My plumbago needs to be trimmed. When can I do this? Also the leaves are starting to turn yellow. How can I correct this? Plumbago can be pruned to keep it neat and within bounds and to make it bushy ...

I love blue flowers in my yard and Cape Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata) is one of my favorites. It grows fast and can be grown as an annual in your yard or as a perennial in pots. It’s light blue phlox ...

Plumbago (plum-BAY-go). It’s an easy name to remember because it rhymes with “lumbago,” a word for lower back pain. And pruning a year’s worth of plumbago growth, plus hauling it away, is guaranteed ...

Q. I have several blue plumbagos in pots on my patio, and they do very well. I gave one to my girlfriend, and she planted it in her back yard, and now it is as tall as her first story along with the ...

Size: 6 to 12 feet high and wide. Bloom season: Most of the year in low-frost areas. Exposure: Full sun, part sun. Pruning needs: Grows moderately; prune to keep compact. Water needs: Drought-tolerant ...

Leggy perennials are visible in local landscapes. Many people hesitate pruning flowering plants for fear of negating blooms, but without pruning they get tall and seedy and enter a reproductive cycle ...

Reader Nancy Love of Carrollwood has some questions about the plumbagos and bougainvilleas she planted along a wall. Love chose these plants for the blooms and the low maintenance. But she is ...

There are no projected freezes in the forecast. My landscape did not experience any cold damage this winter. This means tropical plants, which size is usually kept in check by freezing, need pruning ...