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Don't Blame Yourself For Dead Plants!

Posted by: Amy Daniel in winter, weather, pleasant hill nursery, plants, our insight as growers, mother nature, growing, green thumb on Apr 10, 2010

We're getting lots of calls and drop-in visitors with questions about damaged/sickly plants in their landscape. Just a few moments ago, we had a gal drop by this morning with branches from a dead plant. Let us put your minds at ease: You did not kill your plant. It is not your fault. Remember, we had a very tough winter with three days of subfreezing temps. It was very hard on all but the hardiest of plants.

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Fall Planters

Posted by: Amy Daniel in pleasant hill nursery, plants, growing, green thumb on Oct 13, 2009

I realize that I'm pretty easy to please and little things make me happy most of the time. We were having a little get together at our home this weekend. As I was sprucing things up, I realized our deck planters were looking pretty sad. Towards the end of summer I had horribly neglected them and the endless heat of August and September had taken their toll. I mentioned it to Dave and he kindly cleaned them up and replanted them. When I came home, I was so happy to see what he had done.

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Try A Calming Garden With Tips From This Article

Posted by: Amy Daniel in pleasant hill nursery, landscape design and inspiration, green thumb, flowers, benefits of plants on Jul 23, 2009

If you want to read a great piece about creating stress-relieving outdoor spaces, check out this article in today's (7/23/09) Register-Guard's Home & Garden special section:

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