Evergreens vs Deer: Winter Edition

Posted on by Beth

Arborvitae and junipers are a great choice and chosen by many customers seeking to create full coverage, all season screen for their yard. Arborvitae are soft in texture so deer love to munch on these delicious treats. Junipers are a bit more prickly in texture, but if food options are limited, deer will also take a bite of your junipers.

The best way to protect your arborvitae and junipers from deer feeding on them is to fence them off. Trees Today carries DeWitt Deer Fence. This product is made of UV-treated polypropylene for longer lasting durability. Benefits of this product are numerous, here are some of our favorite reasons.

                • Dark colored, no-show from distance can be left up all season long.
                • Easily compatible with metal or wood stakes
                • UV treated for durability
                • Made of polypropylene, will not rot

If you are tired of combating deer from eating your arborvitae and junipers stop in today and get the right tools for the protection your plants deserve.

 

 

When to Cut or Prune Your Hydrangea

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

To help you understand if your hydrangea should be cut or pruned and when to do it, click on the link following this article.  Listed are the three types of hydrangeas that we carry, along with their varieties.  This will help you identify what type of hydrangea you have.  You also need to know if your hydrangea blooms on old wood or new wood. Macrophylla hydrangeas blooms on both old and new wood.  Aborescens and Paniculatas bloom on new wood.

Aborescens (Smooth)
Annabelle
FlowerFull
Incrediball

Macrophylla (Big Leaf)
Bloomstruck – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Pink Splendor – Blooms on Old Wood
PopStar – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Cape May – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Crystal Cove – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Fire Island – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Kitty Hawk – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Martha’s Vineyard – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Seaside Serenade Newport – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Summer Summer Crush – Blooms on Old and New Wood
Twist n Shout – Blooms on Old and New Wood

Paniculata (Cone shaped flowers)
Berry White
Bobo
Early Evolution
Limelight
Little Hottie
Little Lime
Little Quick Fire
Strawberry Shake
Strawberry Sundae
Tiny Quick Fire
Vanilla Strawberry

Click on this link:

https://www.monrovia.com/be-inspired/when-to-prune-hydrangeas.html

 

 

Fall Cutting of Plants, Yes or No?

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

The following is only a guide to whether you should or should not cut perennials in Fall.  First of all, wait until we have had one or two hard frosts before cutting plants. Following is a list of common plants that suggest when to cut and why.  It is strongly recommended not to cut back any plant that has buds forming in fall. If you cut these plants with buds you will not have a spring bloom.  If you are unsure about any plant, do a google search on the plant.  If you have done things differently in the past and they work, then continue to do so.  When the reason says “Food” that means food for the birds over winter.

Should you cut perennials in fall?

 

 

A Spirea Spectacle

Posted on by Beth

Are you tired of seeing the same old spireas year after year in your landscape? Well, let us bring you up to speed on a newer addition to the spirea line up that is turning heads at the garden center both with our staff and customers. Brought to you by Proven Winners®, the Double Play® Doozie is sure to please. Check out the link to learn more about this head-turning spectacle!

Double Play® Doozie

We just received a new shipment of Double Play Doozies this week! Stop by and grab one of these beauties for yourself!

 

Always Trendy, Always Eye Catching

Posted on by Beth

Do you secretly compete with your neighbor on who has the best looking yard? Maybe who’s yard looks more colorful the latest into the fall? Well do we have the best kept secret that’s not so secret for you. GRASSES!

Grasses are a great addition to the landscape because there are so many choices to pick from. There are tall grasses and short grasses, and red grasses and blue grasses. There are small flowers and big flowers and grasses for sun and grasses for shade. How many grasses can there be? No matter your landscape needs, there is most likely a grass that will fill your needs.

Take a trip to the garden center and ask our staff about their favorite grass and they can show you the best fit for your landscape.

Tired of Deadheading?

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

What is deadheading and why deadhead? It is simply removing the old faded and spent flowers from a plant to encourage it to bloom longer. Once an old flower produces seed, the plant generally stops blooming. To deadhead, simply snip off the old flower. Deadheading to some people is a tiresome job, to others it may be therapy, and to others they simply enjoy being in the garden and love the look of clean plants. So, IF you are tired of deadheading, here are a few plants that do not need dead heading. Some ANNUALS are Angelonia, super petunia, biden, calibrocha, impatien, begonia, lantana, lobelia, and salvia. Some PERENNIALS include coneflower, hydrangea, astilbe, blanket flower, peony, bleeding heart, columbine, daylilie, modern rose shrub, hyssop, black eyed Susan, heuchera, and sedum. This is not an all inclusive list but contains the most common flowers in our area. You still may deadhead these if you like the look of a clean plant. If you are unsure, try googling the flower as the internet is a wealth of information.

July, the Colorful Plant Month

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

July, in our area, is probably the highlight month of our gardens. The burst of spring blossoms is now behind us and summer color is popping all over. Gardens are blooming with coneflowers, lillies, roses, hydrangeas, and so many, many more. If your garden needs some color, consider stopping in as we carry over 30 different hydrangeas, over 25 varieties of roses, more then 20 varieties of coneflowers, and so much more. We may not always have every variety in stock, but we keep restocking every week. It is probably safe to say that we are the areas’s largest supplier of plants. Go to our home page and click on Plants and Products, then click on perennials, shrubs or whatever and you will be taken to a list of our plants. Note that this is not an all inclusive list as when new varieties are made available to us, we probably will stock them.

Seaside Serenade = Wow!

Posted on by Beth

Are you looking for the perfect bloom for morning exposure in your landscape? Why not try a hydrangea from Monrovia’s Seaside Serenade ® Collection. With over a dozen color and size options there is a hydrangea for almost anyone.  

Here are some of the varieties we carry.

Seaside Serenade Bar Harbor

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Bar Harbor
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Cape Lookout

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Cape Lookout
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Cape May

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Cape May

Seaside Serenade Crystal Cove

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Crystal Cove
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Fire Island

Seaside Fire Island Hydrangea
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Hamptons

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Hamptons
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Martha’s Vineyard

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Martha’s Vineyard
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

Seaside Serenade Newport

Hydrangea Seaside Serenade Newport

 

 

The New Itoh Peony

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

If you are not a peony lover, then have you read about the Itoh Peony? If so, you know it is expensive. However, when you consider that peonies can live for 100 years, and the Itoh produces 50 to 100 blossoms a season, they really are quite cheap and well worth the initial investment. Stop in today as we have quite a few colors of the Itoh peony in stock along with the original peony plants.  Read the attached article and you may just change your mind about becoming a peony lover.

https://www.monrovia.com/be-inspired/peony-care-guide.html

 

Paeonia Itoh Misaka peony
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

 

Paeonia Itoh Simply Scrumptious peony
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nurse

Paeonia Itoh Singing in the Rain
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nurser

Paeonia Itoh Coral Louise
Photo courtesy of Monrovia Nursery

 

Itoh Keiko pink peony

 

 

 

 

 

Guide to Attract Butterflies & Hummingbirds

Posted on by Marietta Buchner

Most gardeners hope their gardens will be a magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies.   How fun it is to watch them flit around your colorful garden.  Click on the link below and it will take you to Monrovia Nursery’s tips to achieve that garden.   Just remember we are a Zone 4 with some plants doing ok in Zone 5a.

https://www.monrovia.com/be-inspired/garden-tips-and-plants-for-hummingbirds-and-birds.html