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Polka-Dot Wasp Moth
EATING MACHINES
These moths are pests to oleander and devils potato. Sometimes they will also enjoy the tastes of milk weed.
The Larva will gladly eat the leaves off of your Oleander bushes in a day or two. The larva is Orange with black spots.
We plant different plants like milkweed to attract butterflies and some people plant oleander to attract these beauties. Again they will strip the leaves off your oleander but more often then not the oleander will bounce back and be happy.
Interesting note, Female polka dot wasp moths emit ultra sonic sounds to attract her man, Not the scented pheromones like other moths or butterflies.
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Pretty Ringnecks
Ringneck snakes.
Harmless, common and a beneficial snake.
Ringnecks love to munch on slugs, worms, small lizards, ants and itsy-bitsy frogs.
They have a rough life! Lots of other animals love to view them as a tasty dinner.
Newly hatched Ringnecks have to dodge spiders( yes spiders!) and centipedes. Other predators include, Skunks, opossum, other snakes, Toads, Bullfrogs, owls and humans with shovels .
If they are threatened they will coil their body around showing the underside of their body that is brightly colored red to orange, If that fails they will release a foul smelling odor. It is claimed they could bite -I have never known or met anyone who has ever been bitten by this beautiful but Harmless reptile.
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Great life in the Garden.
Praying mantis
This Awesome bug can grow from a half inch to 6 inches long. They have five eyes Three simple eyes and two compound.Their triangular head can rotate for a 300~Degree view.
They can see movement from 60 feet away!
They are beneficial in that they will eat moths, aphids, beetles, crickets, mosquitoes, Grasshoppers, flies and other pests.
Downfall: Short life span, they will also eat beneficial bugs even each other... YUM-YUM
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Fair prices and great lawn service. Lawn services Wesley chapel, Lutz, Land o lakes and Zephyrhills. New customers only. expires on June 01 2012. Cannot be combined with other offers.Year long service average 42 visits per year.
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Lawn services 2012 specials
lawn services 2012
We provide lawn service to Wesley Chapel, Zephyrhills, Lutz and land o lakes.
Call today and get a free estimate.
Lawn service specials we are running this year are:
Pay for ten months of yearly lawn service and get two months free!
You already have our lawn service? Great! Send a neighbor or friend to us and if they sign up for yearly service you will get a month for free once they make their first payment. If you refer more then 12 people to us, we give you a check totaling the amount you pay by month . This also may be used with our ten month special we just give you a check that would total the amount you would pay by the month.
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property clean ups and landscape installs
We have been doing a lot of cleanups and installs so far in 2011.
For good reason too. We offer quality service, affordable and our plants are cheap too!
We have been servicing Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel areas for 5 years now!
If you are thinking about a change in landscape, call or email us today to set up an appointment.
3 different lawn service plans.
Yearly plan averages around $65 a month.
Monthly plans average around $70 a month.
By cut averages around $20 a cut.
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Lawn services Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel
We provide outstanding lawn and property services for Zephyrhills, Wesley Chapel and surrounding areas!
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Now is the Time to prepare for the growing season, the threat of frost is almost behind us.
Mowing
Edging
Line trimming
Gutter cleaning
Mulch (wood, rubber, Rock and pine straw
Weed control in mulched areas
Sprinkler repair and simple installs
Plant, Flower and tree maintenance and installs up to 20'
Organic fertilizer
And more.....
One time cuts welcome!
Cleanups welcome!
Residential properties; Average cost of only $65 a month!
Turn in your old gas mowers or equipment and get up to 24 MONTHS OF FREE SERVICE! Others barters may be welcome, It can't hurt to ask.
Call or email now for more info and other Money saving plans.
Commercial properties; WE WILL BEAT ANY COMPETITORS WRITTEN BID OR PRICE! You don't have to pay the big bucks to get outstanding service.
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We go that extra mile to provide you and our community top quality service at a great price.
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A couple great pick for Florida winter from your local lawn service provider
- Varieties within the Camellia species are good plants for the Florida landscape and bloom in the winter. The Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica), for example, is a shrub that displays white or near white flowers and glossy, evergreen foliage. Requiring light shade to full sun, the Japanese camellia grows around 4 to 6 feet.
- Deciduous holly (Ilex decidua) is a shrub that belongs to the Ilex species and is well-suited to Florida's climate. It has white flowers in the summer and orange to scarlet berries in fall and winter with deciduous foliage. Thriving in sun to partial shade, deciduous holly plants grow as high as 20 to 30 feet.
- Cleyera plants (Cleyera japonica), also called "tricolor" or Japanesecleyera, are evergreen shrubs that do pretty good as winter plants for Florida. They display reddish foliage in winter. Cleyeras also have a fragrant creamy white flowers, and are grown for their evergreen foliage. Needing light to full shade, cleyeras reach grow as high as 8 to 12 feet.
Camellia
Camellia
Deciduous Holly
Deciduous Holly
Cleyera
Need more ideas on Florida winter/summer hardy plants? leave a comment
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Garden service Wesley Chapel and Zephyrhills
We provide lawn services for Zephyrhills and Wesley chapel.
Orbitalawn is now working on trial gardens! We have a few set up thought Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel.
Trial gardens will provide us of the best possible plants to use for color, hardness and maintenance levels.
For further information of our trial garden study please send us an email.
If you want something special that you don't see listed here please let us know.
Orbitalawn is now working on trial gardens! We have a few set up thought Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel.
Trial gardens will provide us of the best possible plants to use for color, hardness and maintenance levels.
For further information of our trial garden study please send us an email.
If you want something special that you don't see listed here please let us know.
A fee of $15 per delivery up to ten 1-3 gallon plants and an additional $0.50 for every 1-3 gallon plant after ten.
15 gallon plants is $20 each for delivery
Delivery In Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel.
Dade city, Land o lakes and Lutz add another $10 for delivery
If mailed Buyer pays all shipping fees and packaging fees. Plants that Require a 3 Gallon container cannot be shipped
We encourage you to check for availability first then place your order by emailing us at Kyle@orbitalawn.com. Monday-Friday sunrise to sunset.
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If you don't see what you were looking for on the list , Email us and see if we can find it for you.
1 Gallon pots
Ajuga reptans $6.
Ferns. Asst. $6.
Peace Lily $7.
Agapanthus $4.95.
Firecracker Plant $5
Pentas $5.00
Alternanthera, Joseph's Coat $5.00
Firebush $5.00
Perrenial Peanut $5.00
Anthurium $8
Flax, variegated $6.
Phlox $5
Aptenia, Baby Sun Rose $5.00
Fountain Grass $6.95+
Plumbago, Blue $5.95
Aquatics o.r. Foxtail Fern $6.00
Powderpuff, Dwf & $6.95
Artemesia $4.95
Fuscia Skullcap $4.00
Prince of Orange Philo $17.95
Aspidistra $6.95
Gaillardia $5.95
Pseuderanthemum $6.95
Bacopa $5.95
Geranium $6.95
Purple Queen $5.95+
Beach Sunflower $5.95
Hawthorne, Indian $7.00
Rudbeckia $5.
Begonia, Perennial Types $7.
Heather $4.95
Salvia, asst $4.95+
Blacked-Eyed Susan $5.95
Helichrysum $4.95 +
Salvia coccinea $6.95+
Blanket Flower $6.95
Heliconia $8.95+
Scaevola $4.95
Blood Leaf $4.95
Hibiscus, asst $5.95
Scutterlaria $4.95
Blue Daze $4.95
Honeysuckle, asst $5.95
Sea Oats $5.95
Boxwood $4.95
Impatiens, asst $4.95
Shooting Star $4.95
Brachycome $4.95
Iris, African(Bicolor & Wht) $4.95 +
Shrimp Plant $4.95
Bracteantha $4.95
Iris, Neomarica (Blue) $8.95
Soap Aloe $12.95
Bromeliads, Asst. $17.95-$25.95
Iris, Walking(Yellow & Wht) $7.95 +
Society Garlic $4.95
Buddleia, Butterfly Bush $6.95
Ixora, Asst $5.95
Spiderwort $5.95+
Bulbine $5.95
Ivy, English $4.95
Swamp Hibiscus $4.95
Bush Daisy $4.95
Jacobinia $4.95
Sweet Potato Vine $4.95
Calibrachoa $4.95
Jasmine, Minima & Confed $4.95
Syliphium $4.95+
Canna Lily $6.95 +
Jasmine, Dwf Variegated $4.95
Tibouchina $6.95
Canna Lily Dwarf $5.95
Jewels of Opar $5.95
Turnera $5.95
Cat Whiskers $4.95
Juniper, asst $5.95
Verbena, Trailing $5.95
Cinnamon Fern / Shield $5.95
Lantana, asst $4.95 +
Verbena, Native $4.95+
Caladium $4.95
Lavendula $4.95+
Coleus $4.95
Liriope, Aztec $4.95
Vinca $4.95
Cord Grass, Spartina sp. $5.00
Liriope, Big Blue $4.50
Coreopsis $7.00
Liriope, Evergreen Giant $5.00
Creeping Fig $6.00
Liriope, Cultivars $6.00
Zamia, Coontie $12.00
Croton $5.95
Loropetalum $5.95
Zinnia $4.95
Crown Grass $4.95 *
Lysmachia, Golden Globes $4.95
Crown of Thorns $5.95 *
Mandevilla Vine $6.95
Daylily $4.95
Mexican Heather $4.95
Dianthus $4.95
Mexican Petunia,Dwf & Reg $4.95
Diascia $4.95
Milkweed $4.95
Dipladenia $6.95
Mimosa Vine $5.95+
Dragon Breath $5.95
Mona Lavender, Plectranthus $4.95+
Duranta, Goldmound $4.95
Mondo Grass, Dwf & Reg $4.95
Echinacea $4.95
Nemesia $4.95
Elliot's Love Grass $5.95
Osteospermum $4.95
Eucalyptus, Silver Dollar $8.95
Oyster Dwarf $4.95
Euphorbia $5.95 Oyster,
Dwarf Tricolor $4.95
Fakahatchee Grass $5.95
Persian Shield $4.95
Fakahatchee Grass Dwarf $5.95
Petunia $4.95
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Inside plants
Corn Plant10”-14” $38 - 65.95
OrchidsDenerobium 4"-6" $17.95 - 26.95
Orchids Phalaenopsis 6" $32.95
Bromeliads Guzmania 6” $17.95
Bromeliads Neoreglia 6” $17.95
Bromeliads Vriesia 6” $17.95
Dracaena Janet Craig 10”-14” $22.95 - 65.95
Dracaena Warneckii 10”-14” $22.95 - 65.95
Dracaena Goldstar 10”-14” $22.95 - 65.95
Dracaena Marginata cane 10”-14” $22.95 - 65.95
Dracaena Marginata Exotica 14” $95.00
Chamaedorea 10” $40.00
Rhapis 10" $50.00
Rhapis 14" $100.00
Rhapis 17" $270.00
Spathiphylum 6"-8" $10.95 - 14.95
Spathiphylum 10"-14" $22.95 - 49.00
Ficus Alii 14" Braid $75.95
Aglaonema Hybrids 6”-8” $10.95 - 17.95
Aglaonema Hybrids 10”-14” $27.95 - 69.00
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These Items cannot be mailed*
Australian Tree Fern 3 Gal container $40.00* Installed
Crape Myrtle 3 Gal container $32.00* Installed
Roebelenii Palm 3 Gal container $25.00* Installed
Areca Palm 3 Gal container $26.00* Installed
Windmill palm 3 gal container $25.00*Installed
Eugenia 2 & 3 Ball 3 gal $70 - 85.00* Installed
Eugenia Spiral 3 gal $87.00 Installed
Eugenia Pom Pom 3 gal 87.00 Installed
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Palm tree Facts and maintenance; Lawn services Wesley Chapel and zephyrhills FL
Palm tree facts and Maintenance
From Orbitalawn
Your Wesley Chapel and Zephyrhills Lawn service company.
813/735-3416
kyle@orbitalawn.com
There is said to be 2,600 species within the palm family with a wide variety of physical traits.
Most exist in the tropics, but some come from the Mediterranean, southern Europe, the tropics of Asia and Africa, as well as South America and southern regions of the United States.
Palm trees are known to be monopodial, meaning coming from one stem. In most palm trees, the stems tend to be covered with stiff fibers
Most exist in the tropics, but some come from the Mediterranean, southern Europe, the tropics of Asia and Africa, as well as South America and southern regions of the United States.
Palm trees are known to be monopodial, meaning coming from one stem. In most palm trees, the stems tend to be covered with stiff fibers
Fruit
Certain types of palm trees develop fruit and some edible fruit.
The coconut palm and date palm grow fruit of the same names. Other types of palms bear edible fruit including the Guadelupe palm, jelly palm, Chilean wine palm and California fan palm. The fruit of these palms vary in texture, flavor and color.
Trimming
Some palms shed the fronds naturally while other delay the process. Many palm tree varieties need manual pruning. You should not prune the fronds too close to the trunk. Pruning excessively can lead to increased vulnerability to diseases along with limiting the tree’s ability to tolerate warm conditions.
Some palms shed the fronds naturally while other delay the process. Many palm tree varieties need manual pruning. You should not prune the fronds too close to the trunk. Pruning excessively can lead to increased vulnerability to diseases along with limiting the tree’s ability to tolerate warm conditions.
Water
Palms are the Great choice for low-maintenance landscapes but most species need only a bare minimum of water to survive.
Palms are the Great choice for low-maintenance landscapes but most species need only a bare minimum of water to survive.
cold tolerance
Most palm trees that live in tropical environments are not very cold tolerant at all. Most will die or become extremely damaged in temperatures that dip below freezing, but some have the ability to withstand cold temperatures. The most cold-hardy palm is generally considered to be the needle palm. This palm is planted outside with very little protection in areas as far north as New York City. It can withstand temperatures as low as 20 degrees below zero.
My personal favorites are.
watermelon flamethrower palm
Blonde flamethrower palm
Purple King Palm Tree
King palm
Macaw palm
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