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Flowers for spring in Louisiana

3/20/2023

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Which Flowers to Plant For a Pop of Color?

We get a lot of questions about what warm-season flowers to plant in Louisiana. Questions specifically about Baton Rouge, Slidell, Mandeville, and New Orleans.  To help, we have compiled a list of some common flowers you can plant, along with the sun requirements, distance from other plants, and the average height of each species. Taking these into account will be the difference between struggling flowers and a thriving flower garden.

We hope this helps with adding beautiful flowers to your landscape. Contact GreenSeasons for your landscape projects.

List of Spring and Summer Flowers for Southern Louisiana:

Name

Agapanthus*

Amaranthus

Angelonia Serena ^

Begonia, Baby Wing ^

Blue Daze

Butterfly bush*

Caladiums

Candlestick plant

Celosia crista

Cleome

Cleome, Senorita Rosalita ^

Coleus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Daylilies*

Gomphrena

Hibiscus*

Hydrangea*

Hydrangea, Penny Mac ^

Impatiens


​Lantana*


Marigold African

Marigold French

Moonvine

Morning glory

Moss rose

Narrow-leaf Zinnia

Ornamental sweet potato*

Pentas, Butterfly ^

Profusion Zinnia

Purple Cone Flower*

Rudbeckia*

Ruela

Salvia*

Shasta Daisy*

Texas Sage*

Verbena*

Vinca
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^ Louisiana Super Plant
* Perennial


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How to Tell If Your Lawn Has Brown Patch?

3/25/2019

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Do you have an area of dying grass in your yard and don't know why? During spring and fall you are likely dealing with a lawn fungus known as brown patch or large patch. Spring and fall are prime time for lawn fungus trouble. This fungus problem seems to come back and plague the same properties each year. If you have had brown patch in the past, take steps to treat it each spring and fall season.
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What does brown patch look like?
Brown patch can look different depending on the type of grass in your lawn.
Dark brown border with a rounded shape. It can appear circular or irregular.
Thin grass inside middle of the border.
Brown patch damage can vary greatly in size, ranging from a couple of inches to a few feet.

Picture of brown patch treated wit fungicide in Prairieville Louisiana
Brown patch fungus problems worsen with the following conditions:
Warm Days (70 F to 90 F)
Cool Nights
High Humidity
Too Much Water
Nitrogen Rich Soil

How to control brown patch in your grass?
Only water your lawn when needed.
Only water in the morning so it can dry up by night.
Postpone using nitrogen based fertilizer until the weather is consistently 90 F or above.
Core aerate your yard to break up thatch build up.
Apply a preventative fungicide when conditions favor brown patch. It is easier to prevent than to stop.
If brown patch is active, use a curative fungicide labeled for brown patch. Follow the label.
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Professional Pruning - Tips For Pruning Shrubs

3/6/2014

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Pruning Shapes
Shrubs have a natural shape they will grow into if left untouched. The more you try to change the shrub's natural shape, the more problems you will have with the shrub. Pruning with the shape of a shrub will make life easier for the both of you. Generally, shrubs with hard leaves are better for pruning hard corners and edges. Shrubs with soft leaves are much better to let fill out and have a more natural appearance.
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Pruning Flowering Shrubs
Prune spring flowering shrubs right after blooming. Prune too early and you will miss out on the color. Prune too late and you will remove flower buds which will affect the next bloom.

Stem Removal
Remove all dead, damaged, diseased or poor performing stems. If there are two stems rubbing together or that have grown into one another, make a judgement call and remove the worse off of the two stems.


Pruning Maintained Hedges
If you have a well maintained hedge, you will need to prune it on the last frost of winter or just after. Remove the fresh green growth on the hedge to have it keep its shape. Some hedges can be maintained by pruning them three times a year, others take much more. 

Pruning Poorly Maintained Hedges
If you have inherited a poorly maintained hedge, you will need make a choice on the height. If you want to lower the height of the hedge a little, then gradually lower it a couple inches further down each time you prune. If the hedge has grown drastically taller than you would like it, you will need to remove up to a third off the top of it. You will need powered pruners and most likely a chainsaw. This will leave your hedge looking rather unpleasant until the top starts too grow back. There is also an increased risk of losing some of your shrubs, so proceed at your own risk. 

Professional Pruning and Landscape Bed Cleanup

GreenSeasons offers professional pruning and landscape bed cleanup in the greater Baton Rouge, greater New Orleans, Slidell, Prairieville, Walker, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Baker, Zachary, Hammond and Covington areas. If you need professional pruning or landscape bed cleanup service, just click here for a free quote  and we will give you a call. 

If you would simply like some advice on pruning or landscape bed cleanup, please contact us and we will be more than happy to help.  
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Landscaping Baton Rouge - Landscape Cleanup

2/9/2014

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It is time for landscape cleanup as the temperatures start to rise.  Below is a ten item check list to get done before spring. With these landscaping items complete, you will be well on your way to having a great looking lawn and landscape.
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Before cleanup and landscaping.
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After cleanup and landscaping.

Top 10 Ways To Cleanup Your Landscape For Spring

  1. Pressure washing - winter can cake on the dirt and grime to your exterior walls. Rent, borrow or hire and clean your home and driveway.
  2. Winter Cleanup - Cut back all the winter die-back on your tropical plants. Tropical plants and ornamental grasses really need this.
  3. Pull and replace dead plants - winter can be a tough time on your plants. Replace them now before the get stressed from the heat of summer.
  4. Winter weed control - Weeds in the winter do not grow as fast, but they can take over if left alone.
  5. Prune roses - Valentines day and George Washington's birthday are great times to prune your roses.
  6. Dead head flowers - Pinching off withered blooms will make way for new blooms.
  7. Plant spring annuals - start checking the stores for the early batches of spring flowers.
  8. Lawn aeration - aerating your lawn will get your grass looking great in the summer.
  9. Fertilize your garden - a slow release fertilizer now will get your flowering shrubs to pop out.
  10. Landscape mulch - a good new layer of mulch is essential to having your home look well kept.

Professional Landscape Cleanup

GreenSeasons will have your lawn and landscape looking amazing, just give use a call. We provide landscape cleanup services in the greater Baton Rouge, greater New Orleans, Slidell, Prairieville, Walker, Denham Springs, Gonzales, Baker, Zachary, Hammond and Covington areas. If you need your landscaping cleaned up, just click here and we will give you a call. 

If you would simply like some additional advice, please contact us and we will be more than happy to help.  
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Louisiana Super Plants

9/13/2013

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We get asked very often about Louisiana super plants. What are they? Where to get Louisiana super plants? When to plant them? Where to plant them? Below all of these questions will be answered.

What is a Louisiana Super Plant?

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What is a Louisiana super plant? These are plants which are strong enough to handle Louisiana's climate and pretty enough for you to want them in your landscape. Candidates for the super plant program undergo two strenuous years of testing in both north and south Louisiana. They also have to be easy to grow and distribute for nurseries. They are almost always marked with the Louisiana super plants logo shown to the left.

Louisiana Super Plants List

This is a list of the current Louisiana Super Plants. New plants are added twice a year so we will try to update this list when new plants are added. If you are interested in any of the plants, click on the name to follow a link to the LSU Agcenter page for each plant. There is information on planting, sun tolerance, and planting advice.
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Camelot Foxglove
 Cool Season Flowers
  • Sorbet Violas
  • Swan Columbine
  • Rebor Kale
  • Amazon Dianthus
  • Camelot Foxglove

Warm Season Flowers
  • Little Ruby Alternanthera
  • Bandana Lantanas
  • Aphrodite Althea Hibiscus (technically a shrub)
  • Senorita Rosalita Cleome
  • Baby Wing Begonia
  • Serena Angelonia
  • Butterfly Pentas

Shrubs
  • Conversation Piece Azalea
  • Belinda's Dream Rose
  • ShiShi Gashira Camellia
  • Penny Mac Hydrangea
  • Frostproof Gardenia

Trees
  • Evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia
  • Southern Sugar Maple
  • Shoal Creek Vitex

Where to Buy Louisiana Super Plants

Most nurseries will carry at least one or two Louisiana super plants. Click on this Louisiana super plant nursery list for names, locations, and phone numbers for all registered Louisiana super plant suppliers in the state. It would be best to call before you go to make sure they have the plants in stock since they have been known to sell out.

Additional Help

GreenSeasons is always proud to offer Louisiana super plants in any of our landscape designs. If you are looking for a landscape plan that focuses on using Louisiana super plants, just click here and we will give you a call. 

If you would simply like some landscaping advice with Louisiana super plants, please contact us.  
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How to Care for Mums in Louisiana

9/9/2013

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Mums are a very popular choice for fall color in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and throughout South Louisiana. Mums have a large array of colors to choose from to brighten up dull areas in your garden landscape. There are two ways to have mums in your landscape and that would be to either plant them as a perennial or to buy mums every year as an annual. Buying them is as easy as going to any store with plants, but planting them and having your mums come back every year seems to give gardeners some trouble. We will go through some steps for mum success.

Caring for Mums

Location is important since it determines the amount of light your mum will receive. Mums should have eight hours of sunlight every day. Most varieties of mums can get by with a minimum of five hours, but would look much better with additional hours of sunlight. Also, if you have a choice, morning sunlight would be better if they are only getting around five hours. 

Mums should be watered whenever you see signs of wilting or dry soil. Watering this way will average about three times per week in the absence of rain. A layer of mulch, even in a planter or pot, will help to keep your mums healthy. Do not water excessively since mums can get root rot and that would defeat the purpose of putting extra time into watering them.

Since mums flowering is so brief, they may not need additional fertilizer if they are in good soil. If you find they need a little something more, try a fertilizer with a higher rate of phosphorus (the middle number in the N-P-K numbering on all bags of fertilizer).

How to Grow Mums in Louisiana

A lot of people will tell you to plant your potted mums in late October before the first frost of the year. The next time you hear this you can firmly tell them they are wrong. If you plant your mums in October, they rarely have enough time to develop their roots to survive the winter. You will have a much higher chance of success if you keep them potted during the first few frosty days and nights of the year.  Move them inside during frosty nights until all of the blooms and leaves have fallen off. This shows the mum has gone dormant.

At this point you will want to plant the mum in the ground. Till the soil a good six inches deep to loosen it up and mix soil that drains well. Plant mums eighteen inches and two feet apart. Add mulch, leaves or garden debris up and over the base of the plant to prevent freezing. In late January or early February, prune the tops of the mums to under one and a half feet. Begin watering mums in early spring as they start getting their new growth and color. Apply some slow release fertilizer, 20-10-20, when the mums start to grow to ensure they take off. Your mums should be established then and will return for many years to add color to your home landscape.

Alternatively, you could leave them in pots in a climate controlled environment until the following spring if you have the room. That would also mean having what would look like a bunch of sticks in a pot with soil in your home for months and most people would not care to look at that for so long.

GreenSeasons is always glad to help with any concerns regarding your garden, landscape or flowers. If you would like for us to plant some flowers, shrubs or trees, just click here and we will give you a call.
If you would just like some more advice on flowers or landscaping, please contact us.
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Termite Swarmers

6/7/2013

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Formosan termites are an invasive and highly aggressive variety of termite. Thought to have been brought here by ships from Asia in the 1950s, Formosan termites have flourished. Their flying swarms can be seen each spring in the south. They tend to fly at dusk and are usually attracted to light. You can definitely tell they are termite swarmers since there is almost always a lot of them. In fact, last year my cousin had them in her kitchen when she came home from work and she couldn't even see her counters. Luckily the swarms do not last that long as they are a real nuisance.

alates

Alates, commonly referred to as swarmers, are the termite colony's way of branching out and starting new colonies every year. Luckily, only a small minority of the swarmers actually start a new colony, Unluckily, those colonies grow over years to become enormous with the termite populations numbering in the  millions. The number of termites per colony is one key contributor to why the Formosan termite species causes more damage so quickly when compared to our native termites. 

what to do if you have swarmers in your home?

First and foremost, If you have termites swarming your home, call GreenSeasons or your termite company of choice to inspect your home. While having a large swarm of termites in your home is unpleasant, it does not necessarily mean you have termites actively damaging your wood. These termites can travel from their originally colony which could be in a tree or some firewood. If this is a recurring event every year for you and others in your neighborhood, you or someone near you probably has an infestation. 

If you find pairs of wings and no termites, that means some termites may have paired up and will be starting a colony close by. It will take two pairing termites up to ten years to build up enough workers to cause real damage. Unlike our domestic termite which colonized underground, Formosan termites can start a colony in the wood in your home if they have 2 things: wood and water. Termites need wood and water to live. While your stuck with wood, you can stop the water. Make sure to thoroughly inspect your home, especially in that area for water leaks, drips or condensation buildup. We recommend having a licensed professional inspect your home at least annually for termites.
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How to grow watermelons at home

4/12/2013

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Watermelon will grown on a large vine sprawling out from the seed you plant. The plant loves heat and sunlight. In southern Louisiana this means planting watermelon seeds in late March to Mid April for best results. There are two beautiful things about growing watermelon. First, once they start growing, they need very little attention. Second, they are great to eat!
















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items to grow watermelon

  • Watermelon seeds (pick a variety you like)
  • A sunny spot of land
  • Loamy, well drained soil
  • Leather Gloves
  • Tools for tilling soil (shovel, pitchfork, hoe)
  • Tool for digging small holes (spade, hand)
  • Water

steps to planting watermelon

Pick a spot. Make sure the area has full sun for at least 6 hours a day and good soil. If it doesn't have good soil, you can always add some new soil or compost.

Time for some landscaping work. You can either build a gardening box or make crop rows. I will cover making a crop row today, but both choices work the same for growing watermelon.

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Break up and remove any plants growing on top of the crop area. Till the soil and making sure to break up clumps of soil. If you have trouble doing this or are doing a large area, you can look into renting a gas powered tiller. Make Mounds of soil using your hoe. Space these three to six feet away from the next row.The raised soil will allow water to drain and air reach the plants roots. The lower areas retain more water also.


Level off the tops of your mounds and use either your spade or your hand to make a narrow one inch deep hole for the watermelon seed. Put a few seeds in each hole and pull soil over the top of the hole until it is even with the rest of your mound. Do not press or pack in the soil on top of your seed. Instead, water the newly planted landscape bed using either your finger on the tip of the hose or a setting for your nozzle that imitates rainfall.


For the next week, keep the soil around the seeds damp. About of a week or so later you will see signs of life. Get rid of any plants that look far worse than the others. This will allow for more nutrition for the strong plants. When your new watermelon plants are about 5 inches, add some mulch directly next to the young plants to keep away weeds. Make sure to not cover up your plant. I foresee a very difficult time for you if your plant isn't getting sunlight.

You are in business once you start seeing flowers on your watermelon vines. You can now water your plants twice a week, but only if the soil is dry. If you have gotten a lot of rain in your area, chances are your plants have had enough to drink. Matter of fact, watermelons don't like having water around them. Excess water kind of leads to disease, fungus and sometimes death for the melons. If your watermelons are always wet, you can lay out a 2X4, a piece of tarp or flat rocks and sit your watermelon and its vines on top of them.

Keep your garden free of weeds regularly so they don't block out the sun and consume the nutrients from your watermelons. Also, if you notice your watermelons looking discolored or weird  you may have a fungus or bug problem. If you notice your plants or fruit missing, you have an animal or a people problem.


If you plant your melons in April, they will probably be fully grown by August. Smaller melons will take less time while larger melons take longer. To check if they are done, flick the melon with your finger and if it makes a lower pitch sound, it is probably ready. You can also check the bottom of the melon. If the bottom is yellow, it should also be a good sign it is ready. Do not water your watermelon for five to seven days before harvesting. This will give a better sugar to water ratio in your melons so they will taste great! Cut the watermelon from the vine and enjoy your hard work.


If you have any questions, please ask in the comments section below. We would love to hear from you.
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