Nursery Reviews

Bridal Party has a more sprawling nature than the upright, compact varieties of hibiscus introduced in the past.The process of developing and evaluating new hibiscus requires a lot of patience.

The weather was very cold but dry, and a border of dusty miller gave a lovely frosted effect to an otherwise boring mulched bed. Coleus root easily; cut some stems in midsummer, root them in water and pot them to overwinter your favorite ones.

If the plants are healthy, you can hardly go wrong with Had been to all the nurseries and garden centers within a 40-mile radius, searching for a particular petunia without success.Big box stores sometimes offer up such unexpected treasures and at very...

When I acquired my current home about six years ago, I was finally able to do what I refer to as "serious" gardening. If you are interested in bulbs, dahlias, cacti, bonsai, gourds or almost any other plant you can think of, you can find a grower who...

What's special about your favorite local nursery? Since one of my favorite nurseries—Esbenshade's—is out that way, I lugged my mother, father, nieces and my son for a visit. It's a lot of work and there is no such thing as a vacation for these folks.

I always seem to fall in love with a $200-glazed pot and some amazing shrub that isn't technically hardy where I live. « More Dirt on Gardening » What's special about your favorite local nursery?

An added bonus: this practice is also an excellent way to quell cabin fever. So I would suggest planning your spring plant shopping sprees this winter and in the meantime save your pennies.

The simplest and most common way to grow a nursery crop is to buy a bunch of small plants and transplant those into larger pots and then cultivate them until they have reached full size in the larger pot.

You may have even wondered what it all means – what is #1 pot size, #2, #3 and so on? A lesser grade would be #1L. Smaller containers (i.e. 4-inch pots) may also include SP in front of its class number, indicating a smaller plant size.

Think of your personal nursery as a font of information and a tool to use in your gardening adventures. This includes looking into theirrating, talking to other plant enthusiasts about their opinion of the business and watching sale sheets when they come...

Although it's getting late to plant around here, I was very tempted. They had lots of candles, hand-carved Nativity scenes, shabby chic accessories, wooden ornaments and lots and lots of colors—and not just red and green either.

The plants sold by local nurseries are varieties and cultivars that are well suited for your particular USDA hardiness zone. Having a staff of gardening experts on hand means that your difficult questions about complex issues, such as fertilizing rates,...

Probably a Cook Pine based on relatively narrow spread, and density of foliage... Both can attain great height (over 100 feet), but the spread on a Norfolk Island Pine is massive, making it a poor choice for most back yards, while the Cook Pine, particularly...

Fligh Buhnight Nurseries at Helengone, Arizona, is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of the rare and exotic. Also included are scarce specimens and unfamiliar hybrids from the scientists at Heer T'Deigh Gaunt Mar Oh Greenhouse, representing major...

No Piggybacking Bugs It's important that you carefully inspect every nursery transplant before bringing it home to your garden. These pesticides are absorbed into the vascular tissue of plants and are often found in the plant's pollen and nectar, too,...

Nursery pots make great gravity feeders for several reasons: They're free. Because nursery pots are black, they're less eye-catching. A piece of metal roofing overhead keeps the rain off the feeders and pallet.

Small landscapes require small-scale plantings.At the nursery, one can be overwhelmed by the variety of deciduous trees and conifers, and even within a species there may be several cultivars from which to choose.Without any prior knowledge of these plants,...

What are the plant's soil and moisture needs? Continue reading for advice on buying plants online and tips on finding reputable online nurseries.When looking for the best place to order plants online, first, start by reading all the information on the...

The hole should be no deeper than the depth of the rootball, with sloping sides for good drainage. Not only does this give your new tree a good drink, it's also a great way to settle the soil around the roots and to eliminate air pockets.What about mulch?

And unfortunately, just because you garden doesn't mean you're at all fluent in the language. There are some, however, that are pretty consistent across the board, and an understanding of them will help greatly in figuring out just what you're looking...

I know of one wholesale grower who produces a lot of these plants and ships them all around the country to nurseries and garden centers. These Jewels are interesting to own, fun to touch, and easy to keep if you remember to keep the soil on the dry side...

The Air-Pots have the advantage of easy reuse, even when a tree or shrub has been growing in them for years.If you can find a nursery or garden center that stocks plants grown in root pruning containers, you are in luck.

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The old garden rose catalogs they have available are an absolute rose lovers delight and I recommend obtaining one.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Here is just a short list of some of the old roses they...

Step 9 Jessica Walliser To mimic the moving water watercress prefers, the water in the larger tray must be emptied and refilled every two to three days. Jessica Walliser packet of watercress seeds plastic nursery flat solid plastic or aluminum tray slightly...

She regularly reaches out to restaurant owners in Midway, Louisville and elsewhere, enticing them to put local produce on the menu. Northside Elementary Students Help Conserve and Restore Stream, Park Area After a big Kentucky breakfast, including the...

The blooms are 1-inch, perfect little balls of tiny white-flowers clusters. A buttonbush! Cephalanthus occidentalis is a shrub I have always wanted since seeing it at a zoo a few years ago.