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Lavender: Time to Harvest and Prune
Posted by: Ashley in summer, pleasant hill nursery, nursery discoveries, landscape design and inspiration, growing, benefits of plants on Jul 15, 2011
Yes, it is time to harvest and prune lavender once again. Last year we wrote step-by-step instructions on how to harvest and prune your lavender and keep it looking beautiful all winter long. To learn how, click A Simple Bouquet
Posted by: Ashley in summer, pleasant hill nursery, flowers on Jul 14, 2011
A simple summer bouquet picked fresh. Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Penstemon 'Black Bird', Echinacea 'Magnus', Red Dahlia, artichoke leaves, Savlia nemerosa 'Caradonna', hosta and fern. Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'
Posted by: Ashley in trees, pleasant hill nursery, plants, landscape design and inspiration on Jul 12, 2011
Bloodgood maple is not an unusual plant, yet it is spectacular. The color of the leaves with sunlight coming through is a stunning crimson red. It is a tree that fits in most gardens large or small or even in a container on a deck. This maple grows 15 feet by 15 feet in about 10 years. Plant in full sun or partial shade. The trunk and branches are a nice gray and the whole tree has a wonderful look year round. In the nursery garden the ‘Bloodgood’ maple is under planted with Piersis, wood fern and lithodora ‘Grace Ward’. Pleasant Hill Nursery Hours: Closed on Saturday
Posted by: Ashley in pleasant hill nursery on Jul 8, 2011
Rosa Carefree Sunshine 'Radsun'
Posted by: Ashley in summer, pleasant hill nursery, growing, flowers on Jul 5, 2011
We have roses this year! The outstanding one right now is a stunning yellow beauty named Carefree Sunshine. Bright clear yellow flowers that are delicately rose scented cover this 4' by 4' shrub rose from June until October: nonstop. The abundant flowers make excellent cut flowers. Carefree sunshine is a shrub rose that is disease resistant and it’s dark green foliage make it an excellent choice for a hedge, an addition to a perennial garden or even growing in a pot. Disease resistance adds to its many good qualities. Plant in full sun (at least 5 hours a day) and with regular water and some fertility this rose will fill your garden with blooms and fragrance for a long time. 
