Yes, you can have a flower bed that still looks great in a Florida August – you just have to plant for the heat instead of fighting it. The short list of plants that shrug off 90-degree days here in Sarasota: pentas, lantana, coleus, crotons, salvia, vinca, and blue daze. Pair those picks with three…
There’s a right way to mulch around a tree, and it comes down to three numbers: spread the mulch 2 to 4 inches deep, build a ring that extends 3 to 6 feet out from the trunk (wider is even better for big shade trees), and keep the mulch pulled back several inches so it…
The best shade trees for Sarasota backyards are live oak (if you have the room), gumbo limbo, mahogany, and Southern magnolia. All four are proven performers in our sandy soil and hot, humid summers, all are wind-tested Florida natives or long-adapted staples, and – planted at the right distance – none of them should ever…
Clearing a small residential lot in Bradenton – for a pool, a home addition, a garden, or just to reclaim an overgrown backyard – typically costs between $1,500 and $8,000 depending on how much vegetation is coming out and whether trees are involved. Light brush and underbrush on a quarter-acre can run as little as…
Yes – old tree stumps absolutely attract termites, and in Florida the risk is higher than almost anywhere else in the country. Subterranean termites, the most destructive kind we have, nest in soil and feed on dead wood, and a decaying stump is exactly what they are looking for: soft, moist, half-buried timber with direct…
For most Venice homeowners, stump grinding costs between $100 and $400 per stump in 2026. A typical residential stump – say, an oak or palm 12 to 24 inches across – usually lands in the $150 to $250 range, with small stumps under a foot wide starting around $100 and big old oaks with sprawling…
If patches of your Bradenton lawn are turning brown, gray, or yellow in the middle of the rainy season – even though it rains almost every afternoon – the culprit is almost certainly fungus, not drought. Summer humidity, daily downpours, and warm nights create perfect conditions for the two diseases that hit Manatee County lawns…
If tree roots are surfacing across your Sarasota lawn, here is the short answer: it’s normal, it’s mostly caused by our shallow sandy soils and summer erosion, and the safest fix is to cover the roots with a wide mulch ring or a shade-tolerant groundcover – never to cut them off or bury them under…
Florida is the lightning capital of the United States, and August is the stormiest month of the year here in Sarasota. When lightning hits a tree, it can blow bark right off the trunk, boil the sap inside, and kill roots you never see. The good news? A lightning strike is not always a death…
In 2026, most Bradenton homeowners pay between $150 and $1,200 to have a tree professionally trimmed, with the average job landing around $350 to $650 per tree. Small trees under 25 feet typically run $150 to $400, medium trees (25 to 50 feet) run $300 to $700, and large mature oaks over 50 feet run…
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