How To’s

Enjoy Blooms Indoors Too

Why not enjoy your gardens indoors too?  Many annual and perennial flowers do well cut and arranged in a beautiful bouquet or indoor arrangement.  I like to fill a bucket part way with water before heading out to snip and [...]

July 27, 2016|

Help your Plants Beat the Heat

When it is this hot, even well watered plants can droop in the afternoon heat.  To keep your plants healthy and thriving.. Water veggies and annuals pots and baskets first thing in the morning before they get too dry. Keep [...]

July 20, 2016|

Sargent’s Has You and Your Landscape Covered

Sargent's Nursery carries a complete selection of wood and stone mulches for all your landscaping projects.  Many are available in both bulk and bagged.   We also have bulk and bagged compost and soil.  So if you are starting a [...]

July 6, 2016|

Tips for Summer Flower and Veggie Gardens

Sargent's Nursery has a few tips to you keep your flowers blooming and vegetable gardens producing this summer. Don't forget to deadhead flowers to encourage reblooming and prevent seeds from forming.  Plus it will help your plants just plain look [...]

July 6, 2016|

Coming Soon To Your Own Backyard

It won't be long and our "friends" the Japanese beetles will join us in our gardens munching on raspberry bushes, grapes, linden trees, roses and other plants.  The beetles can be very destructive.  The beetles start as a white grub [...]

June 22, 2016|

More Creative Containers

Sunny window box This week I have a couple more beautiful container gardens created by Sargent's Nursery employees.  First is the gorgeous windows box bursting with colors.  The combination full of million bells, verbena, petunias and vinca  is ready [...]

May 25, 2016|

Attract More Hummingbirds

The ruby-throated hummingbirds are back for the summer.  With a combination of the right plants and feeders you can attract more of these beautiful birds to your yard and garden.  Hummingbirds are attracted to annuals like petunias, fuchsia, salvia and [...]

May 25, 2016|

Get Inspired – “Hens & Chicks” Wreath

With my dry, sandy soil I often look to drought tolerant plants like sedums, hens & chicks and other succulents and cactus in the garden.  The chimney block I planted last summer came through the winter with no issues and [...]

May 16, 2016|

Get Creative with Containers

Just like you, the staff at Sargent's Nursery loves gardening and we want to share our successes with you!  Over the next couple weeks I will be sharing some beautiful photos of Creative Containers by Sargent's staff along with a description [...]

May 11, 2016|

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