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 Home>News Archive>2009>June>News You Can Use>
Consider treelike hollies for the landscape
(Distributed 06/26/09) Hollies are right behind azaleas, gardenias, camellias, sasanquas and Indian hawthorns in popularity among evergreen shrubs, and they may even be more popular than some of those.

Tall crape myrtles look good in right location
tall crape myrtle

(Distributed 06/19/09) Crape myrtles continue to be one of the most widely used landscape trees in the southeastern United States.

Offer a healthful gift for Father’s Day
(Distributed 06/12/09) This Father's Day, let your father know how much you care by helping him choose and eat a healthy diet.

Butterfly gardening peaks during summer
Petunia

(Distributed 06/12/09) Summer is here, and that means butterfly gardening season is upon us. Bedding plants and herbaceous perennials are in full bloom attracting butterflies to our home landscapes.

‘Sun’ coleus shine in the landscape
coleus
(Distributed 06/05/09) Coleus have long been a summer favorite for Louisiana landscapes. Many old varieties are still with us, but many new ones have sparked renewed interest in this old southern favorite.