Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Summer Garden Questions July 11 2026

Season 2 Episode 464 · Jul 11, 10:30 PM

Landscape designer, garden expert, and host Teresa Watkins welcomes Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialist Nursery in DeLand, for tips on easing summer landscape stress and keeping plants healthy. Teresa also shares her Top Five heat-tolerant zinnia varieties—ideal for containers, landscapes, and meadows—answers summertime gardening questions and explains what to plant in your landscape this July.

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Landscape designer and garden expert Teresa Watkins welcomes Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, for a conversation about summer landscape tasks, the importance of trace minerals for plant health, and common gardening “don’ts.” Teresa’s Top Five zinnia varieties from Burpee that beat the heat! Teresa highlights what to plant and tackle in your July landscape. Garden questions and topics include soil tests, Azomite, proper pruning of deadwood, sunflowers, watermelon, re-braiding Bougainvillea and not blooming, thin ixora bush, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx