Hill Horticulture Inc

Hill Horticulture Inc We are a San Antonio landscape design, installation and maintenance firm. Since 1983, we have provide

Hill Horticulture has provided quality and cost-effective landscaping and hardscaping services to commercial and residential customers and has done so with the utmost respect for the environment. We are on social media to share out knowledge and work to inspire and inform our friends in Wilson and Bexar County.

HHI Gardening Tip :It is too late to plant bluebonnet seed and expect blooms this spring, but the transplants will perfo...
02/25/2023

HHI Gardening Tip :

It is too late to plant bluebonnet seed and expect blooms this spring, but the transplants will perform well and may be the beginning of your reseeding wildflower planting. You have two choices with your bluebonnet transplants: 1) you can plant them as an annual in your flower garden or 2) you can plant them on a site where competition is minimal and they can reseed to produce plants again next fall for blooms the following spring.

Bluebonnet transplants are petite now but, beginning in early March, they will become large plants 18 inches tall and 2 feet in diameter if you plant them in a raised bed in full sun. Give them plenty of space (at least 1 ft apart), fertilize with one-half cup of slow-release lawn fertilizer, and water them at planting. Limiting the watering to a soaking at planting is important; nothing is more deadly to bluebonnets than over watering. Mulch is also undesirable because of the problem with damp soil—the roots rot quickly.

HHI Garden Tip :The hot weather grasses such as Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine, and Buffalo grass do not begin growing u...
02/18/2023

HHI Garden Tip :

The hot weather grasses such as Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine, and Buffalo grass do not begin growing until April. Keep them mowed to control the winter w**ds. To control sandburs, crabgrass, and other hot weather weeks, apply a pre-emergent herbicide this month. It is also a good time to set up your yearly aeration and top dress with compost.

HHI Garden Tip :February is the best month to prune most plants. Only prune plants to eliminate safety hazards, control...
02/11/2023

HHI Garden Tip :

February is the best month to prune most plants. Only prune plants to eliminate safety hazards, control overgrown plants and accomplish shaping. Prune roses to open up the middle for air movement and light pe*******on. Also remove branches that are broken and diseased. The ideal branch is growing away from the plant center at about a 60° angle. Fruit trees (peaches, plums) are generally pruned on the same model.

HHI Garden Tip :February is a good month to fertilize shrubs, shade trees, and fruit trees. Apply one cup of slow relea...
02/04/2023

HHI Garden Tip :

February is a good month to fertilize shrubs, shade trees, and fruit trees. Apply one cup of slow release lawn fertilizer per inch of trunk diameter spread over the drip line. It is too early to fertilize the lawn.

HHI Garden Tip :FREEZING WEATHER and its results...I am writing this before Christmas, anticipating it will freeze aroun...
01/27/2023

HHI Garden Tip :

FREEZING WEATHER and its results...

I am writing this before Christmas, anticipating it will freeze around this time. In case it did or will these are things to be on the lookout for. On most San Antonio's landscapes the root hardy woody ornamentals (Esperanza, Pride of Barbados) loose their leaves, but the stems are not frozen. We may get more cold weather that will kill them to the ground but, for now, the stems are alive and you can expect them to re-sprout in March or April. Even the stems of Bougainvillea, Hibiscus, Mandevillea, and Plumeria are probably still alive. There is still time to get them inside shelter. If we get a hard freeze, one cold enough to kill the stems, you can expect to lose a good portion of the plants.

Most Salvias, Lantana, Plumbago, and Rock Rose may not be killed to the ground. They, like the Esperanza and Pride of Barbados, will sprout from the stems, but it is not as desirable. All of them have a tendency to get woody and untidy if they do not resprout from the roots. Leave them in place for a while longer to provide cover and feeding area for songbirds. In mid February, they can be cut back to the ground.

Most St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoysia, and Buffalo grass lawns have already gone dormant, but there may be a few lawns still green and growing. Most of them will be brown until mid April. Keep the winter w**ds under control by mowing every two weeks. Do not fertilizer your grass or shrubs now. The only plants that would benefit are the winter w**ds. Fertilize on or about May 1.

Leaves, leaves the musical frui....... WAIT!! those were beansThe leaves from your red oaks, cedar elms, pecans and othe...
01/20/2023

Leaves, leaves the musical frui....... WAIT!! those were beans

The leaves from your red oaks, cedar elms, pecans and other deciduous trees have been off the trees for a few weeks and soon the live oak leaves will drop. Do not waste the leaves by bagging them for the garbage collection. Recycle leaves by using them as mulch or in the compost pile, you can mulch them up with a mower and then move them to the area you are mulching. The smaller pieces decompose more quickly and your conscience will be relieved!
Leaves used as mulch conserve water and reduce w**d growth. Use about two inches of live oak leaves as mulch for the winter flowers and vegetables. Three to four inches of mulch over the roots of newly planted trees or shrubs speeds up the growth rate considerably.

JANUARY TO DO LIST :The lawn does not need much attention in January. Irrigate once if it is warm and we do not have ra...
01/13/2023

JANUARY TO DO LIST :

The lawn does not need much attention in January. Irrigate once if it is warm and we do not have rain. Mow once to keep winter w**ds in check. Do not fertilize the lawn until late Spring (May 1). The nutrients are wasted if the lawn grass is not growing.

Keep the winter annuals watered. Snapdragons, pansies, cyclamen, dianthus, primulas, and calendulas can tolerate considerable cold weather if they are not dried out. Water when the soil is dry to .5 inch. If your snapdragons are regularly attacked by stem borers, consider spraying every week with Spinosad or a similar product.

Wildflowers and larkspur should have germinated by now. There isn’t anything you need to do with the wildflowers, but the naturalized larkspurs produce showier blooms if they are thinned to 18 inches between plants. The nurseries quite often have larkspur and bluebonnet transplants available in January. Plant them in full sun.

Fruit trees also arrive at the nursery this month. Visit www.plantanswers.com to find which varieties are recommended. The recommended varieties can cope with our weather, our soils, and the diseases and insects that are prevalent.

Plant trees, shrubs, perennials, and fruits in January to take advantage of cool weather for root development.

The American goldfinches usually arrive for their winter vacation this month. Observe their acrobatic feeding techniques by using thistle seed in tubular feeders with the roosts above the feeder holes. Cardinals are attracted to sunflower seeds or safflower seeds.

HHI Garden Tip :It's PRUNING TIME!! Although you may not like to go outside in the next 5-6 weeks, it is the best time ...
01/06/2023

HHI Garden Tip :
It's PRUNING TIME!! Although you may not like to go outside in the next 5-6 weeks, it is the best time to start pruning. Many of the plants we use in our landscapes freeze to the roots nearly every year. They can be pruned to the ground even if some of the stems did not freeze. This category includes lantanas, esperanza, poinciana, and the blue salvias.
Crepe myrtles deserve a special comment. Like roses they bloom on new wood and many gardeners have gotten used to severely pruning them back each year to leave the infamous “knuckles.” It is unnecessary and aesthetically offensive to prune the crepe myrtles so severely each year. The best pruning for crepe myrtles if any is done, is to use a few thinning cuts. Unpruned healthy crepe myrtles bloom at least as well as the stubbed crepe myrtles.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU.Please take note, here at HHI, we will be closed December 23 until January 1. We all have ...
12/22/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU.

Please take note, here at HHI, we will be closed December 23 until January 1. We all have limited access to our emails and cell phones.

HHI Gardening Tip:December is a great month to plant trees and shrubs. The cool winter weather allows the plants to dev...
12/21/2022

HHI Gardening Tip:

December is a great month to plant trees and shrubs. The cool winter weather allows the plants to develop a root system before it gets hot again. For shade trees, consider live oak, bur oak, Mexican white Oak, Cedar Elm, Chinese Pistache, Chinquapin Oak, Montezuma Cypress, Lacey Oak, or Texas red Oak.

HHI Gardening Tip:If you have a flower bed in the shade, consider cyclamen for the winter. They are the premiere flower...
12/17/2022

HHI Gardening Tip:

If you have a flower bed in the shade, consider cyclamen for the winter. They are the premiere flower for cool weather blooms in San Antonio and South Texas. The plants are expensive, $6 or more for a blooming plant in a 4" container, but they are worth it. Red, white, pink, violet and even bicolor blooms are available. The colors are very intense and seem to glow in the shadiest planting bed. Cyclamen grows to about eight inches tall and at least that wide. The foliage is also attractive. The leaves are leathery with dark and light green patterns.

HHI Gardening Tip:Are you blessed with deer in your neighborhood? If so, you have probably had them eat most of your shr...
12/10/2022

HHI Gardening Tip:
Are you blessed with deer in your neighborhood? If so, you have probably had them eat most of your shrubbery, girdle the young trees with their antlers, and have given up trying to garden at all.
One of the best solutions to eliminating deer damage in the yard is a fence. Eight feet high will exclude all deer.
Deer do not like to jump fences where they cannot see what is on the other side. A block or brick wall or even a fence thick with vines will often be effective.
It is easy to understand why deer do not want to jump into an area where they cannot see the dangers, but a single line of monofilament fish line also works. Placed at deer shoulder length (2.5 ft), the almost invisible line will spook the deer enough that they pass up the area within the barrier. Tie the line between trees or on sturdy posts for an effective deterrent.

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Hill Horticulture is a San Antonio landscape design, installation and maintenance firm. Since 1983, Hill Horticulture has provided quality and cost-effective landscaping and hardscaping services to commercial and residential customers and has done so with the utmost respect for the environment. We are on social media to share our knowledge and work to inspire and inform local San Antonians.