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Fall weather is finally here!!

 The weather sure has not been particularly friendly to our pansies and violas.  Oh how they do not like 80 degree days. Since the weather has broke so late have you run out of time to plant your pansies?  If so, we are available to help you with this.  Give us a call today at 644-8144!!

 

 

 

 Wow, I am so embarrassed about how long it has been since I posted on the blog.  Thankfully, we now have internet at the nursery and I will be able to maintain it better.  With the kids activities I have just have not had a lot of free time at night to get on the computer.

Hanging baskets everywhere!!

We have some huge, beautiful hanging baskets. They are all on sale so we can clean out the greenhouse. They are 2 for $18.00 and 3 or more are $7.00 each!! Bougainvilleas are two for $18.00! Come check them out today!

Happy Mother's Day! UPDATED

WHOA!! I have decided to really celebrate Mother's Day.  Our six inch geraniums are going to be BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE and they only cost $5.00 each to begin with. We will be offering this until 1pm or until we run out.

Have you always wanted to start a perennial garden? We have Astilbe, Hosta, Clematis, Iris, Daisy, Hibiscus, Blackeyed Susans, Coral Bells, Coreopsis, Daylily, Echinacea and plenty more that I can not remember.  If so we have a sale for you - 10% off 10 or more perennials and 15% off 15 or more, mix and match.  We have quart and gallon sizes and a very good selection!

If you are a Mom remind us to give you a free 4" geranium for Mother's Day!!

We are having a buy one, get one half price sale in honor of Mother's Day.  The following items are included 1801 square -
                                     Angelonia
                                     Wave petunia
                                     Mini petunia
                                     Verbena
                                     Lobelia
                                     Silver Queen Thyme
                                     Salvia Purple Sage
                                     Teucrium
                                     Trailing snapdragons
                                     4" round Fuchsia

Also the 6" Geraniums are on sale for 1 for $4.75  (if there are any left after the b1g1 sale)
                                                         2 for $9.00
                                                         3 for $11.00
                                                         4 for $12.00

The six inch geraniums are the same size that was put into these hanging baskets just a few weeks ago. We do not use growth regulator hormones so when our plants are moved up to a larger pot they really take off!!

We also have some 4" geraniums that are on sale for $0.99.  These are some healthy geraniums and will be beautiful in no time at all.

We can do custom combo pots for you at the nursery.  Please try not to wait until the last minute on Saturday.

We also have some combo pots already made up.

The cherry blossom begonia shown below is beyond words and the picture does it no justice!

Well folks I just wanted to give you an idea of what we were going to have on sale this weekend.  It is quite possible that I will be adding to these!!  Happy Mother's Day!!  

Good Saturday Morning

We have been so busy getting ready for this time of year.  We are experiencing some growing pains as I can not seem to find enough time to update the blog because I am so busy with all the flowers.  My five year old did snap some photos for me the other day. I thought I would share those with you.  Also a few specials for my blog friends - 10% off full trays of annuals and vegetables and a free 6" geranium (Ivy not included) with every $25.00 you spend.  Just be sure to mention the blog to get these specials!!

 

 

 

 

April gardening tips

*Stay out of the garden if the soil is wet.  We have clay soil which is already compacted.  If you work this soil it will just make it worse.  The plants can not survive without oxygen.  Test the soil by squeezing a handful into a lump, then push your thumb into the lump.  If it dents like modeling clay, it is to wet.  If it crumbles, then it good to work with.  Maybe incorporate some good soil into the clay BUT do not fill the hole with just good soil or the water can not drain away through the clay soil and the roots will rot.  *(I had this tip at the bottom but with all the rain I decided to move it to the top)

After your spring flower bulbs have finished you should deadhead them BUT do not cut back the green foliage.  These green leaves are what provides the bulb with its food for the next year.

It is a great time to select and plant fruit trees and berry plants (and we have some at the nursery).  Fruits and berries do best when planted in full sun.

Perennial plants should be set out this month so they may get established before the hot weather comes in.


Get the flower beds ready for spring. Summer annuals will do much better if planted in well prepared beds.  Yes, it is too early to plant but it is not to early to get those beds ready.

Prune your Forsythia after it has finished blooming.

Now is a good time to plant ground covers.  If you have an area that is susceptible to erosion these work great.  Also for areas of shade they provide low maintenance landscape instead of grass.  Some examples are periwinkle, ajuga, and bugleweed.

If you have any house plants they should be repotted.  Scrub an old pot before reusing, and repot in good potting soil.  Wait one month to fertilize them!!

For my customers that I talked with about storing your fuchsias and geraniums over the winter, you may bring them out after all danger of frost has passed.  Trim them back, fertilize them and re-pot if needed.  Water them well.  They will be huge in no time with the established root system they have.

Spring is in the air!!

Is it just me or has this winter seemed to last forever?  We sure did have our share of snow this winter and my kids loved every bit of it.  It is spring and tonight we are seeing temperatures in the low 30's. Although I know you are anxious to plant it really is not quiet time yet.  We are aware that some bigger stores already have all the beautiful annuals sitting around but they have been shipped in from warmer climates like Georgia and Florida.  Please remember that our average last frost date is April 17th.  If you trust the Almanac (we do) it says the second half of April will be unusually cold too.  So please keep in mind that whatever you buy early you may need to be able to bring it in and out of the house for it to last long enough for it to be safe to stay outside.  

Tomorrow I hope to get some pictures posted of the greenhouse.  We are very excited to have new guniea impatiens and ivy geraniums this year!