by Megan | Jul 7, 2026 | Plant Health
Looking for a pop of true blue in your landscape? Our plant of the week is Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum). Also known as flossflower, it’s one of the few plants in the world that naturally produces true blue blooms. Its soft, fuzzy flowers add long-lasting...
by Megan | Jun 29, 2026 | Plant Health
Happy Monday! This week’s Plant of the Week is the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), one of Louisiana’s beautiful native plants!With its vibrant purple blooms, this hardy perennial thrives in our Louisiana heat, is drought tolerant once established,...
by Megan | Jun 15, 2026 | Plant Health
Our plant of the week this week is Hibiscus, a tropical flower great for the heat of summer. Did you know? Most hibiscus flowers bloom for only a single day. They open in the morning and wilt by late afternoon, though the plant produces new blooms all season. There...
by Megan | May 18, 2026 | Plant Health
Happy Monday! For our Plant of the Week, today we’re looking at zinnias, one of our spring annuals! Their Latin name comes from German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn, although Spanish explorers once called them “mal de ojos”, (“sickness of the eye”). A zinnia was even...
by Megan | May 11, 2026 | Plant Health
Happy Monday! Our Plant of the Week this week is: Pentas! They’re treated as a spring annual here and they love our hot, humid weather. This is because Pentas originate from East Africa and Yemen. Did you know? The name Pentas comes from the Greek word for five,...
by Megan | Apr 20, 2026 | Landscape, Plant Health
Our plant of the week today is Citronella! This is a type of plant known for its intense lemon aroma that repels mosquitoes. Citronella oil primarily comes from tall citronella grass (Cymbopogon nardus), while the popular “mosquito plant” is a scented...
