Timely Summer Garden Tips

Hot weather tips: When temperatures are over 90 degrees, check flowers twice daily for water, in the morning and again in the evening.  Some pots/beds may require additional water applications to fight the heat.  Don’t get caught over-watering when temps cool down again like next week.  Flowers that may be struggling should be moved to a protected location to take off the stress.  When it... Read More

It’s a Bug Eat Me and Plant World

It has been an exhausting summer of heat, low moisture and visits from every insect imaginable in our Zone 5 home landscape.  We pick, we prune, we squish and squash them, we spray and they keep coming.  They are oblivious to the fact that it is your garden and you planted it for your enjoyment.  You can incorporate a few of these “stinky” to insect... Read More

Big Summer Color!

The Creek Side Grown Fresh Big Summer Color Program is in full swing!  Big beautiful plants in 6” diameter pots are loaded with fresh summer color to spruce up your porch, patio and garden.  Varieties selected are great warm temperature choices grown in a large pot size to hold moisture a little longer. These plants are already 10-12” tall, some with a 10”+ spread.  Imagine... Read More

Outdoor Critter Conservation Day

Everybody gardens for their own reasons.  Some of us just love to have plants and colorful flowers all around us to enjoy during the summer months.  Something pretty to look at that makes us feel good.  Some of us love to have beautiful flowers around the front of our home to show off a little for the neighbors.  Hey neighbors, take a look at what... Read More

Bees, Butterflies and Birds

One of the many joys of gardening is to enjoy the wildlife that is attracted to our flowers, shrubs and trees.  Your garden is their very best friend.  Creating desirable conditions in your landscape by providing shelter, water and food sources (flower nectar) will help attract the many wonderful and fulfilling nature sightings right in your own very back yard. Bees Colorado is home to... Read More

Campfire

Campfire ˈkampˌfī(ə)r /  noun an open-air fire in a camp, used for cooking and as a focal point for social activity.. ‘Tis the season for camping, cookouts, backyard barbeques or just settling around a firepit with family and friends.  To make these times more memorable, take a daily routine like cooking in the kitchen and move it outdoors.  This will set the stage for some... Read More

Hot Summer Days!

Just what we have been looking forward to, the middle of summer!  Blue skies, warm temperatures, beautiful gardens, summer vacation and the opportunity to enjoy our wonderful Colorado outdoors.  It is what we look forward to all year.  So let’s enjoy it while we can! Mid-Summer Challenges Mid-summer does sometimes bring some challenges to our flowers and garden however.  We feel the same challenges here... Read More

More Summer Garden Tips

Summer Flowers July is a great month for perennial color.  Many plants are in flower now or getting ready to flower!  Keep your eyes open around your neighborhood landscape for what you like… Then come into the nursery to check out our nice assortment of Grown Fresh perennials and get planting!!  Talk to one of our Green Team garden experts to determine what plants will... Read More

The Quiet Times

“Those that can have patience can have what they will.”  Benjamin Franklin Summer is vacation time for many, whether you embark on a rambling road trip, reach your destination by airplane, or stretch out on the backyard hammock of a stay-cation, it’s time to slow down and soak in a little quiet-a peaceful surrender to a busy life. Life’s sweetest things are often quiet things:... Read More

More Grown Fresh Flowers

Our Creek Side Grown Fresh Summer loving, heat tolerant, bloom all summer annual flowers in big 6” pots are bursting with color and ready to fill that empty space on your patio.  These particular summer annuals have been chosen for this time of the year for a variety of reasons. Why Big Summer Color? Number one, they are bright and colorful.  Number two, they are... Read More