Gardening And More

  June Gardening Calendar June is the time of year to trim your Big Leaf Hydrangea, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, and Gardenia after blooming. After trimming, use an Azalea and Hydrangea fertilizer and add a new layer of mulch for the summer and fall months. The flower buds are set in the fall months for summer months blooming. Your cool season vegetables have already started to bolt (bloom), which alerts the gardener the season is over for cool season vegetables. You can either pull out the vegetables or till them into the soil to enrich. We can start thinking about planting winter squash, pumpkins, gourds, okra, and southern peas. There is still time to plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and watermelons. It is always a good idea to monitor your garden for insects and diseases. Early detection is the key. When you are uncertain of the insect or disease, take a sample to your local garden center or nursery. Fertilize tomatoes every two weeks with a calcium enriched fertiliz...

  May Gardening Calendar Deadhead spring bulbs after flowering. Let the foliage die back naturally. The nutrients in the foliage gets stored in the bulb for next year’s nutrients. Stay ahead of your weeding chores. The month of May is when weeds start showing their ugly heads. I recommend using a Pre-Emergent Weed Control. Just make sure it is recommended safe to use around trees, shrubs, and perennials. Some Pre-Emergent’s are also recommended to use around your vegetable garden. So always read the label to see where you can use a pre-emergent. The way a pre-emergent works is by preventing the weed seeds from germinating. Before applying a pre-emergent pull all existing weeds by the roots because a pre-emergent will not kill existing weeds. Use a weed-N-Feed for your lawns. Check the label to make sure you can use the product on your lawn variety. Fertilize trees and shrubs. After fertilizing apply a fresh layer of mulch. Applying mulch to your beds helps to keep the roots c...

  Live Plants are Back Hibiscus and More is pleased to welcome back Live Plants to their website. The website will be growing houseplants, herbs and butterfly attractant and pollinator friendly plants. This month will be featuring Mountain Mint, Red Anthurium, and Jacob Cline Beebalm. Pycnanthemum muticum - Short-toothed Mountain Mint. Mountain mint is a native perennial, butterfly attractant plant. Hardiness zones: 4-9. Height: 2-3 feet. Full sun to partial shade. Blooms in summer and will spread by runners. Mountain Mint comes in a 3-inch, eco-friendly, biodegradable pot that is ready to be transplanted in your favorite container or in the garden. Anthurium andraeanum - Flamingo Flower, Red Anthurium. Red Anthurium needs bright light, is easy to care for, and reaches a height of 1 ' - 2 ' . Blooms red flowers from spring to fall. Red Anthurium comes in a 3-inch, eco-friendly, biodegradable pot that is ready to be transplanted in your favorite container. Monarda didy...

Mother’s Day Sale & April Newsletter Hibiscus and More would like to honor all the gardening mother’s that have visited the web site throughout the years. We would like to thank each and every visitor with my Mother’s Day sale. This year’s Mother’s Day Sale is dedicated to my mother, June Meola, who taught me the passion and love of gardening. My mother is one of the reasons we started the web site: Hibiscus and More because I wanted to share my passion in gardening and growing plants to a larger audience, the World Wide Web. The goal of Hibiscus and More is to provide honest and up to date gardening advice, and to provide high quality plants and gardening merchandise at a reasonable price. Spring Chores For April and May: We have had an unusual hard, cold winter this year, and spring is a little late. We have had a few reports that numerous plants are about a month behind in th...

                  April Gardening Calendar Start planning for Spring. April is the perfect month to start planning your garden for the current year. As a refresher for last year’s thoughts, ideas or plants you were thinking about purchasing, dust off your gardening journal to see what changes or additions you wanted to make this year. A garden is always evolving. Irrigation: In zones where your irrigation was turned off for the winter. Irrigation should be checked each year in spring. Turn on the irrigation to make sure the irrigation heads are working properly. Check for leaks, cracked heads, and spray direction. Some issues you may be able to fix yourself, if not call an irrigation specialist. Roses: Your roses should be trimmed between February 12 – 20, if you have not pruned your hybrid tea roses it’s not too late to trim them now. For more information on trimming, caring, and fertilizing your roses click on my blog article on Rose...

 Hello Bloggers, My website Hibiscus and More just recently received an upgrade. Hibiscus and More is expanding their product line to include more than plants. The upgrade will include: Fine Art Prints, Photo Note Cards, Gardening Books, Jigsaw Puzzles, Place Mats, Tote Bags, Stock Photography. Fine Art Prints. Click here.  Fine Art Prints Photo Note Cards. Click here.  Photo Greeting Cards General Gardening Book. Click here.  Gardening Book Butterfly Gardening Book. Click here.  Butterfly Gardening Table Placemats. Click Here.  Dinner Place Mats Canvas Tote Bags. Click here.  Tote Bags Need Stock Photography? Click here.  Stock Photography Alex can be purchased in prints, cards, tote bags, and more. Spring has arrived. To get ready for spring be sure to read the March Gardening calendar.

In March the weather teases gardeners into believing spring is almost around the corner, with lots of continuous sunny and warm days. During this time of year, the weather is very unpredictable for planning and the weather is like a roller coaster, one day it’s nice and sunny, then the next day it’s cold and rainy.  As gardeners we get antsy, we want to get out in our garden and play in the dirt. But we know better, the last average frost date is still a month or two months away, depending on your gardening zone. This is when we can start planning for this year’s spring garden. Spring is a good time to check out new gardening books. There are two gardening books I would like to recommend  Southeast Style Gardening and Gardening for the Butterflies  and the books are on sale on Amazon. Here are the links: Southeast Style Gardening and Gardening for the Butterflies. The books can help you plan your garden for spring. March Gardening Chores As we patiently wait for spri...