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Mulching Soon? Preen season-long weed control
Preen garden weed preventer stops weeds when they're seeds and prevents them from germinating in flower and vegetable gardens, in ground covers and around trees and shrubs. By preventing new weeds from sprouting, you eliminate the need for difficult and time-consuming hand-weeding. Without weeds, your valuable plants can grow larger and stronger. Early spring is the optimal time to apply Preen. One application blocks weeds for up to 3 months so your beds will stay neat and weed-free all season long! Why pull or kill weeds when you can prevent weeds with Preen? Here's a short video on getting the jump on weeds | |
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| Fruit Trees Are Here! Apple ~ Cherry ~ Fig ~ Grape ~ Kiwi ~ Plum Nectarine ~ Peach ~ Pear ~ Persimmon
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| Hellebores Hellebores have become an incredibly popular perennial in the past few years due to their unique bloom time and the low maintenance required for this winter-blooming, evergreen perennials. This wonderful winter gem starts blooming in late December or early January and can bloom through May and into June. They bloom in a vast array of colors including reds, pinks, whites, greens, purples, and even some grey and black blooms. The deer tend not to bother these winter bloomers. Learn more about Hellebores | |
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| Pansies Are Here Instant Spring Color! Brighten up your landscape, freshen up your containers, or add some bright beautiful pansies to your front porch. Pansies will give you fantastic color along with great durability from Mother Nature’s unpredictable cold nights through the spring. Pansies can take temperatures down into the 20s without showing any signs of wilting. Even the coldest winter night won’t kill these pansies, merely slowing them down until the next sunny day. | |
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| Perennials Are Arriving! Perennials are a fantastic addition to any garden. Not only do they bloom year after year from one single planting, but with the right choices and a bit of gardening know-how, you can plant perennials that bloom all throughout the season, giving you consistent color each year without having to supplement with annual plantings. These perennials are mid to late-spring bloomers that will provide color throughout May and into June and July, providing continuous color from one season to the next. See our list of May blooming sun and shade perennials | |
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| Let's Get Ready for Spring! Talking Gardening with Doug SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS – Yeah!!!!! With sunshine and the change in our weather, we can begin to put winter woos behind us. We can see plants beginning to break dormancy and leaf out, perennials popping up out of the ground, and some late winter / early spring plants beginning to bloom. Spring really is on the horizon. True gardeners have already started plotting out – in their minds, at least, if not on paper – what new plants they want to get and where they want to move things. Knowing that these thoughts have begun, here are some gardening and landscaping trends that continue to be strong in 2019 and need to be considered in this thinking process. | |
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FREE Landscape Planning Our Free Landscape Planning service is available at many of our garden centers March 14 through June 16th. Our garden center design service is first come, first served, no appointment is needed. Bring photos, sketches, measurements, or a property plat to assist the designer in planning. | |
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| Questions on Seed Starting Indoors Bonnie's Garden Last week I wrote my blog about starting seeds indoors. This week I’ll mention some of the most common questions I get about starting seeds indoors.
Why are my seedlings so long and floppy? Should I start my seeds indoors or out? How long before my seeds come up? Why did my seedlings fall over and die? When will I get my first cucumber/tomato? When can I transplant my seedlings outside? | |
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| Corn Gluten Weed Preventer It's Organic! Don’t worry, it’s not the food ingredient everyone’s trying to avoid! In this case, “Gluten Free” is NOT the goal! Corn Gluten is an all-natural by-product of the production of corn starch. It prevents the establishment of weeds and supplies a source of organic nitrogen. Nitrogen promotes green growth in lawns and the nitrogen in corn gluten is slow released and long-lasting. Corn gluten prevents the roots of seedling weeds from developing. Without root formation, the weed dies from a lack of water since roots deliver water to the rest of the weed. Meadows Farms recommends Espoma Organic Weed Preventer plus Lawn Food. Learn more about Corn Gluten Weed Preventer | |
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| Pruning Pruning is one of those garden chores that if done right can pay dividends for the entire season. Good pruning and maintenance of your landscape trees and shrubs help them grow strong and healthy during their growing season while allowing air and light to circulate through the plant. Despite the benefits of pruning, a little knowledge does go a long way. Learn more about pruning | |
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| Cherry Blossom Peak Bloom Forecasts When will Washington DC's cherry blossoms reach peak bloom? What to expect? When to visit? How to get there? Tips for taking young kids! Monuments of the Tidal Basin! How to find the Indicator Tree! Facts about Kwanzan and Yoshino cherry trees! All of this information can be found at Cherry Blossom Watch 2019 | |
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