August 2025 Newsletter
Bee Rehome Count for June/July/Aug: 2massive colonies. Should you, or anyone you know, need a honey bee colony removed from in inconvenient location, keep Kairos Landscaping & Bee Pimp Apiaries in mind for saving the bees.
HONEY UPDATE: For those of you who are part of our honey delivery service, we will be introducing a new varietal of honey –BLACK MANGROVE. A summer producing crop, we are proud to announce a new honey to our apiary. The Deland Honey Co. has partnered with a trustworthy source for black mangrove honey, one of the people’s choices of the most incredibly tasting honey that is specific to the coast of Florida, from Ormond Beach, south to Titusville.
You can also find our products for sale at the upcoming Garden Club Open house: Sunday,October 19th from 12pm –5pm at the Garden Club of DelandWe will be speaking at the Garden Club of Deland in October, also –more details to follow up in a separate email.
Summer Plants in bloom for bees – Links for these plants at the bottom of the page:
Black Mangrove(coastal)–Avicennia germinans
Goldenrod(field type plant)multiple species (20+) ,
Joint weed,
Mexican Clover(considered a weed in formal landscaping –Also called Pusley) – Richardia brasiliensis,
Partridge pea – Chamaecrista fasciculata,
Primrose Willow – ludwigia peruviana,
Red Bay magnolia – Tamala Barbonia,
Red Mangrove – Rizophora mangle
Spanish Needle – Bidens Alba,
Spiderwort – Tradescantia Ohiensis,
Spotted Mint – MonardaPunctata,
Winged Sumac – Rhus copallinum,
ClimbingAster – Ampelaster carolinianus,
White Mangrove – LagunculariaracemoseRelavent
Principles forlandscaping:
“Right Plant, Right Place, Right Time” – Know your plant’s needs. Don’t try to grow something that likes deep shade in a full sun location. Don’t try to plant a water loving plant in fast draining, sandy conditions, and so on. Consider your orientation – is your area facing the South? If facing south, you can almost always count on full sun exposure year round unless there are obstacles hindering the sun.
“The “weed” tells the story” –what’s growing says what conditions you have, indicating what else you can grow. Don’t fight what’s there without an understanding of your area. Should changes to your landscape be desired and you want to do it yourself, make slow changes over time.
“To measure is to know” –start with a master plan, a survey is always best, but a tape measure and a yellow pad will also do.
Seasonal Conditions: At the time of this writing (August 2025) this season has been pretty dry. Consider getting water directly where it needs to go with drip irrigation. A how-to blog will soon be up on the website. The big box home improvement stores have a large, well-stocked selection of all the parts needed for the motivated homeowner to do it themselves. Of course, Kairos Landscaping also has an irrigation division, and is available for consultation, or, should you not want to deal with it at all, we are available for an irrigation changeover to a more efficient system. Consider making the change today for long-term savings, and more efficient use of water.
Right now is also the time to get your pressure washing done. If you want to get it done yourself, here are a few key tips. ~ When using chemicals for biological buildup control (I.E. mold and mildew) in porous surfaces (such as brick and concrete), pre-spray any surrounding foliage with water. This helps reduce the effects of shock to the plants. Also consider using regular pool chlorine post-pressure washing while the surface is still wet/moist –this allows the chemical to penetrate the surface better. ~Use a hand-held pump sprayer to apply. Don’t forget to rinse. Kairos Landscaping also has a pressure washing division, should you want it done for you.
Learn more about the plants in the blog post in the links below! (they’re safe, hand picked links for hyper local information to the Central florida Area).
Partridge Pea
Primrose Willow
Red Bay –Tamala Barbonia
Red mangrove -Rizophora Mangle
Sandhill Prairie Clover –Dalea Feayi
Spanish Needle –Bidens Alba
Spanish Needle -Bidens Alba
Spiderwort –Tradescantia Ohiensis
Spotted Horsemint –Monarda punctata
Climbing Aster –Ampelaster carolinianus Mexican Clover -Richardia brasiliensis
White Mangrove -Laguncularia racemose
Black Mangrove -Avicennia germinans
