when you want to send an international flower…
Water is deeply ingrained in our lives, without it we wouldn’t exist but most of us take it for granted on a daily basis (me included). On the West Coast drought has been increasingly in the news and it has renewed my awareness for the impact water has. When I really think of how water affects me, beyond my immediate hydration needs, I realize it imparts a sense of tranquility that is crucial for me to keep myself balanced in today’s modern world; we can all use a little of that now and then. I saw that with a simple,…
Crepe Myrtles are a landscape staple in the South. Their majestic, wide branching structure, interesting bark texture and beautiful blooms in summer make Crepe Myrtles a must have tree or shrub in any southern landscape. So…why is it that each year in late winter we see pruning villains sharpening their shears and oiling their chainsaws in preparation for the annual Crepe Myrtle pruning massacre? You’ve probably heard of “Crepe Murder”. If you have not, here is a picture of what it looks like, I’m sure you have seen it before: This act is pointless. We don’t head outside every…
The phrase “fresh as a daisy” resonates with everyone, and spend our favorite garden flowers flower picking or Daisy chain memory. Learn five kind of Daisy, this will give you enough scenery in formal arrangements or leisure landscape of the harvest. 1. English Daisy The common English daisy, bellis perennis, has a somewhat-deserved reputation for being a weed due to its vigor and self-sowing nature. However, the cultivated semi-double and button varieties, like the ‘Galaxy Red’ type in this photo, are both showier and better behaved than the species. English Daisy in the United States department of agriculture growth zone…