Tag: Ask Burton

Ask Burton: This week, a heads-up on important tasks to finish in the landscape.
Ask Burton: This week, a question about one of our favorite vegetable garden crops. Q: I plant onions every year and I just can’t get them to grow as large as I want. How can I do better?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re looking at soil, and how you should treat your trees versus the rest of the landscape. Q: I have a new flowerbed that I want to thrive on the west side of my home, and I also want to plant a tree nearby to eventually provide shade in the afternoon. How should I prepare the soil for these?
Ask Burton: This week, a mention of a common issue we’ve been hearing a lot of, lately. Q: I have new Eastern red cedars which are turning an odd color right now – the leaves are still pliable, but it’s getting darker colored, almost grey or reddish-brown in some places. Not all of my red cedars are doing this – I have a number of them on my property but it’s sporadically happening along my row. Is there something I can do to fix this?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re looking at color for a shady porch – not the easiest thing to do in the cool season. Q: I have a shady covered porch on the north side of my home, and I really want some color for the winter. What can I do? Pansies never thrive well, and I’m pretty sure it’s too dark.
This week, it’s all about relaxing, it’ll all be OK! Q: I have a mess of issues in my yard. My Crape Myrtles are filled with webs, my redbud has speckles all over the leaves, and the blooms on my mums are starting to turn brown. Help!
Ask Burton: This week, we’re looking to a question from a customer out of town, with a chillier problem than we normally deal with. Q: I’m in Wichita Falls and I want to plant agave because it’s really dry up here, but the last ones I tried melted in the cold. Do you have agave that will deal with our cold weather?
Ask Burton: This week, a quick rundown on a favorite early spring flower. Q: I would like to plant tulips for a pretty show this spring. I’ve tried them before but my blooms were stunted and not all that showy. How can I do better?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re talking the lawn again – and how to head off a problem before it becomes serious. Q: I have a St. Augustine lawn and I’m starting to see irregular brown spots in it; the runners are still mostly green, but the leaves of the grass are rotting off right at the base, against the runner. This happens almost every fall, and I’d like this problem to go away. What is this, and how do I stop it?
Ask Burton: Q- I have an established Japanese maple which had its edges burned by the summer heat this year; also, several newly planted shrubs that also had small amounts of damage from drying out as well. I watered twice a week all summer; do I need to increase my watering now?