Wordless Wednesday
'Ukigumo' Japanese Maple--a beautiful specimen tree for a shady garden!
Summer Hours–Take Note!
Just a quick heads-up: we're open! In the past, the nursery used to close by mid-June after the greenhouses were empty, but since we've added a full selection of shrubs, trees, perennials, landscape products like bark mulch and many landscaping and garden products, we've stayed open through summer and fall. If you've just assumed that we close up after our annuals are sold out, make a note to yourself that [...]
Slow-Release or Water-Soluble: The Best Fertilizer for the Job
One of the most common questions I hear from customers at the nursery is, "Which fertilizer should I use?" Annuals, shrubs, perennials, trees--all plants need proper nutrients to keep growing and looking their best. So why the confusion? The fact is, you could probably go shopping for fertilizer and end up with a different product for each and every one of your plants. Discouraged by so many choices, many people [...]
Following Through With Plant Care
Lotus 'Amazon Sunset' --fertilize it and watch it bloom!For many people, gardening each year goes like this: buy beautiful plants, admire how they look in the yard, tend to faithfully for awhile…and then, suddenly, they don’t look so great and you wonder what happened. Sound familiar? It’s happened to all of us—even the most experienced gardeners have failures. In order to thrive, any plant needs three basic things: water, food, [...]
Wordless Wednesday
A small selection of plants that just arrived--including more 'Orange Rocket' Barberry!
When is too late?
With all the cool weather we've had this spring in our area, you may have had several false starts in your gardening endeavors. Maybe you've taken advantage of a few nice days here and there to do some weeding, but when it comes to planting your vegetables, the weather sours just when you're ready to plant...and now it's starting to look like it's too late to start.Not to worry! In [...]
Wordless Wednesday
'Figaro' Dwarf Dahlias
Not-Quite Wordless Wednesday
So it's Thursday...sorry :)Our flowers are planted...are yours?