Big 6″ pots of heat tolerant summer annual flowers. All varieties perfect for pots or in garden bed. Mix and match to suit your favorite design. Use your shopping cart as a design table. Place a combination of pots together and create your design. Use the thriller-filler-spiller desing concept. Tall in the center, fillers in the middle and spillers going over the edge of the... Read More
July is a great month for mid-season perennial color. Many plants are in flower or getting ready to flower! Identify a “green” area in your garden now. Keep your eyes open around your neighborhood landscape for what you like. Then come into the nursery to check out our big assortment of Grown Fresh perennials and get planting!! Currently blooming alongside the Creek Side Perennial Pathway: Coreopsis... Read More
Pruning Annual Baskets and Container Gardens Cut back petunias, callies, verbena, scaevola, sweet potato vine and others to refresh your pots. Follow the straggly stems half-way up the side of the pot or basket. Then use a sharp pair of shears to trim the stems all around the container like a bowl cut. Prune off dead foliage or undergrowth that looks bad. Dead head flowers to keep... Read More
Summer Pollinator Container Gardens – Grown Fresh. Perfect for attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds. 12” Patio Pot – $49.95 Summer Hanging Baskets – many varieties to choose from; including pollinator baskets. 12” Hanging Basket – $49.95 ‘3 in 1’ Combo Pots – 3 plants in one pot. Perfect for filling in your existing pot or a... Read More
As the heat of the summer carries on everyone seems to scatter to a local pool or vacation away from home. Remembering that the heat of summer is also tough on our pollinators who visit our gardens daily. We can keep them coming to feast as long as we provide clean feeders and a must, WATER! Hummingbird Feeder Care – The best choices to feed... Read More
3-in-1 Combo Pots One of our most popular summer crops are the fun and festive 3-in-1 combo pots of pre-designed annuals. Also known as Confetti pots or Trixi pots or Kwik Kombos, 3 different varieties of flowers are grown in a 6” pot for easy design and decoration. Need a small pot decoration? Use one pot. Need a medium pot decoration? Use 2 pots planted... Read More
Japanese Beetles & Control Japanese beetles are coming! They can be very damaging to plants, especially roses, grape vines, Virginia creeper vines. Adults feed on leaves, buds and flowers of many common garden and landscape plants. Feeding on leaves is usually restricted to the softer tissues between the larger leaf veins, which results in a characteristic feeding pattern known and described as ‘skeletonizing’. More generalized... Read More
Imagine a little taste of the tropics on your patio this summer. If you are considering a climbing vine for the summer, Bougainvillea would be a great addition. Creek Side offers several different colors in a 10” pot fastened to a trellis. Our plants are in full bloom now and will bloom all summer in a sunny location. Stop by to see for yourself! In... Read More
Bud was our mascot, and he took his job seriously. He loved laying on the tile in the middle of the garden shop so he could see everyone and, of course be seen. Bud was a beloved member of the Creek Side Gardens Green Team. We are sorry to report that Bud passed away last month after a long illness. He was well loved and... Read More
Hot Weather Water Tips When the temperature goes over 90 degrees; an extra dose of love and care will help keep your flowers flourishing throughout the summer. Check flowers twice daily for water, once in the morning and again in the evening. Some pots/beds may require additional water applications to fight the heat. In the landscape, any newly planted roses, perennials, shrubs, or trees will require additional irrigation... Read More
