If you think landscaping activities in Florida stop once our winter begins, you may want to reconsider. Your professional landscapers in St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Daytona, and Ormond Beach will be attending to the seasonal needs of you lawn and landscape design to keep it lovely and thriving all year long. Landscapers will be pruning, mulching, and so much more for valued residential and commercial clients.
Most of our trees in this area are evergreen, meaning they do not lose their leaves. This includes our particular species of towering live oak. If you do have deciduous trees which lose their leaves, we can assist you with maintaining the well kept look of your home's exterior, which is everyone's first impression when visiting over the holiday season. Outdoor decor can be very natural and beautiful in Florida as well: accessorize your Christmas lights with poinsettias, white mums, Norfolk pines, and other festive plants and blooms.
What's happening now and what do you need to know about our local greenery? Here are some of the winter plants that we have highlighted in December articles of the past:
In northeast Florida as we celebrate the holidays we may enjoy the presence of "Florida Holly" trees in our yard producing red berries to enhance the season. Think again: these trees are actually a highly invasive species better known as the Brazilian-pepper tree...read more:
http://floridalandscapedesign.blogspot.com/2011/12/florida-holly-is-not-so-festive-after.html
Poinsettia plants are everywhere around the holidays but do you know the story behind this festive bloom that is synonymous with Christmas itself? With its bright red, pink, or white "flowers" (which are actually colored leaves called bracts), the poinsettia is the most popular potted plant in the United States...read more:
http://floridalandscapedesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/flower-of-holy-night-all-about.html
If you live in North Florida, you will notice that the plants called "Christmas Cactus" truly do bloom around Christmastime here, if left to their own devices. It is sign of the season in Palm Coast, Ormond Beach, or St. Augustine to see the plant...read more:
http://floridalandscapedesign.blogspot.com/2014/12/flower-of-december-christmas-cactus.html
🦚Article by Connie Helena, author of The Green Orchid 🦚
