Great Gardens
THE SARGENT’S NURSERY GREAT GARDENS BLOG
Join our team of expert landscapers and horticulturists as we explore exciting new gardening trends, uncover tips and tricks for beautiful yards, learn how to help pollinators in our community, and discover what’s happening at the Garden Center! These helpful, easy-to-read articles are great way to get inspired for your own garden and yard and include detailed information on how to maintain plants, help the environment, and keep up with what’s happening here at Sargent’s. Visit whenever you’d like or sign up to get notified when new articles come out!
Preparing Boxwoods and Evergreens for Winter
Simple Protection. Boxwoods are wonderful landscape shrubs that are deer-resistant, easy to care for, and stay green all winter long! While Boxwoods are easy to grow and care for, we want to remind our Zone 4 folks in the [...]
Focus on Watering into Autumn
Landscaping Success: Keep Watering Deep into AutumnWhen the first frost hits, our minds start wandering to winter and many of us tidy up our yards and gardens, and put them to rest in our minds. For some that means a [...]
Aralia ‘Sun King’ for your Shade Garden
Looking for more plants for your shade garden? Despite its name, Aralia 'Sun King' is a brilliant shade-loving perennial that is ready to compliment your hostas, heucheras, astilbe and other woodland favorites! This yellow to chartreuse-leaved plant, with reddish stems, [...]
It’s Japanese Beetle Season…
When the Japanese beetle and its grubs move into our lawns and gardens and begin feasting on our raspberry bushes, grapevines, linden trees, roses bushes, and other beloved plants they can devastate our plants and frustrate us mightily. These [...]
4 Great Reasons to Install a Pondless Waterfall
Pondless Waterfall in Action We love a great water feature and are head over heels with this pondless waterfall...designed and installed by our MNLA professionals in 2021, it's bringing incredible enjoyment to the homeowners in Red Wing and we're [...]
Incredible Pollinator Perennials
Pycnanthemum muticum Short-toothed Mountain Mint Rising Star of Pollinator Plants Short-toothed Mountain Mint is a rising star in the world of pollinator-friendly plants. It's not as well-known as other 'top ten' plants for pollinators--like milkweed, echinacea, salvia--but [...]
Improving your Soil with Compost
Is Your Soil Holding Your Garden Back? If your flowers aren't blooming like they should, your vegetables are underperforming, or your plants just look a little tired, your soil might be the culprit. The good news is it's [...]
Winter Pruning
It's cold out in our area right now, so jumping outside to do yard work probably isn't front of mind for most folks, but Winter is actually a great time of year to prune many trees and shrubs. Pruning has [...]
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