When it comes to landscaping, simplicity equals good design and low maintenance. Low maintenance landscapes are designed so that every shrub, tree and flower-bed will all have definite functions. It is best not to over plant and to eliminate as ...

With hurricane season upon us, you should know how to minimize wind damage to your landscape. Trees and shrubs can grow too large or unbalanced to be able to withstand windstorms, so it is wise to learn how to prune ...

Several kinds of caterpillars may cause damage to all of our turf grasses. These caterpillars are the immature or larval stages of moths.

August is here and temperatures this month will have highs of about 90-95 and lows in the mid-70s. With more than eight inches of rain this is usually one of the wettest and most humid months.

If you are one of the people who say it’s summer so I can turn off my sprinklers, this column’s for you. In spite of the fact that we are in the rainy season, signs of water stress are on ...

Second only to August, July is one of the hottest months with high temperatures averaging 90 degrees and lows averaging 75 degrees. We can expect at least eight inches of rain making July usually a very wet month as well.

I love the woods. I was born and raised in Vermont and Connecticut where the woods were my playground. As the population increases, it has become necessary to set aside natural areas to preserve native plant and animal communities.

The winter annuals have faded in this hot weather. It’s time to remove them and think about summer color.

We have many different species of palm trees on Marco Island due to our favorable climate for their growth. They come in many shapes and sizes from large majestic trees to small shrubs. Some have single trunks while others have ...

The century plant (Agave Americana) is an agave that is native to Mexico but is now found worldwide. The large gray-green leaves are up to six feet long with prickly spines along the edges and a large spike at the ...

The summer rains of June have begun early! Our gardens are about to grow at incredible speeds as they come out of the stressful dry spring months.

My earlier comments about lack of water pressure problems for irrigation systems were premature. The reclaimed water system is experiencing pressure problems and this is affecting a lot of Marco Island properties supplied by the reclaimed water system. I thought ...

The gardenia with its beautiful, white scented flowers and dark green leaves are starting to flower and fill the air with their magnificent smell.

We need rain. This much-needed water would help to refresh our drought-stricken lawns and gardens.

I have a lot of people ask me, at this time of year, what is wrong with their mahogany or gumbo limbo trees as they are losing their leaves.