PUMPKINS & GOURDS

Just returned from the Pumpkin Patch!  We have lots of pumpkins and gourds.  Stop in at the Nursery to pick out your pumpkins and check out our Fall and Halloween gift items.

WATERMELONS

Stop by the nursery for a fresh-picked watermelon for $2.50 each. We have both red and yellow-meat watermelons. A great tasty snack for the end of summer.

Hail Sale - 20% off Plants & Shrubs

As we were closing the Nursery about 5pm on July 3, we were looking forward to the July 4th holiday and anticipating a cookout with family and friends the next day.   But the skies were darkening and all of once the sky opened and pelted the Nursery with rain, strong winds and pea-size hail.  We headed to the house but it was too late to escape the torrents of rain and hail.  Our beautiful yard and flower beds were covered with leaves and broken limbs from our many trees.  The lily pads in our pond were shredded and the fish were hiding under the rocks.

Then back to the Nursery to survey the damage.  The green house cover was torn and the shade cloth protecting the perennials was ripped.  Many of the plants were protected, but several were stripped of their leaves.  Tree limbs and leaves were scattered all over the nursery.  It was sad to see the damage that the hail caused, but at the same time the plants and trees were nourished by the inch of rain that came along with the hail.  The nursery staff busily cleaned up the fallen debris and have taken care to cut back the damaged plants. Now with some good fertilizer, the plants and flowers and snapping back and putting on new growth and color. 

  

We hope you will stop in and take advantage of our Hail Sale this week.

Plants and Shrubs - 20% off  
Fruit Trees - 50%
Pots - 50% off

A select group of hanging baskets and our new inventory of pots
are excluded from the sale.

Spring is here at last!

Finally, our spring weather is here to stay and now we can plant those flowers and vegetables without worrying about another freeze.  Our nursery is bursting with color and has a delightful variety of healthy bedding plants and shrubs for you to choose from.  Stop by and browse our display garden and find just what you need for your garden.

Welcome Fall

Fall has arrived and so have the pumpkins and fall flowers!  We have a great selection of pansies, kale, and mums.  Stop by the Nursery and pick up some pumpkins and fall flowers for your yard.

Flower Gardening in a Mature Yard

Sunday afternoon was planting day at the Hamilton house or should I say potting day.  Since we have lived in the same home for about 30 years, our landscape has changed many times through the years.  Our backyard consists of a very large locust tree, two large Bradford Pear trees, a large Burr Oak tree, two Aspen trees, a pond with a small stream, a small patio, a deck, and flagstone walkways.  Flower beds border the perimeter of the yard and the deck is also surrounded by flower beds.  As the trees have grown, the flower beds have become saturated with tree roots making planting in the beds nearly impossible. Not only are tree roots a problem, but now we have a yard that is mostly shaded throughout the day.  I must say that the trees provide a beautiful canape of appreciated shade with wisps of sunlight peaking through at different times of the day.

So now I must consider how to strategically place all sizes of flower pots throughout the beds to make it flow with the landscape rather than just pots sitting here and there.  I called on my resident landscaper for his design advice.  He gladly obliged me and used his "designer" eye to show me how the pots should be placed and the colors and sizes of plants that would look best in each pot.

The plan is to use an old discarded birdbath as the focal point and place colorfully planted pots mixed with a few in-ground planted perennials and grasses along with a couple of boulders.  And for a final touch, we will add some ground cover and a few trailing annuals to border the bed.

After a quick trip to the Nursery to pick out the perfect annuals and potting soil, it was time to grab the spade and dig in to transform the ugly barren bed into a lovely and aesthetically pleasing flower garden.  When I retrieved my garden tools from the garden shed, my resident landscaper retreated to the recliner to watch whatever is on TV on a Sunday afternoon.  So I was left to enjoy an afternoon of potting some beautiful flowers.  Even though there was a lot of plants to get into the pots, the sound of the water splashing down the waterfall into the pond, the birds chirping in the trees and the dogs playing in the grass made for a lovely afternoon.

As our yard has matured through the years we have had to change how we landscape as well.  Shrubs have been replaced or removed, trees have been pruned, walkways have been moved, but the addition of colorful plants each spring gives the yard the most inviting atmosphere.  Whether gardening in a sunny or shady yard, the color of flowers accent the natural beauty of any landscape.

I will soon post some pictures of this flower bed as soon as my photographer daughter returns from her vacation in Germany.  Happy planting to all.  -Jan

We Have Birdbaths!

Add a little color to your garden with a colorful, glass birdbath. Any bird would be thrilled to take a dip in one of these beautiful bowls. And, if you decide it is too beautiful for the birds then let it dress your table top as a decorative piece. We have two sizes of stands to choose from 3 foot or 1 foot. When you stop in be sure to ask us about our solar birdbaths so your bowl can shimmer throughout the day and well into the night.