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At this time of the year, many plants in the garden look a little, shall we say... tired! While those plants have shone during spring and early summer, it's time to give them a rest and showcase other plants in August! That's when these plants make their debut. The plants we have recommended below are perennials, trees, or shrubs, so you will enjoy color year after year. A bonus- several on this list bloom ALL summer well into early fall. Late Summer Perennial, Tree, and Shru

If you love figs, you may be interested to know you can easily grow your own in our region! Figs are delicious as a snack themselves, in jams and jellies, dishes and desserts. To us, they are a decadent-tasting fruit! 'Chicago Hardy' fig is as its name suggests, hardy in our region, stays compact, so it fits well in smaller landscapes, and can even be grown in a container pot. If left to its own devices and not often pruned, it can grow to be 10' tall by 10' wide. If grown in

Pesky mosquitoes can dampen the most festive of summer garden parties! In today's post, we're sharing several plants you can add to your porch or deck that naturally deter mosquitoes. You may still need to use other means, depending on how "mosquito-friendly" these pests consider your yard to be. These 7 plants will definitely help keep them at bay this summer. And many of these plants you can enjoy in your summer dishes, as well! Basil: pests in general don't like the pungen

Looking for tips to create your container pots this spring? Let's chat! First off, you can follow the basic formula of creating a beautiful container pot, and the best part is that it's easy to remember! "Thrill, fill, and spill". You'll see in our example above that the "thriller" is always tall and the showpiece of the pot. "Fillers" accentuate the thriller; they complement it. "Spillers" spill out of the pot to soften the look; they are the finishing touches to a gorgeous

Fiddle leaf fig trees; they've been showcased in home magazines and on HGTV for years! There's a reason for this- their strikingly large, fiddle-shaped foliage looks amazing in homes and add a design statement to sunny rooms. Did you catch what we said there? Sunny rooms; yes, fiddle leaf figs need bright light to be their happiest! There are several other specifications they need to thrive for you in your home. Sunlight needs: in a room with very bright, indirect light. Nea

Thriller, filler, and spiller. Three important words when talking about dressing up your container pots for spring and summer! These three words are what we use here at the garden center to create beautiful, custom potting arrangements for clients, as well as for ourselves at our own homes! When deciding what plants to use to fill your container pots this spring, you need to be looking for a thriller first and foremost. This is the tallest piece at the center of your pot. Al

As the cooler temperatures set in this fall, bring the outdoors in by adding more houseplants to your life! Whether you're new to growing indoor plants or a seasoned professional, having plants inside your home has a host of benefits, including improvement of health and emotional well-being. "Indoor jungle" are rooms primarily filled with plants. These rooms are also called "growing rooms", as there tends to be ample sunlight and large windows for plants to thrive in. Some ho

Adding any of these 8 perennials to your landscape will extend your garden's color show into early autumn. Read below for detailed information on each plant we discuss today and then come by the nursery to shop these (and so many other!) perennials! 'Husker Red' Beard Tongue: Ornamental Features 'Husker Red' Beard Tongue has masses of beautiful spikes of white tubular flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings

At this time of the year, many plants can begin to look pretty tired. Here are some tried-and-true favorites that continue to look amazing into August and September. Adding a few of these to your landscape will help create four-season color and add life to your gardening bed at a hot time of the year. Barberry Black Eyed Susan (shown above) Chrysanthemum Crape Myrtle Coleus Dwarf Burning Bush Heuchera Hydrangea Nandina Ornamental Grasses Rosemallow Rose of Sharon Click on a