Tag: watering plants

  • Planting Jasmine? 5 Tips For Growing Beautiful Jasmine Plants

    Planting Jasmine? 5 Tips For Growing Beautiful Jasmine Plants

    I love planting jasmine shrubs and vines… I’ve loved their blissfully fragrant smell forever. But I didn’t know what plant produced that special scent until some words from a popular Seals & Croft tune made me look it up. “Summer breeze, makes me feel fine / Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.” Those of…

  • Plant Heat Stress? 5 Tips To Reduce Heat Stress & Save Plants

    Plant Heat Stress? 5 Tips To Reduce Heat Stress & Save Plants

    Fighting against plant heat stress is one of my biggest challenges with my landscape and gardens. It’s a seemingly relentless issue in Central Florida. This is especially the case during the transition from late May into early June. That’s when a spell of extremely hot and dry weather leads into the peninsula’s rainy season. It’s…

  • My 5 Favorite Tips For Potting Plants

    My 5 Favorite Tips For Potting Plants

    I wish I had followed more tips for potting plants when I was younger. I made my fair share of mistakes, often because I lacked the knowledge at a younger age or was just trying to save a buck. And while I usually had a preference for landscape gardening, I have a great deal of…