Growing your own backyard produce not only provides you with fresh from the garden taste but also gives you a feeling of satisfaction. This year we encourage you to try […]
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Choosing Tomato Varieties
Tomatoes are our most popular vegetable every single year. We carry a huge selection of tomato varieties (but still nothing close to the roughly 10,000 varieties available!) If you get […]
Pet Safe Houseplants
We love our furry friends and we love our pets! We want to make sure that they can co-exist peacefully. Dogs can be a little easier than cats because it […]
Spring Pruning
Warm weather have you itching to start cleaning up your landscape beds? Be careful when pruning so to not prune the wrong plants. The exception to the pruning rule is […]
Garden Trends: 2023
As the weather warms, many of us are thinking about our gardens! Here are some anticipated trends for 2023 to get your inspiration going… Cut Flower / Bouquet Gardens Cut […]
Gardening Calendar: February
If you already performed some of these tasks in September – then no worries! More seasonal tasks sometimes can overlap from month to month. GENERAL LANDSCAPE Clean garden tools if […]
Houseplants: Low Light Choices
If you have read our houseplant light guide then you may now know that you have low light conditions. Don’t worry though! While artificial lighting is an option to use […]
Poinsettia Reblooming
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Care Sheet: Cyclamen
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CARE SHEET: African Violet
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CARE SHEET: Holiday Cactus
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CARE SHEET: Poinsettias
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Gardening Calendar: November
November definitely isn’t time to halt in the garden and landscape. It’s a great time to “put things to bed” per say. You may have already completed some of these […]
Care Sheet: Pansies & Violas
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Water Garden Winterization
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Overwintering Flowering Tropicals Indoors
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Winterizing Roses
As we prepare for our first frost of the season soon, we want to highlight the best way to winterize your Roses. All Rose Varieties You probably wouldn’t think it, […]
Bringing Your Houseplant in for Winter
Since the vast majority of houseplants are actually tropical plants, they need to be moved indoors once the night temperatures regularly begin falling below the 50’s. Inspect your plants. Look […]
Fall Pruning
As Fall continues, we will see most of our landscape begin to go dormant. While it may be tempting to just cut everything down to the ground or to prune […]
Planting Fall Bulbs
Even though Fall just arrived, I am already anticipating those pretty colorful blooms of early Spring bulbs. I’m a sucker for Spring and when I see those Crocus – I […]
Gardening Calendar: October
If you already performed some of these tasks in September – then no worries! More seasonal tasks sometimes can overlap from month to month. GENERAL LANDSCAPE Clean and store garden […]
Care Sheet: Strings of…
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Care Sheet: Heartleaf Philodendrons
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Care Sheet: Indoor Fern
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Care Sheet: ZZ Plant
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Care Sheet: Fiddle Leaf Fig
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Planting & Caring for Pansies
The Fall chill in the air is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about Pansies (and their little sister, Violas). These cheerful fall flowers give bright […]
Step 3 Lawncare
From early Spring through Summer, the focus was on fertilizing and weed control. This month your primary goal is to feed your lawn. As temperatures begin to cool, you can […]
Gardening Calendar: September
September is when we all begin to feel like LAWNS Apply step 3 Fertilome lawn fertilizer with weed preventer. Click here for a link to our DIY homeowner lawncare program. (DO NOT […]
Care Sheet: Calathea
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Preparing Your Fall Garden
We know – it’s still hot and you just got back from the beach to find your tomatoes have ripened! Even so, it’s time to start thinking about your fall […]
Harvesting & Storing Herbs
Herbs are hitting their peak for best harvest. Harvesting is best done mid to late morning after the dew has dried but the hot sun will not wilt cuttings. While […]
Gardening Calendar: August
We know – it’s hot outside – but it’s still important to take some time to check some gardening tasks off your list this month. GENERAL LANDSCAPE Fill your birdbaths […]
Late Summer Garden Tips
Your garden has likely been producing full swing this last month. Here are some tips as your garden continues to produce or even stop producing… If your tomato plants were […]
Gardening Calendar: June/July
(Note: Some tasks from last month can carry over into this month due to the closeness in the season. If you have already performed any of these tasks, enjoy the […]
Crape Myrtles – Summer Season Care
Crape Myrtles are soon going to be in full & gorgeous bloom! This traditional beauty is a highlight of Southern landscapes. There are a lot of varieties from smaller bush […]
Early Summer Pruning
Early summer is here and is a great time to prune back specific plants. Pruning can be intimidating because of timing so we hope this helps make your early summer […]
June is National Pollinator Month
We would daresay that most people do not know that June is National Pollinator Month or that there is even such a thing as National Pollinator Month! Some pollinator plants […]
Beauty of Native Planting
Native plants are plants that naturally thrive in our region. These plants require less water & maintenance in addition to providing beauty and wildlife benefits. Our tree & shrub department […]
Planting & Caring for Summer Flowers
We have officially passed the frost free date in May which means it’s time to plant those beautiful summer flowers! From this point on, when correctly cared for, you will […]
Common East TN Lawn & Landscape Weeds
Struggling with a particular weed and don’t know how to best control it? Here is some of the most common landscape weeds that show up in our East TN lawns […]
Gardening Calendar: May
Note: Some tasks carry over from April into May so if you have already performed them then just mark that off the list! LAWNS An important note about seeding & […]
Rose Care: Black Spot
Black spot is a common fungal disease that most often affects Roses. Black spot start as dark blotches on the tops of leaves and eventually causes the leaves to yellow […]
Rose Care – Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that commonly affects Roses but also affects other plants. Often happning in the early summer when the days are hot and the nights […]
Rose Care (Floribunda, Hybrid Tea, Climbing, Grandiflora)
While landscape shrub type Roses such as Knockouts have had a big surge since their somewhat recent conception – more traditional roses will always have their spot. Traditional Roses found […]
Dividing Perennials in Spring
It’s a great time to divide your perennials and it’s easy during this early emergence period. Monkey Grass, Hosta, Coral Bells, Aster, Sedum, Salvia, Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan, Ornamental Grass, […]