Author: Bobby

Bobby Dockery is the owner of Bobby & Lynn’s Plant Farm in Dallas, Georgia. Bobby and Lynn grow hydrangeas and flowering shrubs for local gardeners and share practical advice based on their hands-on experience. Their goal is to make gardening easier, more enjoyable, and occasionally a little less expensive than it sounded in your head. Real Plants. Real People. Real Passion.

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Gardenia Spotlight: Best Varieties and Care Tips

How to Choose the Best Gardenia for Your Landscape Few flowering shrubs can compete with the unmistakable fragrance of a gardenia in bloom. With glossy evergreen leaves and creamy white flowers, gardenias add a classic Southern look to patios, walkways, foundation beds, and outdoor sitting areas. Plant one near a porch or entrance, and you…

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Softwood Cuttings: How to Propagate Flowering Shrubs

Grow More Flowering Shrubs From Softwood Cuttings Learning how to propagate flowering shrubs from softwood cuttings is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to grow more plants. Instead of buying new shrubs every season, you can take fresh cuttings from healthy plants and encourage them to grow roots of their own. Softwood cuttings…

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Stop Killing Your Shrubs: 7 Mistakes to Avoid

Learn How to Keep Shrubs Healthy and Beautiful Shrubs are supposed to make your yard look beautiful, full, and professionally landscaped. But sometimes, without even realizing it, homeowners slowly send their poor shrubs into plant witness protection. One day the shrub looks healthy, and the next day it is crispy, yellow, droopy, or refusing to…

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Common Garden Pests and Fixes for Healthy Plants

Simple Pest Control Tips for Backyard Gardeners Every gardener knows the feeling. One day your flowers, shrubs, and vegetables look beautiful, and the next day something has chewed, curled, spotted, or slimed its way across your plants like it owns the place. That is why learning about common garden pests and fixes is so important…

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Fire Ants: How to Prevent and Get Rid of Fire Ants in Your Yard

Fire Ant Control for Safer Lawns and Gardens Fire ants are one of those yard problems that can turn a peaceful day in the garden into a full-blown barefoot emergency. If you have ever stepped near a fire ant mound, you already know these tiny troublemakers do not believe in personal space. Learning how to…

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How to Plant Flowering Shrubs in your Landscape

Beginner-Friendly Guide to Growing Better Shrubs If you are beginner and new to gardening, landscaping, or growing flowering shrubs, this Start Here page is the perfect place to begin. Starting a garden can feel overwhelming at first. There are planting zones, sun requirements, watering schedules, pruning rules, soil types, fertilizer choices, and enough plant names…