July at the nursery...

Our new summer hours are

Monday - Saturday from 9 to 5. 

We will be closed Monday, July 4th.

Summer is heating up and we're enjoying a slower pace, which makes it a great time to avoid the crowds and browse in peace!  Morning and late afternoon are lovely times to stroll around and discover just how much we have in stock for your garden!  Here's a sampling of exciting plants to wet your gardening taste buds...

In the greenhouse:  Lots of annual color and talk about heat-loving:  We have a wide variety of sedum and succulents, annual and perennial, for sun and shade.  The rudbeckia are showing off their sunny yellow blooms and are impossible to pass by!  We've got stunning hanging baskets for quick and easy color.  Too hot to get outdoors?  Our houseplant selection will expand through July and August.

Good enough to eat: Fresh shipments of herbs have arrived and the 'Brown Turkey' figs and 'Rabbiteye' blueberries have fruit on them!

Perennials & Shrubs:  The much anticipated 'Limelight' hydrangeas have arrived (late-blooming, sun-tolerant)!  Discover evergreen, perennial tassle fern as an alternative to autumn and holly ferns.  Check out our varieties of coneflowers, perennial grasses and perennial phlox ('Buck's Creek' Mountain Phlox is native!).  We've also got a great selection of 'Knockout' and 'Drift' roses and a new shipment of 'New Dawn' climbing rose. 

In Bloom:  Abelia, beautyberry, butterfly bush, chaste tree, limelight hydrangeas, japanese kerria,

summer-blooming spirea. 

It's time to apply

fertilome lawnfood plus iron

to zoysia and bermuda lawns.

New & Interesting

'Milkshake' Coneflower   One of several exciting new Echinacea varieties, 'Milkshake' boasts double white blooms plus sun, heat and drought tolerance!

'Fireworks' Gomphrena   New to us this year and we are

delighted with its tall, wispy, purple and yellow blooms!

'Lemon Zest' Lantana   Part of the Bandana series, which are bred to stay compact and rounded, 'Lemon Zest' has a mix of creamy and bright yellow blooms on the same plant!

'Kent's Beauty' Oregano   Perennial, ornamental oregano.  Low, spreading habit with pink to purple blooms summer into fall. 

Shrimp Plant   Unusual, shrimp-like blooms make this an eye-catcher!  Use as a houseplant in bright light or outdoors in morning sun.

Plants to Beat the Heat With

Low-Maintenance Summer Annuals

Whether you're filling in, replacing or starting over with your pots and flowerbeds, we still have a great selection of fresh, healthy annuals!  Summer-planting calls for no-fuss, hardy choices that will stand up to the heat and be beautiful to boot...Here are a few of our favorites:

Begonias

Blue Daze

Caladiums

'Caliente' Geraniums

Cupheas (including Mexican Heather)

Gomphrena

Lantana

Pentas

Plumbago

Succulents (including Purslane & Portulaca)

Vinca

Come by the nursery and let us help you create the perfect combination of heat-beating blooms for your landscape!

Cool Gardening Website

insectidentification.org

It comes as no surprise to gardeners that summer is for the insects, as each morning in the garden brings a few more signs of feasting.  The warmer the weather, the more active insects become and the more likely they are to attack your plants.  Keep in mind that not all the insects enjoying your garden are pests- beneficial insects actually fight off or feed on the harmful ones!  Check out insectidentification.org, where you can use the "BugFinder" to identify an insect you've found, browse through categories with great photos and get more information on identifying insects in your garden!