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At our garden center, our goal is to provide our customers with a quality selection of plants, trees, shrubs and supplies for your garden and landscaping needs.  We sell bulk mulches and soils and offer delivery service.  Our staff is very helpful in assisting with container and garden bed design and planting and will provide essential information for successful gardening.

March Gardening Tips:

This winter the temperatures got colder than we have seen in 15 years in most of Arkansas.  This will surely be a test for all those semi-tropicals that we have been overwintering outside, including bananas, sago palms and amaryllis bulbs, but don’t start worrying too soon.  Keep in mind that the air temperature and the soil temperature have to warm up before many heat loving plants begin to grow. Don’t be too quick to prune what looks like damaged leaves or buds. Give spring bloomers a chance to bloom and then assess the damage. Loropetalum and Encore azaleas may have some damage, but let them begin to grow to see where any damage might be.  Others that gardeners are worried about are gardenias and hydrangeas.  Gardenias low winter temperature is usually 15 degrees, and many yards got into the single digits.  Luckily we did have moisture at the time, so let’s keep our fingers crossed.  If they were killed back, it will affect the flowering this season.

There is still time to prune those plants you normally prune in February if f you didn’t get the job done. From roses to crape myrtles and fruit trees, it isn’t too late to prune, but don’t delay too long. Again, assess damage as growth begins.  Do clean up any broken or jagged branches on trees and bushes. A nice clean pruning cut is the best way to speed up recovery. This may be a season for a little tender loving care.

 

Vegetables

Vegetable gardens are still riding on a wave of popularity. More and more people are putting in a home vegetable garden. Right now is an excellent time to plant all the cool season vegetables including broccoli, cabbage, onions, potatoes, lettuce and spinach. You have from now until mid April to plant cool crops and even green beans can go in the ground later this month.  The key to success with vegetables is a well drained soil with plenty of sunlight - at least six hours - more is even better.  If you don’t have room for a stand-alone garden, you can interplant vegetables and herbs in your flower bed. Just make sure you don’t use any chemicals around them that aren’t labeled for edibles. You can also grow all vegetables and herbs in containers on the deck or patio. Again sunlight is the critical factor for success.

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