Collier County Extension
Maintaining Landscapes

• Overview
• Pruning
• Irrigation
• Fertilization
• Pest Control

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

• A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping:
  Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Handbook (pdf 1.8Mb)
• Considerations for Developing a Landscape Maintenance Contract (pdf 1.6Mb)
• Naples Landscape "Best Management Practices" Training Resolution (71kb)

 

 

 

 

 

Pruning

• Prune Trees Correctly (pdf 306kb)
• Podar Correctamente los Arboles (pdf 103kb)
  Prune Trees Correctly - Spanish Version
• Palm Pruning Correctly (pdf 143kb)
• Exceso de Poda en las Palmas (pdf 149kb)
  Palm Pruning Correctly - Spanish Version
• Pruning Shrubs Correctly (pdf 249kb)
• Poda de Arbustos para Setos (pdf 151kb)
  Pruning Shrubs Correctly - Spanish Version
• Results of a Hurricane Cut on Palms (pdf 152kb)
• Examples of Bad Palm Pruning (see video)

 

 

 

 

 

Irrigation

 

 

 

 

 

Fertilization

• Proposed 2008 Naples Lawn and Landscape Fertilization Ordinance
• 2007 DACS Final Urban Turf Fertilizer Label Rule
• Shrub Fertilization Recommendations (pdf 151kb)
• Boron Deficiency (pdf 402kb)
• Ixora and Soil Nutrients (pdf 151kb)
• Common Palm Nutrient Deficiencies (pdf 146kb)
• Manganese Deficiency in King Sagos (pdf 181kb)

 

 

 

 

 

Pest Control

• Recommended Insecticide List (Doug Caldwell)
• Insect Management Recommendations for Ornamentals (E. Buss & D. Short) (pdf 476kb)
• Featured Creatures - a complete list of Florida pests
  http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/main/search_common.htm
• Commercial Nursery Insect Management Recommendations (pdf 52kb)
• New Insects Invading Florida (pdf 150kb)
• See the Publications A-Z page for information on specific pests