April is an exciting time of year! Plants are coming alive! Perennials are peeping through the mulch. Shrubs that were bare sticks last month suddenly have tiny leaves. Camellias and Forsythia in full glory, Dogwoods and Azaleas budded and waiting for just that special moment…and the Cherry blossoms a visual treat. April is truly an amazing time of year! And a lot of work! For most of us, gardening is more enjoyably done when the sun is shining and the temps are above 60. That means April! However, our winter bodies are not used to the bending that our spring bodies need to do! Bend to pull weeds, bend to dig, bend to plant, bend to mulch, bend to fertilize… did God really intend beauty to require so much bending? I guess so because we all do it! And at the end of the day when we turn around in our yard, see the beauty we created around us and realize the work that we did to get it there, I do believe God intended beauty to require bending… and a little Advil to go with it!
Heather Klose
Garden Designer
Build beautiful container gardens, treat yourself to a new piece of pottery, or get advice from our Garden Designers with your tree and shrub selection and show you the products you’ll need for success!
Create your own show stopping containers by following our tried and true formula for spring and summer containers! We will help you find the Thriller, the Fillers and the Spillers needed to create your dynamic container. Free potting Saturday with purchase of a container
Fairy Garden Class
Call 757-898-7799 to sign up.
Artist from Hampton Roads will feature works of art including watercolors, oils, jewelry, photography, fused glass, and more. Complementing the day will be a French Market from 2PM-6PM featuring music, a wine tasting, silent auction, flea market and numerous food vendors…pastry, fresh fruit and vegetables, seafood, herb mixes, bread, jams and jellies, fudge and more.
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Creeping Phlox Early spring blooms of purple, pink, white or blue. A popular perennial used as a ground cover, a border for the gardens edge, plant ‘here and there’ in rock gardens, or as an early blooming spiller around the edge of your containers! A true reminder that spring is on the way!
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 Spring Blooming Camellias
A southern garden favorite-profuse winter to spring blooms in every shade of pink, red and white. Has shiny green leaves year round and is best grown in semi shade. Find an assortment of sizes and colors at the garden center now!
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With beautiful orange and maroon flowers beginning to show in late May/early June, flowering continues through August. In addition to an extended bloom period, ‘VT Spirit’ is also a vigorous grower with evergreen foliage. The daylily was reviewed for several years and analyzed for hardiness to heat and cold, resistance to insects, suspectbility to disease and its visual appeal. It is hardy in all Virginia growing zones and boats a longer than average bloom season.
Due to arrive in Mid-April.
Retail price is $24.99.
Tip for the Garden
RootMaster B1 Plus Hormone Concentrate
RootMaster is a root stimulant especially formulated to reduce and overcome transplant shock normally accompanied with both indoor and outdoor transplants. For use on cuttings, potted plants, trees, shrubs, flowers or houseplants. We recommend using Root Master whenever planting or transplanting any plant outdoors.