Not only do gardeners enjoy the outdoors during the warm summer months, but their houseplants do, too. Bringing your indoor plants outside on a shady porch for the season always helps them grow and keeps them happy. As the weather begins to turn cooler, however, it comes time to bring them back into the house, along with a few other plants you may have in your garden. The specific date to bring them in by varies with the weather, so it changes each year. There are some general guidelines on when to bring your houseplants in, which additional plants you can overwinter in your home, and how to do so. There are two ways to tell when you should...
With your summer pots starting to look refreshed with the cooler fall temperatures, swapping them over to fall plantings can be difficult. Here are a few ways to combine the two seasons into your planters for fantastic results.
When planting a garden, you want your plants as healthy as possible. You water them, amend the soil, fertilize them and prune them. There is something, however, that often gets overlooked, pollinating. Now I’m not saying you should get out there with a q-tip and take care of business, but by planting specific plants, you can naturally attract various pollinators to help keep your flowers happy. While we appreciate the beautiful blooms they produce, these flowers are really trying to attract the pollinator that can help it achieve its purpose, and in return they get a good meal. Planting a variety of flowering plants with different blossom shapes, colors, heights and bloom times can help continuously bring these little guys...
Another spring is here! Below you will see the greenhouse map for this year to help you locate what you are looking for during your trips to the greenhouse. We have some new exciting varieties this year, in addition to items we have carreid in the past. Due to the high volume of customers and inventory moving through the greenhouse over the next few weeks, as well as the lack of staff to manage, our online store will be temporarily closed. You can still view the online store to preview the plants we carry, though we cannot guarantee that plant will be in-stock when you arrive to make your purchases. Please note that if the plant says "Out of...
When shopping for plants, the plant tags are the key to figuring out what to buy. A lot of times you can stroll through a garden center and look for what catches your eye, but if it’s early in the season, plants are not at their mature height yet, or may not even be flowering. This is especially true for perennials that do not bloom from spring through fall. By reading the plant tags thoroughly, you can learn just what to expect from each plant you select. The first thing you’ll notice on the tag is the picture. This however, should not be what determines whether or not you purchase the plant. Between tags fading in the sun or mistakes...
