Award Winning Flowers!!..

All-America Winners.. http://www.weedpro.com/Flowers/flowers.html All-America Selections (AAS) has announced its 2010 Flower Award winner and Bedding Plant Award winners. Flower Award Winner: ‘Mesa Yellow’ gaillardia (blanket flower) ‘Mesa Yellow’ quickly fills in containers, making it adaptable to 4-inch and larger containers. It offers a branching, mounding habit with horizontal vigor and continuous blooming. It is naturally…

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Weed Pro – April Calendar

FIRST WEEK Divide over-wintered baskets of Boston fern into four sections. Plant new hanging baskets using two sections of fern in each. Plant dahlias, elephant ear, gladiolus and caladiums now. Examine the backside of euonymous and holly leaves for the white crust that signifies scale insects. Thoroughly spray leaves with horticultural oil. SECOND WEEK It…

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Weed Pro – Ground Bee

We’re all familiar with honeybees that live in colonies but ground bees prefer the solitary life. They nest in burrows in the ground. Look for a mound of soil standing two inches high, with a quarter-inch hole in the center. Each ground bee female digs her own individual burrow to rear young. Burrow structure varies…

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Potential for Frost Across Georgia Looming Early Next Week

If you are like many Georgia residents, you have broken out the shorts and t-shirts. Across much of Georgia, plant material is in the same mood, with buds breaking on all but the latest plant material. However, you need to be aware that the weather is about to take a typical spring swing to colder…

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