Our physical location is 1/2 mile west of the Kilpatrick turnpike on Wilshire or 2 1/2 miles East of HY4
We want to ask all of our customers to forward our bulletins to all your gardening friends. If you are reading this bulletin on face book, forward it to your gardening friends.
Our first $100 Raffle winner is Barbara Derrico if I spelled it correctly. We will have another drawing the Sunday after mother's day so if you did not win this time, come out and try again!!
Peonies and other plants make a perfect Mother's day present !!! Plants are something that can be seen every day and grow and stay revelant a long time. Some varieties are very fragrant. Peonies remind people of their own mother and grandmother's gardens. Some peonies are very fragrant ! So bring out your wife, your mother, your girfriend, or your grandmother and buy them some peonies or other plants for Mother's Day. It is a win, win for everyone!!
Peonies
We have moved a couple hundred two gallon containers into green house no. two, and put the images and prices on them. They are ready for you to look them over. There are around 20 varieties to chose from.
Plant peonies in the full sun in any garden soil. If you have any, add some compost under the plant. The eyes of the peony should be about one inch under the surface of the ground,
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Our Baptisia is blooming now !
We have three colors of Baptisia. Like peonies and red yucca, they are very drought tolerant plants. The roots go straight down. After a year or two, you will never have to water them again. They grow in full sun. Find these plants in green house number two.
We have Red yucca Blooming Now!!
We have a very good number of two gsllon red yucca blooming in front of green house number three. The larger the clump gets, the longer it will bloom until you have blooms fromm April through October.
Coreopsis
We grow several varieties of this plant. They bloom in cycles all summer long. they are perennials and normally live for years. Find these plants in green house number two:
Kniphofia or red hot pokers
These are full sun plants that do not need much water to thrive! We have them in two colors, red and yellow and solid yellow. Find both colors in green house number two.
Hostas
Our hostas have been up for weeks . They are shade loving plants. We have thousands of hostas to chose from. Find them in green house no. two along with a variety of other shade plants. .
Spigelias
This is a plant that I started carrying several years ago and they have become more popular every year. They are a wild flower, a native so to speak, in the eastern half of the country. They will grow in full sun, or in partial shade. they have a long flower so the hummingbirds love them. They look different from any flower I grow. Find them in green house number two.
Cone Flowers
We got a Shipment of orange cone flowers today. Hopfully they will be shifted into one quart pots tomorrow. In a couple more weeks, we will get a shipment of red cone flowers. They will all be in green house number two.
chinese snowball viburnum
This is a shrub that is actually spectacular when in full bloom. We have one in our front yard that must have over 100 blooms on it. I think we have moved them to green house no. one until we get no. 5 rebuilt.
Japanese red leaf maples
We are carrying these for the first time in several years. They are beautiful but need filtered sun or afternoon shade for best results. Find this item in green house no. 2 and 3 house.
Phlox
We grow several varieties of garden phlox. We have tested most of them in our display gardens and they have all come back several years in our gardens. They all grow in full sun and they all attract butterflies. Find them in green house number two on the north wall.
Scuttleria
This is a desert plant that will bloom in cycles all summer long. It grows in full sun and only gets around 12 inches tall and then it spreads out. Makes a great border plan or a stand alone plant. We grow two colors, pink and purple. Find them on the south wall of green house number two.
Chitalba trees and Desert Willow trees
This is a great time to plant the Desert Willows and Chitalba trees we have in green house number three. Both of these trees will flower for months during the summer. We have three colors of desert willow trees to chose from. find these plants in green house number three. I will try to put more pictures in my bulletin next week. I have just wore myself out getting all the plastic picked up and removing all the plastic and metal pipe from gh no, 5 that collapsed
Chitalba tree flower Timless Beauty desert Willow Bubba Desert Willow
We want to remind everyone to bring any unwanted containers to the nursery any time you are out this way. Set them off at the parking sign and we will move them. We recycle them over and over and it helps hold our prices down.
Grass Sod
We have been cutting grass sod for over a month now. We cut it fresh, right after you come out and pay for it. So if you need a few rolls or a few thousand square feet, we cut Friday and Sat. between 8:30 and 1 om, We might can cut other days if you call in advance. Our sod cost much less than you will pay for at a box store.