Selection The earlier bulbs and corms are purchased in the fall, the better the selection. Select the largest bulbs of a variety, because there is a direct correlation between bulb and flower size. Generally, a gardener selects the site before purchasing bulbs. This site usually is conspicuously located to show the flowers off to their best advantage. If the bulbs will remain in this location... Read More
Beautiful fall weather conditions are in store for the next couple of weeks. The warm soil temperatures will make your landscape shrubs and trees grow nicely. Let’s make our landscape beautiful! Landscape planting Creek Side is now offering a wide variety of shrubs and trees. Lots of new growth this summer. See lists below for current selections. It is not too late to plant trees... Read More
Fall is for Planting! Perfect time to plant trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables. Soil is warm until early November to help grow new roots. Get a head start for next season. Take advantage of sale prices from suppliers. Find the right plant for the right location – sun or shade, tall or short, early-mid-late season etc. Plant fall bulbs – tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus Plant trees... Read More
Many of your perennial plants would benefit from a little bit of maintenance. Deadheading through the summer months will encourage new flowers. Shearing or cutback of certain perennials in late summer is helpful later in the plants development to help get your garden bed cleaned up efficiently and to bulk up the crown of the plant in preparation for over wintering. Shearing Shearing is a... Read More
There is nothing like featuring Fall Flowers on your porch, patio and landscpe decor to create and capture the flavor of shorter days, cooler temperatures (to come…), kids going back to school and the change of seasons. Keep the flowers watered. Dead-head past flowers to encourage new buds and flowers. And they will keep going all season long. Rudbeckia/ Blackeyed Susan –... Read More
August Garden Planning You might think that we have lost our minds but…now is the perfect time in the season to begin planning or make additions/changes to your garden and landscape for next year. Look at your garden. What do you see? Every day that you walk through the garden or relax on the patio you are making small observations about your flowers and landscape.... Read More
Number one August tip is to sit back, relax and enjoy your summer garden in all its glory! Invite friends and neighbors over to show off and celebrate all your hard work! You deserve it! If you can’t sit back and relax…there is plenty to do…. Consider seeding a fall crop of lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, beets, peas etc. Basil and cilantro may also be... Read More
New this year, our Grown Fresh production includes a series of “first year” flowering perennials. No vernalization required. These perennials were just planted a couple of montths ago and are already blooming like CRAZY! Stop by the store to check them out. Perennial plant breeders are working on developing new varieties that will bloom their first season. In addition to perennials being seasonal bloomers, most... Read More
How are your tomatoes growing? Problems with Blossom End Rot? The dark grey, black-sunken area on the blossom end of tomatoes. Though many people think blossom end rot is a disease, it isn’t. Blossom end rot is not caused by a bacteria or fungus, nor is it something that is caused by an insect pest. It is a physiological disorder thought to be caused by... Read More
Successful gardening always begins with choosing the right plant for the right location. Of course, gardening involves trying new things, trial and error, a willingness to be creative but in the end, we can’t force mother nature to respond in a manner that is inconsistent with evolution. No matter how much we would like our favorite sun-loving geranium, petunia, rose, salvia or sedum to grow... Read More
