It’s that time of year and once again our Fall Sale is here! This is an exciting season for the landscape designers at Poundridge Nurseries because now that we are offering 40% off on all plants and garden accessories our jobs just got a lot easier! 40% off means that for the same project budget [...]
Summer is here and while plans for fun and sun may dominate our thoughts there is plenty that can be planted and planned for the garden too! Many more weeks are left in our growing season and that means there is more than enough time for new trees, shrubs, perennials, even vegetables and annuals to [...]
There’s an old joke that goes something like this: “If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?” The questioner waits for one of two likely answers. Most people answer “Pilgrims.” (Wait for it.) “No. June bugs!” (If they had said “June bugs” the jokester would have said “No. Pilgrims!”) Ok, ok. It’s [...]
February marks the beginning of our house plant sale. Indoor gardening is a great way to keep in touch with nature during these late winter days and with spring just around the corner–but not near enough–a nice new plant in a pot will turn those winter blues into lush and lively greens, reds, oranges [...]
This truly has been the winter of our discontent in New York and New England. Snowstorm after snowstorm, after ice storm, followed by another snowstorm, and then icy rain made January 2011 a perpetual snow day for the kids…and the adults. I tell folks this is just like every Midwestern winter where once the first [...]
In late November most garden blogs are about the end of the season blues, or relief, depending upon the kind of season we’ve had. This year was not so easy at times, but all in all it was a good one. We started wet, very wet, and then dried out too much over the summer. [...]
It’s getting colder outside as November approaches and while there are only a few weeks left to plant trees, shrubs, or perennials, there’s still plenty of time to plant flowering bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, crocus, and lilies. I plant bulbs until the ground freezes. In fact, it’s better to wait until temperatures hold steadily [...]
While summer is fine for vacationing on the shore it is often a very tough time in the garden, and we had a tough time of it this year with over 30 days of temperatures above 90 degrees combined with what seemed like days on end without rain. A lot of plants, some of them [...]
Did you know that September 23rd is the first day of Autumn? This is based upon the astronomical position of the Earth within it’s orbit around the sun. However, true seasonal autumn rarely coincides with astronomical autumn. In New England it’s pretty close, but September can still feel like summer. It isn’t until October that [...]
One thing I see less and less in gardens these days are gardeners that mix annual plants with perennials and shrubs. I’m not sure why, but it seems to be that fewer and fewer gardeners take the time to design border combinations using all kinds of herbaceous materials: annuals, perennials, and tender perennials like dahlias. [...]