Espoma Organic Fertilizers

Don't Forget to Fertilize - Keep Your Plants Happy and Hearty this Spring!

As we start to smell warmer air, watch gorgeous blooms emerge, and shed our winter clothes, we can’t help but get excited for spring gardening! This month, we'd like to share a helpful guide for selecting Espoma Organic fertilizers by plant type to keep your flowers, shrubs, and trees in peak condition.

Ready to Get Growing? We're Here to Help!

Make a list of existing landscape plantings, or take photos and bring them into the Garden Center. Our Nursery Professionals can assist you in plant identification and provide you with fertilizer recommendations specific to your plant type(s). We are also happy to review the proper fertilizer pairing for any new plants when you're here shopping.

Get STARTED - What you'll need WHEN you plant:

​We highly recommend amending the soil in your planting area with Brownswood Premium Planting Mix  as well as a starter fertilizer such as Espoma Organic Bio-tone® Starter Plus to give your new plants their best start. You can find our Planting Guide at the link below. It provides planting instructions and helpful information about watering and getting new plants established.

Download our Planting Guide

How Does IT work?

Espoma Organic Bio-tone® Starter Plus is an all natural plant food that contains beneficial bacteria and fungus that helps the plant’s roots develop and receive nutrients during the initial planting stage.

Those planted with Bio-tone® quickly develop deeper root systems, sprout bigger blooms, and have marked increased plant growth. 

Results from a Bio-tone planting experiment at Brownswood Nursery

GROW & THRIVE - What you'll need AFTER you plant:

​Espoma's other organic 'tone' fertilizers can be used after planting, throughout the growing season. These easy-to-use granulated fertilizers are typically applied around the plant at the soil level. (see application instructions on each product label for frequency and amount to use)

Azaleas, camellias, and gardenias:
Azalea-tone® organic fertilizer is formulated for all types of azaleas, camellias, and gardenias - plus other evergreen trees and shrubs!

Palms and tropical plants (including hibiscus!):
Organic Palm-tone® is specially formulated for palms and will also produce deep green foliage and larger blooms on tropical plants such as hibiscus.

​Herbs and veggies:
Organic Garden-tone® fertilizer provides a long lasting, slow-release feeding for delicious cool and warm season veggies as well as herbs.

​Annual and perennial flowers:
Get larger, more abundant blooms with organic Flower-tone® fertilizer. Use in garden beds, hanging baskets, or other planted containers.

​All-purpose organic plant food:
Plant-tone® organic all-purpose fertilizer is for use on all flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs for increased blooming and larger growth.

​Lemons, limes, oranges or other citrus:
Organic Citrus-tone® fertilizer is formulated for all citrus varieties. It promotes larger and more flavorful fruit.

And there's more! Not all of Espoma's Organic fertilizers are listed here. Formulations for other plant types are available.

When is the best time to Fertilize?

There is no single best time to fertilize, different plant types benefit from different fertilization timelines. Most trees and shrubs benefit from early spring and fall feedings, whereas vegetable and perennial plants can benefit from more frequent fertilization (monthly) throughout the growing season. See application instructions on each product label for frequency and amount to use.

Important tip! Watering right after applying fertilizer can help with the even distribution of nutrients.

Visit the Brownswood Nursery Garden Center and speak with one of our Nursery Professionals about our complete selection of Espoma Organic garden products such as additional single ingredient soil amendments, fertilizers, and planting mixes. We look forward to growing with you this season!