DATELINE April 1:
Officially open! Although not everything is ready and we are still planting, some plants (perennials and shrubs) are ready. This time of year, plants grow rapidly in our greenhouses, so each week will see dramatic changes in color, size, availability and variety. Perennials and nursery stock will continue to arrive weekly as the inventory swells.
On March 18 we did experience a fire in one of our houses that essentially destroyed it. So there will be some shuffling of inventory as we try to adapt to the lost growing space. We expect this to be a temporary (1 year)challenge.
APRIL 20:
Happy Easter! We are filling up in all of our houses with both annuals and perennials. First crop of geraniums is budding out and blooming and the second crop is catching up. We have over 20,000 geraniums in all styles and colors!
From one week to the next the hanging baskets and planters get more and more colorful as well. We are just about 2 weeks from being in peak appearance and inventory. Our main aisles is filled with Monrovia supplied tropicals Mandevilla, Star Jasmine and Hibiscus. In the nursery area the first big drop of hydrangea from Bailey's Nursery arrived with "Endless Summer", "Summer Crush", "Pop Star", "Eclipse", "Blushing Bride" and "BloomStruck" macrophyla 'big leaf' varieties as well as panicle types "Vanilla Strawberry", "Limelight", "Strawberry Sundae", "Little Lime", "Bobo" and"​Little-Hottie"​.
We also have arborescens varieties "Flower Full" and "Incrediball". And, there are yet MORE to come in the next several weeks!
We are also LOADED with lilacs in all shades from white to magenta. There are too many to list.
Our berry section continues to expand with blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries and, of course, strawberries too! So much going on as we make our push to May and beyond!
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