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With the economy going nowhere in a hurry, we are taking our time looking for a new place to set up shop.  In the meantime I've been doing a few projects in my garden and my first crop of homegrown plants is ready to sell.  Our home is located on a 1/4 acre lot, large enough to grow a few of my favorite plants.  A handful of plants are available now, a lot more will be ready within a few months.  Please remember the reason you purchase plants from Laguna Hills Nursery.  All of the plants (except the Carmen Avocado) are GROWN BY GARY.  You can't find anything remotely close to the quality and performance of our plants.   

How Our Internet Store Works
Without a physical store I will be delivering items you purchase.  The minimum order for purchase and delivery is $50.  We have a delivery fee to anywhere in Orange County of $10.  When you make a purchase you will enter your address and contact information.  We will then contact you to set up a delivery time and day.  If you would rather place an order by phone you can call us at (949) 830-5653.  
Why Our Plants Are Better
It's actually quite simple and I am still amazed that I only know of one other grower who thinks like me. 

Plants in Nature grow best in a loam soil.  Loam soils are 97-99% mineral (rock, sand, silt, clay) and only 1-3% organic.  The organic matter is humus and not capable of decomposing (not considered compost).  When I was a kid my father grew his container plants in loam.

Today all the plants you find at garden centers and other stores are growing in an organic, compost-based soil.  If fact, many of these plants are growing in a soil-less soil.  Unfortunately all of these organic soils are still decomposing and eventually end up as a ball of muck, inhospitable to plant roots.  Annual flowers and vegetables may perform just fine because they only require the soil to last a few months.  Slower growing trees and shrubs show the most stress as their roots suffocate within the original ball of soil.  This stress produces symptoms like off-colored foliage and burnt leaf tips, or the death of entire branches.  The underground ball of muck can easily cause root rot and you'll then be blamed for overwatering the plant.

I grow my plants in a soil mix that acts like natural soil.  It won't shrink over time or turn to muck.  The primary ingredient is sand and pumice  We add peat moss (up to 25%) for moisture retention, but not enough to affect to stability or the permeability of our soil.

By comparison our plants have bigger leaves and flowers, better foliage color, grow faster, grow denser and tolerate winter better.  They are much less likely to get overwatered. 

Just make certain that you do not amend your planting beds with compost.  Or if you do, do not make them more than 5% compost by volume.  The U of California maintains that on California farmlands, the highly organic peat soils are only capable of growing annuals.  Check our website and click on SOIL INFORMATION for installation instructions and more detailed explanations. 
 
Plants Available Now and What's Growing
 
The spring and summer of 2010 have been so cool that everything is growing slowly this year.  Remember, I have limited numbers of anything currently growing. 

READY AND PERFECT:
1-gal  Everblooming Gardenia  large and super healthy with buds
5-gal  Brisbane Box Trees  fast growing narrow shade tree
5-gal  Surinam Powder Puff  fast growing, blooming background shrub or small tree
5-gal  Floss Silk Tree  These thorny trunked trees are blooming pink flowers right now.
5-gal  Red Flowering Gum  the best blooming Eucalyptus. 
5-gal  African Tulip Tree  bloom with candelabra clusters or orange-red flowers
5-gal  Mexican Palo Verde tree  fine-textured desert tree with bright yellow flowers

AVAILABLE SHORTLY:
2-gal  Everblooming Gardenia
5-gal  Cajeput Tree  paper bark birch-substitute
5-gal  Italian Everbearing Fig tree  semidwarf tree with large fruit
1-gal  Papaya Tree  assorted varieties
5-gal  Surinam Cherry  small multi-trunk tree with attractive, tasty fruit
5-gal  King Palm Multi  common, but I knew I could grow a better palm

Next year I hope to have at least 70 types of plants available. 

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