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14 03, 2013

Downy Mildew Causing Many To Lose Impatiens

By |2018-02-19T16:01:26-06:00March 14th, 2013|Diseases, Easy-Care Plants, Flowers, Plants|0 Comments

Last year, we encountered a widespread, extremely destructive disease called Impatiens Downy Mildew, affecting Impatiens walleriana (common impatiens). It is an aggressive and easily spread disease that causes the plant to lose its leaves and eventually die. Some of you may have encountered this at your property last summer. Downy mildew is not easy to detect [...]

14 03, 2013

A Plant You Should Know: Butterflies Magnolia

By |2018-02-19T16:01:27-06:00March 14th, 2013|General News|0 Comments

Nothing celebrates the season of spring quite like a big, flowering Magnolia tree, with its branches covered with hundreds of large flowers. Pink and white-flowering Magnolias are common varieties in our area. In this post, we take notice of a less common, yellow-flowering variety, Magnolia acuminata 'Butterflies', or Butterflies Magnolia. Butterflies Magnolia is very hardy in our [...]

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