Football is back on TV, summer vacations are over, kids are back in school and the rich earthy color tones of the fall season are here. The nights are beginning to cool off which triggers that inescapable feeling that we are ready to move on; it must be Fall!! Time to transition your outdoor living spaces from summer to fall. New fall flowers, pansies and... Read More
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
Christmas cactus is a favorite holiday plant. There are a few specific steps you can take to ensure that you get the best show from your plants. How to Promote Blooming In addition to proper year-round care, there are a few tips and tricks to getting a stubborn Christmas cactus to bloom. Follow these steps starting in the fall and continuing in winter and watch... 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
What does that mean? Why are we suggesting planting in the fall rather than the traditional spring planting season? Fall is a great time for planting for several reasons! Fall Planting Recommendations The plants we are recommending for planting into the landscape in the fall are perennials, roses, shrubs, trees and bulbs, the types of plants that will survive the cold temperatures of the winter... 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
The Creek Side Gardens Grown Fresh Fall Flowers are beginning to take center stage just in time for the change in seasons. Kids are going back to school. Temps are still warm but the days are getting shorter. If you have never – planted pansies or planted a new perennial, shrub or tree in the fall, or planted a fall vegetable garden – you are missing... 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
