Bugs, Grass, & Rocks
Bugs On Butterfly Bush We have an email with some pictures from Dorothy, saying 'these little bugs are killing the leaves on my butterfly bushes, and I don't know what they are!' It's a [...]
Spruce Needle Casts
We have a question here, 'I bought a Blue Spruce from your store about two years ago I'm really impressed with it. Question is, do I need to worry about the needle cast?' Most [...]
Fertilizing Your Lawn When it’s Hot Out
I have a question here, ‘can you fertilize your plants in this hot weather so when should you water and fertilize them?’ So it depends on the type of fertilizer. If it's a very [...]
Products We Use & Sell at the Nursery
Of course, we have to talk about the all-season fertilizer. It's the number one fertilizer we sell, it's what we recommend. It's what the growers use to produce the plants, so it's already what [...]
Heat and Deep Watering
With all the rain and the heat and temperatures coming, we are going to probably start seeing a little bit more mildew and that kind of stuff, especially in veggie gardens. You definitely want [...]
Best Sellers of the Season – Redbuds
You know, what's been the big seller this season so far? I would say in trees, probably the most excitement I've seen come back from customers is in the new redbud varieties. There are [...]
Rain & Weed Killer
It's that time of year you're thinking, 'it's such a beautiful, warm day, I'm going to go out and put down weed killer' or whatever it might be, and then all of a sudden, [...]
Planting with Sweet Peat
Sweet Peat is the soil amendment that we use and talk about all the time, but what is it? It's different than peat moss, this is a much better product than standard peat moss [...]
Insects & Red Thread Fungus
Aphids So, at the nursery here, we've been seeing quite a bit of aphids this year, more so than normal. Insects are like a clock pendulum. You're going to see them sometimes, you're [...]
Invasive Lanternflies
We've mentioned this before, but with the spotted lanternfly, what's the news with that? Is it going to cause any problems in this area? We haven't heard anything yet that I'm aware of. If [...]