Buchanan’s Native Plants provides the best organic and natural plant care products available. When we can, we like to offer products made right here in Texas. We believe in the basic principle of organic gardening: “Keep your soil happy.” Our products work to help you have healthier, stronger plants with organically enriched, well-draining “happy” soil.
Here are some of the products you might find helpful now:
Horticultural Oil
If you are looking for an environmentally friendly way to control soft-bodied insects.
- Organic
- Kills on contact
- Kills aphids, scale, mealybugs, whitefly, or other small soft-bodied insects
B.t. (Bacillus thuringiensis)
B.t. affects only the larval (caterpillars) stage of the Lepidoptera order. It will not affect birds or beneficial insects (bees, green lacewing, ladybugs, etc.) when used as directed.
- Organic bacteria
- Kills on contact or ingestion
- Specific for worms and caterpillars only
Captain Jack’s
This Spinosad-Based Product Takes No Prisoners! Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew is derived from the Spinosad developed from this bacterium. Spinosad works on the insect’s nervous system, kills in 1-2 days.
- Organic (contains Spinosad)
- Kills by ingestion
- Kills Spider mites, thrips, leaf miner, lace bug, and other hard-bodied insects
Sluggo
Snails and slugs can do a lot of damage in your garden. This is the best option available today for snail and slug control. Sluggo contains iron phosphate. Highly effective, yet safe to wildlife and the environment.
- Organic
- Kills by ingestion
- Specific for slugs and snails
- Contains a lure to attract them to it
Fire Ant Mound Drench
Fire Ants are everywhere in Houston. If you are looking for an environmentally friendly way to control them, try this. This mixture works quickly before the queen can be moved by her worker ants to start a new colony.
- Organic
- Used for Fire ant mounds in beds or lawn
- Contains rosemary oil, mineral oil, and wintergreen oil
