Tag: Ask Burton

Ask Burton: This week, a simple, easy answer to a number of minor landscape issues. Q: My established Crape Myrtles are showing damaged leaves (brown around the edges), my Redbud leaves are showing many small, blackish flecks, and my Japanese maples really took a hammering this summer, with many burned looking leaves. What should I do to help these plants?
Ask Burton – This week, a question about which plants do well around here, and which do not. Q: I have a narrow, upright area in full sun where I need a plant that’s narrow and quite tall. I was looking for ‘Sky Pencil’ holly and ‘Green Giant’ arborvitae, because they’re supposed to do that. Do you have them in stock?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re looking at a pest problem that’s often misunderstood. Q: I have white blobs growing on the leaves of several of my plants – hollies, euonymus, and crapemyrtles. Are these some sort of fungus, and how do I treat them?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re emphasizing an important thing for everyone to remember.
Ask Burton: Q: I have an area of my St. Augustine grass that is not looking healthy. My sprinkler works, there’s no shade, the edges of the sickly spots started to green up, but now are yellowing and poor in color. Any ideas of what’s going on?
Ask Burton Q: We planted a Japanese maple two months ago and it has leafed out, but the tips of the leaves are beginning to turn pale white/tan. It’s not all that bad yet, but we tried a Japanese maple in the same spot last year and it died the same way last July. I planted it where the tag said – partial to full sun, so it’s on the west side of my home. Any idea what the issue is?
Ask Burton: This week, we’re looking at a favorite container plant for the season – how to keep rosemary looking its best. Q: I plant cone-sheared rosemary in my front patio pots each year, for something taller and pretty during the winter. Last year, my rosemary got great big dead patches in it without much warning – whole sections of it died. What happened, and how do I make it not happen this year?
Ask Burton: This week, a simple, easy answer to a number of minor landscape issues. Q: My established crapemyrtles are showing damaged leaves (brown around the edges), my redbud leaves are showing many small, blackish flecks, and my Japanese maples really took a hammering this summer, with many burned looking leaves. What should I do to help these plants?
Ask Burton: Q: Today, we’re not answering A question someone has asked regarding their lawn and patio – but rather we’re talking about the overwhelming single most common issue brought to us this month! We talked about it once recently, in fact, but it bears bringing up again.
Ask Burton: This week, we’re talking about the single largest issue brought to us over the past few days. The armies are marching! Q: My Bermuda lawn has had huge patches turn brown almost overnight – and there are literally thousands of caterpillars all over the place. My lawn, my patio after the rain, everywhere. Help!