Q. I saw variegated St. Augustine grass in a farmers market in Alexandria, Va. Have you heard of this grass? Where can I purchase it? — John Scheifel, Fort Lauderdale A. I have not heard of this grass ...

After a long summer of tending to your landscaping, you may be ready to harvest your bounty and hang up the gardening gloves until the warmer months return. However, you would be missing out on an ...

Question. One of the trunks of my ligustrum and some additional limbs are dead. I prune them off when noted and apply a fungicide. What else can I do? Answer. Some young but mainly older ligustrums ...

Q. My seedling-grown mango is about 20 feet tall and started to bloom and fruit, but all the fruit fell off. What is wrong? — Mary Jane Pearce, Fort Lauderdale A. Seedling-grown mangos usually do not ...

Julie asks: My mango tree put out tons of fruit last year. This year’s flowers are fewer, and they look terrible. The fruit that does start forming is dropping off. What’s going on and what can I do ...

If you, like so many of us, can’t get enough of that glorious golden globe of summer, the mango, you’re in luck. Turns out that, among all tropical fruit trees, mangoes are the easiest to grow. “It’s ...