Our Garden Notebook
Happy Spring! The Sun is Finally Here!
Hi everybody! It’s time to catch up a little on a few little projects outside in the garden. Yes, we’ll probably have a few more showers, but now is a great time to do a little “plotting and planning.”
First, please resist the urge to rush out and plant vegetable and herb plants. It’s way too cold for them and they will look up at you sadly as if to say, “Why did you do this to me?????” However, what you can do is get your seeds started indoors. We have seed trays, starter mix, and a great selection of seeds for flowers, veggies, and herbs. This way, when the soil is the right temperature, or according to my grandma “when you can sit down without your behind getting cold”, you can set them out and watch them grow like crazy!!!
Second, as soon as the sun hits this wet soil, the weeds will start to pop up everywhere. If you can get them while they are small and the ground is still damp, they are very easy to pull. We all have those particularly bad spots in our yards. Try doing a small patch at a time, and while you’re pulling More >
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The Gift of Color
Give your garden the gift of color by dressing it up. Two popular flowers are blooming this month: camellias and azaleas. There is a special culture surrounding camellias. Societies, shows and parades are continuously putting the spotlight on this showy blossom. Native to Asia, it is said to symbolize devotion among young lovers. The famed flower is most notable locally as Sacramento’s city flower. These attractive landscape plants go a long way when it comes to sprucing up the backyard, deck or porch.
Available in a variety of colors, Green Valley Nursery & Landscape boasts red, dark pink, light pink and white camellias. Express your devotion to gardening by showcasing camellias on your grounds. Dubbed as the “royalty of the garden”, azaleas are available in a myriad of colors and species. These perennial, flowering shrubs thrive in acidic soil.
A quick tip: add a used teabag to the soil, once or twice a week. Dazzle your lawn or garden by grouping the flowers together or in rows, using them as accent plants or as an effective backdrop. It’s nearly impossible to be guilty of misplacing azaleas in any landscape. Discover fuchsia, pink, white, red and yellow azaleas at Green More >
Our Garden Notebook
Hello to all of our readers and “garden enthusiasts”! I use that term because all that is required to be a “gardener” is the pure enjoyment that you feel when you’re outside and fiddling around in the yard. Whether you’re planning a large project or just tidying up, it’s time to do some “puttering” outside. If you need clarification on that very technical gardening term, call my mom, she’ll explain. It is the reconnection process that we go through in spring with our steadfast friends in our garden spaces. Just like an old friend that you haven’t seen in a while, it is great reminder of how much you enjoy them!
I’m Melodee Dailey, and I am the new horticulturalist at Green Valley Nursery. I have a degree in horticulture, and have 13 years of experience in the study of plants that thrive in our area. I also do landscape and garden consultation for the nursery department. If you’re in need of help at your home with ideas, questions, or a simple sketch for a new or renewed area, call me and we can set up an appointment to get you started!
Starting with first things first, all of your friends outside More >
