As it gets hotter and hotter and our daily temperatures tend to staying the 90's the lawns and the plants become stressed out. One of the things that many homeowners never do, but should do on a regular basis, is check and double check their sprinkler systems.
In most sprinkler heads, there is a little filter that is there to filter out grains of sand, debris, and even clumps of algae that can grow in the pipes. You need to learn how to open these sprinkler heads, find the filter and wash it out. This will give you maximum use and full pressure of your water supply.
In shrub beds, as the shrubs become more mature, they tend to block a lot of the water flow. To fix the problem, you can raise the existing head or exchange for the fancier elongated style within the shrub beds.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Don't Buy Cut Roses For Mom, Plant Some For Her!
My Mother in law has a strong passion for roses. So we planted the pink and red "knockouts" in front of her window and she tells me every week how much she is enjoying them. Her TV room looks out upon these roses, so she enjoys them not only when she is outside but also when she is inside.
It is a corner property and years ago on the corner, I added a stunning multi headed topiary. In front of the topiary, I created a small rock stream with a type of rock called jack rock, that is about twice the size of a large avocado. Yesterday for Mothers Day, my son and I decided that we need to spruce this spot up a little more and plant even more roses.
I decided on a hardy every blooming short compact small flowered variety called "drift rose." I did clusters of peach on the left of the rock and clusters of red on the right of the rock. In other areas we added some perennials to bloom later in the summer.
I hope that you'll consider some drift roses in your yard. They are some of the hardiest varieties and the bloom up a storm. I have added pink and white ones in front of some hollies in my yard, and I added some peach ones to my center driveway area.
One of my favorite traits of this rose is that it tends to stay compact and it has a very beautiful foliage. They come in pink, white, peach, pink and red. For people in Central Florida, you can get these at Simms Landscape and the Garden Rebel Nursery at (352)383-3303.
It is a corner property and years ago on the corner, I added a stunning multi headed topiary. In front of the topiary, I created a small rock stream with a type of rock called jack rock, that is about twice the size of a large avocado. Yesterday for Mothers Day, my son and I decided that we need to spruce this spot up a little more and plant even more roses.
I decided on a hardy every blooming short compact small flowered variety called "drift rose." I did clusters of peach on the left of the rock and clusters of red on the right of the rock. In other areas we added some perennials to bloom later in the summer.
I hope that you'll consider some drift roses in your yard. They are some of the hardiest varieties and the bloom up a storm. I have added pink and white ones in front of some hollies in my yard, and I added some peach ones to my center driveway area.
One of my favorite traits of this rose is that it tends to stay compact and it has a very beautiful foliage. They come in pink, white, peach, pink and red. For people in Central Florida, you can get these at Simms Landscape and the Garden Rebel Nursery at (352)383-3303.
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