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Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

10 Flower Arranging Tips

A florist at heart? These 10 tips will help your flower arrangements last longer and have a professionally polished touch.

Grow your own jungle: easy exotic plants

Tropical gardening is all too often associated with expense and poor results. But choose your plants wisely and you can turn your patch into a slice of verdant jungle, says James Wong

Getting into the weeds on how to prep soil for gardening

Our minds and shovels are ready for full throttle outdoor planting — but is your soil ready?

Plant and Grow Strawberry Plugs

Jane Moore. Planting for Butterflies: The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter.

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and color to the garden. A summer's day wouldn't be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a dynamic ecosystem. However, in the past forty years, these insects, which w

These L.A. Plant Shops and Nurseries Will Help You Grow a Dreamy Home Jungle

looking up at leaves. See the fruit?

Ficus dammaropsis in my garden - looking up at leaves. See the fruit?

More Than Just Pretty Plants …

Orchid? More like taking care of Y’Orchid…😎<br>Proper Orchid care seems to be a bit of a controversial topic in the plant community because there is so many different ways to keep those beauties nice and healthy.<br>To avoid over watering most people place ice cubes on top of the soil, so that the melted ice provides just enough water. Instead of watering like usual, we’ve decided to test this method out!<br>How do you keep your orchid alive?

How to Choose Healthy Nursery Plants

The good new is, if you must buy nursery plants, the options for finding healthy, regionally appropriate, and organic garden seedlings are growing.

How to: Selecting healthy nursery plants

If your customer’s landscape is the canvas you are working on, then the plants you choose to install can be considered your medium. Just like any good artist chooses quality paints or other art supplies, it’s important for you to select quality nursery plants that will be more likely to last the lifetime of the […]

Learn to read a nursery plant tag

FALLBROOK - Shopping for new plants for a home can be an exciting undertaking. Nurseries and garden centers are often home to dozens of types of plant species that come in various colors, leaf variations and sizes. Such variety can make choosing plants more fun while also making the process of buying plants a bit complicated, especially for novices...

6 Greenhouse Design Tips, So You Can Give Your Plants the Home They Deserve

Kristin Guy is a pro at greenhouse design. The stylist and photographer DIY-ed her own plant nursery—here are her tips.

How To Choose Plants Wisely at the Nursery

Every once in a while I can't help buying a sad, lonely plant that I think I can rehabilitate, especially if I see the magic word 'sale'. But plants—and seedlings especially—are not like a sad little puppy

How to grow vintage flowers: tips from a plant nursery pro

Our expert shares tips for raising hard-to-grow old-fashioned flowers from seed.

Niche market: Finding a niche

The wholesale nursery market plays a vital role in the green-industry supply chain. With hundreds of thousands of acres planted across North America, nursery operations of varying sizes provide containerized and field-grown trees, shrubs and perennials. Nursery growers make significant capital investments in their crops, many of which are in the ground or in containers for years before they’re ready for market. These nursery products grace…