Friday, June 10, 2011

How to Save Money in the Landscape

Ways to save $$$ in your landscape:

Plant quick growing shade trees for future summers (poplar hybrids, willow hybrids & lombardy poplar for examples)
Choose younger bare root shrubs and trees (saves money and water)
Mulch with shredded bark mulch or aged compost/manure mix (keeps the ground cool over the roots reducing water needs)
Select perennials over annuals (plant once and grow for years – also perennials require less water than annuals)
Plant spreading perennials and ground covers in bare areas (their shade limits weed growth)
Watering lawns every 4 to 5 days saves water and allows the roots of the grass to grow deeper
Incorporate herbs into your landscape for cooking
Raise the setting on your lawn mower
Use drip hoses for most gardens and landscaped areas
Select the proper plants for difficult areas such as full sun or full shade
Remove dead plants immediately
Deadheading many shrubs and perennials encourages new blooms




Related articles

Color in The Summer Landscape (gardeningwithcheryl.com)
Planting a Small Sized Garden (gardeningwithcheryl.com)
Selecting and Planting Ground Cover Plants (gardeningwithcheryl.com)
Posted by Greenwood Nursery at

Greenwood Nursery Announces Facebook Plant Give-A-Way Contest

Greenwood Nursery Announces Weekly Contest for Plant Give-A-Way

Beginning the week of May 16th, Greenwood Nursery is holding a weekly plant give away for members of their Facebook Fan Page. Each Saturday one lucky member will receive a plant or garden product. Contest to be held weekly through June 25th.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – May 24, 2011 – Greenwood Nursery, McMinnville, TN announces their weekly plant and garden product give away. Beginning the week of May 16th through June 25th, they will draw a name from their Facebook Fan Page Membership. Drawing will be held on weekends and announced at that time. The winner will receive one of Greenwood Nursery's Proven Winner plants or one of their gardening products such as The Gardener's Hollow Leg fabric gardening sack, African market baskets, or wildflower seed kits.
For an opportunity to win in this contest, visit the Greenwood Nursery Facebook Fan Page and Join or Like their Fan Page. The winner must reside within the continental United States as prize will only be shipped within the contiguous U.S.
GreenwoodNursery.com is your one stop online garden center for trees, flowering shrubs, ground covers, flowering perennials, organic lawn care products and more. Rated a top 5 online nursery by About.com. Find your next plants at their online plant nursery.

# # #

Rated one of the top 5 online nurseries by about.com, Greenwood Nursery offers a wide selection of shade trees, flowering trees, flowering shrubs, evergreen shrubs, ground covers, perennials, and gardening supplies.
Related articles
Posted by Greenwood Nursery at

Planting a Small Sized Garden

When you don’t have the budget or inclination to do the landscaping projects you really should do, downsize. Downsize with smaller landscapes and smaller plants. Small sized gardens can be used effectively to enhance bland foundations, corners, and entrances as well as add color, fragrance and interest to patios and other sitting areas.

Small gardens use small scale shrubs and perennials. Anchor shrubs should mature around 3 to 4 feet tall and are typically placed in the back 1/3 of the area. Planting one or two evergreen shrubs makes a good base. Colorful small shrubs and shrub-like perennials are other good choices.

Small garden anchor plants:

Karley Rose, Prairie Dropseed, Karl Foerster and Adagio are some of the more striking ornamental grasses that are attractive as single specimens and can be used in lieu shrubs as anchor plants.

Plant perennials of varied heights keeping within 12 to 40 inches tall for added interest. Some of the friendliest and brightest varieties are:

  • Lo & Behold Blue Chip Buddleia
  • Lavender (Munstead, Hidcote & Kew Red)
  • Pineapple Sage
  • Walker’s Low Catmint
  • Echinacea Day Dream (yellow) & Hot Lava (orangey red)
  • Purple Dome Aster
  • Heucheras Plum Pudding & Mystic Angel
  • Gaillardias Arizona Sun & Burgundy
  • Monardas Fireball & Blue Stocking
  • Veronicas Red Fox & Sunny Border Blue
  • Little Spire Russian Sage
  • Hostas
  • Ferns

Small scale ground cover plants are the last touch for small gardens.

Select from:

Use spreading plants that have a spreading habit to fill in over several years such as:

  • Red Drift Rose and Apricot Drift Rose 
  • Beauty Bush Dreamcatcher
  • Rudbeckia Autumn Colors
  • Moonshine Yarrow & Summer Pastels Yarrow
  • Shasta Daisy Crazy Daisy
  • Dianthus Firewitch

How to plan a small sized garden for your enjoyment:

  • Select at least one small scale shrub to anchor the garden
  • Choose 3 or more perennials in varied heights
  • Use one variety of groundcover for the front most part
  • For even more interest add a butterfly house, bird house or whirligig just off the center point

For more ideas on small sized gardens, visit Greenwood Nursery.

Related articles
Posted by Greenwood Nursery at
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)