Raise mowing height to three inches to conserve water during the hot months of July and August. Lawns need a high nitrogen feeding during this time.

Apply a weekly fertilizer to give vegetable plants a healthy start and keep them producing all summer long. Keep your vegetable beds watered well.

Stake tomato plants and remove suckers to ensure maximum production.

Feed roses and apply systemic insect control monthly.

Deadhead annual and perennial flowers to encourage repeat bloom. Discard spent flowers to avoid spreading disease.

If transplanting spring-flowering bulbs, such as daffodils, tulips, and minor bulbs, lift and separate at this time. Apply a fungicide treatment, and store in a cool, well-ventilated space. Allow bulbs to rest until fall before replanting.

Give annuals a weekly feeding of liquid fertilizer to keep them performing all summer long.

Fertilize flowering trees and shrubs, such as rhododendrons, azaleas and other broadleaf evergreens after blooming. This is also the best time to prune, before next year's buds have set.

Over-plant flower beds with annuals to cover late-summer bare spots.

Water newly established, spring-planted trees and shrubs well. When rain is in short supply, water deeply weekly.

Get out in the garden and weed weekly. Weeds are easier to pull when young, and chemical control will not be necessary later.

Toward the end of July, thin out the cool-season vegetables, such as spinach, carrots, radishes and cool-season peas. Remove lettuce to prevent heads from bolting during warm weather.

Place netting over ripening berries to protect from birds and deer. Keep berry bushes well watered.

Get out and prune. Thin out major shade trees to increase light and improve air circulation. Tidy up dogwoods and crabapples by removing diseased wood and water sprouts. Prune deciduous and evergreen hedges. Prune climbing roses after bloom.

Cut back early season perennials such as dicentra, doronicum and poppy as foliage fades. Cut back early annuals such as pansies and impatiens for re-bloom.

In mid-July apply pre-emergent weed control in the garden bed.

In late July, de-thatch and aerate your lawn; seed new lawns, or reseed bare spots.

Pinch off and fertilize hardy mums.

For Interior Plantscapes -

Increase productivity . Plants in an office offer a means to decrease stress while enhancing productivity by as much as 12%.

Lower costs. Interior Plants lower O&M (Operations and Maintenance) costs while contributing to “Green Building” design considerations.

Attract better employees. Plants in the workplace attract, retain, and enhance the attitude of today’s selective employee.

Look Good. The dramatic aesthetic value inherent in indoor landscaping has continued to be the number one return on interior plant investments

Stay Healthy. Plants help with the bottom line savings of mounting sick-leave expenses.

Cleaner Air. Research shows that properly maintained plant-filled rooms contain 50-60% fewer airborne molds and bacteria than rooms without plants.

Reduce Noise. Plants help to reduce distraction due to office noise.

Be Elegant. Adding a few colorful and or blooming plants to your building add a nice touch of elegance.

Our plants last. Most tropical foliage plants used on our accounts come from growers in Florida, California and Hawaii, who specifically grow them for the indoor environments. This means that they will be more acclimated to your environment over field grown materials found at the local “Box Store”.

Our staff knows plants. Our interiorscape staff receives 68 hours of training each year, keeping them up to date on technology, plant care, safety and customer service.

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