If you haven't fertilized in the last six weeks or so, it would be a good idea to fertilize the shrubs and the lawn. Do not use a weed and feed on the lawn right now however you can use a fertilizer. Remember when applying fertilizers to train yourself to go out there with the hose and hand water the fertilizer in as best as you can. If you have a hose end sprayer, you can apply water soluble fertilizer and literally spray the fertilizer on to the foliage early in the morning, not in the heat of the day.

There is a cute little to medium sized tree that I like a lot. It is called the Red Bud tree. It has a heart shaped leaf, and the root system is not destructive. It will actually grow in the shade of a much, much, larger tree, or full all day sun. Early in the spring it will have beautiful lavender flowers over its bare stocks. By the way it also happens to be a native of the south.

Today's theme is focus on the goal. Now, many of you when it comes to your landscape really don't know where to start, so frustration sets in and you know what happens, absolutely nothing. This is not good. So this is what you are going to do, you are going to focus on the goal. Your goal for the yard is clean, neat, organized, pretty, wow...

If you have experienced in the past or are currently experiencing "landscape frustration" then listen up. Landscape frustration occurs when... .

This week we landscaped a home and the customer's request was to make both side yards as beautiful as the front. Their goal was to have a tropical paradise and my only instruction was to use as many Hawaiian Ty's as I wanted, oh and throw in some gardenias. So we had on one side about 12 feet to work with and on the other, only about 15 feet. On the side along the pool screen I planted Tibouchina since the client's favorite color was purple. They will be blooming when they are swimming in the summer months.

The rains that we have had all week certainly have their benefits. The aquifer is replenished, the thousands of lakes that we have in Central Florida are now looking normal and our lawns are pretty green without even doing anything to them. Mother Nature does have her advantages! Now here is the sad part of the rainy story.

We're having an early summer heat wave right after coming off some of the coldest temperatures in the winter in decades. So this gardening business can sometimes be quite frustrating. The number one thing you can do for your yard is to take the time to tweak your sprinkler system.

I have been doing so many estimates daily and so many homeowners are asking me to re-do their whole landscape in tropicals! Ok, let's talk,

Out there on the market, there are so many types of fertilizers; it can be confusing as which one to choose. A lot of times people ask me which type is best, the fact of the matter is that all of them have their benefits

Some times things in the garden never get done for one reason and one reason only, you literally don't know where to begin. Well, here is a garden rebel checklist that lays it out for you. Now all you have to do is the work. Call is spring cleaning, because that is exactly what it is.