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Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival 2023
The Hydrangea Fest is about open gardens, new plants, local businesses or organizations, the sea, great people, and Hydrangeas. Celebrate!
Read MoreQ & A From Last Week’s Happy Hour
Questions answered about combining plants in containers, if we can plant summer annuals outside now, and fertilizing annual pots.
Read MoreSpring Hydrangea Help
Whether you’re looking for new Hydrangea varieties, wanting to know how to prune your existing plants, or troubleshooting your Annabelle Hydrangeas, we’ve got tips and answers!
Read MoreQuestions From the Spring Happy Hour
Here are the questions we didn’t have time to get to last night during the April 1st Happy Hour. Watch for the registration links to future Happy Hours on the Events page of this website.
Read MoreChoosing Plants For Window Boxes
In the old days, window boxes and pots got filled zonal geraniums (Pelargoniums), some variegated trailing vinca (Vinca minor) and perhaps some “spikes” (Dracaena). Although all of those plants are still available for people who want them, there are scores more to choose from. In fact, there are so many annuals and tropicals available that…
Read MoreHummingbird Happiness
Find annuals, perennials, and shrubs that will attract hummingbirds to your yard and garden. We have suggestions of plants that are successful on Cape Cod.
Read MoreAnnuals and Perennials To Know And Grow
While there are hundreds of annuals and perennials, this post highlights several that do especially well in this area. Annuals For Flowers All Summer Perennials that do well on the Cape and Islands. Whether you need flowers all summer (annuals) or problem solving plants, we’re here to help!
Read MoreContainer and Window Box Ideas
One of the best ways of being creative in the landscape is to plant containers filled with flowering annuals, succulents, shrubs or trees. You can create a garden in pots on the deck, soften hard spaces such as driveways and walls, or fill window boxes with cheerful color that lasts all summer. Here are some…
Read MoreIs It Safe To Plant Outside?
As the garden center fills with beautiful plants for the summer season, our customers are asking if they can plant what they see outdoors. “Can I put my tomatoes in?” one man asked today, and yesterday a woman called wanting to know if she could plant the basil outdoors. Today is May 1st and we…
Read MorePots With A Sense of Place
The containers we use on our porches, decks and patios are one way that we give our yards and gardens “a sense of place.” Our pots, urns and boxes can celebrate the natural world near the sea, but do so in a subtle way that doesn’t distract from the plants or the house. Large collections…
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