Just want the highlights? See the ‘Tomatoes & Vegetables’ tab on our FAQ page Tomatoes can be a challenging plant to care for, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience. There are numerous sizes, consistencies, tastes, tolerances, and disease resistances among the many varieties of tomatoes. All Louisiana Nursery offerings are built for […]
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Garvinea Gerbera Daisy Growing Tips for Long-Lasting Louisiana Color Gerbera ‘Garspice’ Gerber daisies make just about everyone smiles. With Garvineas, each individual plant is reported to produce almost one hundred flowers from spring to frost! That’s a long season of smiles. With the right care and placement, these plants can provide blooms for most of
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Key Benefits of Mulching Your Louisiana Garden and Why It Matters There is one gardening task that I absolute dread thinking about doing during the summer: mulching. It’s hot, humid & sunny; applying mulch in July or August is almost unbearable! To avoid having to do it in the summer, do it in the next
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Comparing Christmas Tree Varieties to Find the Right Fit Every year customers come to our stores looking for the tree that fits their needs best. Large ornaments and jumpy pets may change what you are in the market for compared to a smaller ornaments and wraps. Whether you are looking for fresh cut, flocked, or
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One of the plants you’ve probably seen most often the past couple months are snapdragons! Aside from being an aesthetic winner for most every garden style, snapdragons have quite a few unique characteristics, and I highly recommend trying them out the next growing season. Snapdragons – the common name of many plants of the genus
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The past two years we have seen an explosion in the amount of people learning to garden. The hardest part of any project is starting it, so I put a list together of some basic guidelines to help any novice or beginner gardener prepare themselves as best as possible. New Gardener Tips Starting With How
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Reading the Signs: What Stressed Plants in Louisiana Are Trying to Tell You The information superhighway – or what we call the internet today – connects half the world’s population through a seemingly invisible web of devices and servers. It’s given us the opportunity to interact with societies and individuals we otherwise would never have
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Petra Croton Care Tips for Getting the Most Vibrant Foliage Color Petra Crotons are the signature fall shrub at Louisiana Nursery for their vibrant colors and low maintenance. Native to south-east Asia, Crotons prefer a stable temperature of around 85-90 degrees with 6-8 hours of sunlight. The amount of sunlight can vary between growers depending
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Steps to Repair and Restore Your Louisiana Garden After a Hurricane Hurricanes are nothing new to Louisiana residents but that doesn’t make the cleanup any less difficult. Driving around Baton Rouge and Ascension the past two weeks showed first-hand that – if I should write about anything – saving / repairing your plants and trees
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Why Camellia Japonica Is a Late-Blooming Favorite in Louisiana Gardens In the Fall & Winter, Camellia Sasanquas offer an absolutely flushed display of flowers, seemingly unparalleled when at their peak. Think of how full of pink or white the two ever-popular shi-shi vareities are: now these impressive bloomers are starting to hit their downswing. All
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