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Herbs are among the easiest plants to grow when they are in their appropriate environment. Herb gardening is great for pots, in small box gardens or as a part of your landscaping. There are some special challenges for creating a happy atmosphere for herbs in Mobile. First is obviously the heat and humidity. If a [...] On nearly every corner in Mobile are beautiful displays of azaleas in full bloom. Most have an abundance of flowers and a few may be blessed with only a small amount of blooms. Different pruning techniques will help with azalea blooms. There are three techniques to pruning azaleas. Thinning and Heading and Renewal Pruning Thinning refers to [...] When considering when to fertilize you must consider two options: 1) do I want my lawn looking great or 2) do I just want my grass to be green. If you would like the best looking lawn you would want to fertilize 4-5 times a year. Otherwise you will want to fertilize twice a year [...] Now, early spring, is the time to get your roses in the ground. Then can be planted any time if potted, but their roots must be in the ground before high heat or before frost, such as fall planting. If the area tends to be damp, you might want to elevate the garden area, or [...] Now that spring is here and grass is beginning to green up, flowers are blooming you may be noticing lots of bare spots that could use some color…but what would grow there? Depending on the spot, is it in the shade, around a tree or between beds…here is a list of plants that are great as [...] If you have pine trees nearby then you have noticed all the pine cones on the ground. What do you do with these? Pile them up and burn them, fill trash bags full of them for the trash pick up??? No, use them as birdfeeders! Let nature be back in nature. Keep your birds happy and [...] Here are a list of native plants that will attract butterflies: Woodland Phlox, Phlox divaricata, also called Wild Blue Phlox has small delicate flowers in early spring and requires little to no maintenance. It is perfect for border of shade garden. Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida, has an attractive spring display of white flowers. It grows well [...] If you are anywhere near the beautiful McComb, MS, or would like to take a nice road trip across the border, you should plan to attend The Azalea Festival. This annual festival begins March 23 and goes through April 5. You will be awed by flower and art shows, lighted azalea trail, home tours, Garden Extravaganza, [...] Grab your binoculars and your bird identification book and be on the look out for these early arrivals. Purple martins began arriving early February Ruby-throated hummingbirds begin their return around the ides of March Chimney swifts will be flying in mid- to late March And the bright yellow prothonotary warblers will be returning to nest shortly as well Powered by [...] |
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