hey friends welcome to the weekly nursery update here at Creekside nursery
in Dallas North Carolina hope y'all are doing well I wanted to come to you this
morning and just talk about what are some of the great things that are
blooming we have got gorgeous flowers that are going crazy in the greenhouse
they are loving these spring temperatures and by the way happy first
day of spring we made it through the winter it is here so it's officially
spring and we are so happy so we got flowers to show you
we've also want to give you just a little bit of an update with this crazy
world that we're living in right now and just to let you know that Creekside
nursery we are open we are welcoming customers we want and we need you to
come as you know this whole current situation is just making as uncharted
territories and especially for small family businesses local businesses we
desperately need you to continue to come and visit and just give us some business
whether it's us here at Creekside at the nursery or local restaurants local
hardware stores anything that is a small business we desperately need your help
because this is just unchartered territory here at the nursery we are
closely monitoring all the different recommendations from the government
officials if you've been to Creekside you know that we have just huge
wide-open spaces we are taking extra precautions to make sure that everything
is clean and sanitized in the greenhouses we will limit the number of
people in the greenhouse at a certain time we will have all the fans on so
it'll be constant flow of fresh air coming in here at the when you check out
we use the square you don't even have to sign you just slide your card in slide
your card out you don't have to touch anything and we are just here to help in
any way that we can and to get these gorgeous plants into your hands because
all the activities have been canceled but guess what's not been canceled
gardening gardening has not been canceled there is this is like the
perfect time to be outside and working in your yard get the kids out
there they're home from school they're home from college if you've got older
kids get them to do like the heavy muscle work even if you have little kids
get them out there and teach them how to pull weeds it's a great thing to have
them do yesterday I was out doing some maintenance and it was just the mental
emotional spiritual physical benefits from gardening and being outside are
tremendous so especially if you feel your stress level rising go outside go
outside and do something even if it's just the smallest little thing like
pulling weeds get productive just so much things going on but know that we
desperately need your business and we've got a lot of great plants to show you in
fact ok so if you saw the latest video we did talking about hummingbirds
coming they're gonna be here in just a few short weeks and I am so excited to
show you some of these we have a local artisan who is handcrafting hummingbird
feeders from recycled glass bottles so this is one of them and she uses copper
to wrap them so they're all different shapes and sizes let me show you some
over here how pretty is that and they have a rubber stoppers you just hang it
the hummingbirds will come this will hold a lot of solutions so you can feed
a lot of birds so there's a lot of different each feeder is unique and
different so you can come and pick out which ones you want we also still have
the wind chimes from bottle benders you know these are the unique wind chimes
that are handcrafted out of recycled wine bottles so much fun but let me show
you also so if you're not quite ready to plant you're like well you know the last
frost date it's not till mid-april I hear you it's alright but we can get
out there and do yard work so what I was doing yesterday is I just was in one of
my perennial beds and a lot of time my perennials good neglected I have to say
and so I had gone and gotten a container of this Espoma Plant-tone
this is a great slow-release organic fertilizer for any of your existing
plants your if you need to do vegetables herbs perennials trees shrubs this is a
great all-purpose one so I went around and did all my perennials then I went
back and put a thin layer of mulch over that bed but we have got a huge
selection of the espoma fertilizers we have the plant tone once we get tomatoes
in the ground we've got tomato fertilizer
we've got just great ones for vegetables and herbs in general of course the
biot-tone we highly highly recommend this when you are planting new shrubs
perennials trees in the ground this is what develops the root system doesn't
really give you foliage growth or bloom growth but its root growth that's huge
then of course the proven winters water soluble fertilizer this is going to be
really really important once we get those annuals in the ground or the pots
this is what's going to give you gorgeous blooms all summer long so this
is the water soluble fertilizer also we recommend that you use the slow release
fertilizer because that's a great one when you first plant them we have got
Holly tone for azaleas and your Hollies all sorts of good stuff we even have we
just got it in we hadn't even unwrapped to get this is the garden lime so we got
asked a lot of questions about people wanting to change the color of your
hydrangeas well this is what will do it so we have got all your supplies
we've got mulch if you won't bag mulch we have bulk mulch we have the pine bark
fines y'all we got everything if you need it for gardening we've got it we also
have the great proven winners potting soil so if you're ready to start doing
some containers we've got that we've also got just regular potting soil that
we use so like I said we've got it all one-stop shop no need to go to those big
box stores come to Creekside we got it out for you we're taking care of you
okay who's ready to see some flowers I'm ready to see flowers
we've got perennials coming out and so lots of fun things
look at these bleeding hearts you know these things oh my goodness look at this
you ready got some rain last night so it looks extra pretty with the little
raindrops on it so this is the gold heart look at those sweet little blooms
and look at that color this is not your ordinary old-fashioned bleeding heart as
far as the color goes it is just an absolutely gorgeous lime green so we've
got the gold heart we've got grasses perennial grasses it's
alright Emily's working on my video today so her
daddy is off going to do some landscaping so I have a new camera
person we're trying to work out all the kinks so just bear with us you know
these are new times it's all good there's nothing to be stressed about
right okay all right so to do a quick pan in here oh my gosh y'all everything
is growing if you can see we're gonna try to see if Emily can get maybe the
hanging baskets there we go the hanging baskets that's the Picasso in purple is
looking gorgeous we've got all sorts of things a lot of perennials in here so
those are going the salvias are coming along die ant this is growing just so
much but this is where we'll be limiting the number of people when they come in
here at the the greenhouses we're going to limits it's like one family group at
a time we'll have the big fan zone getting all fresh air in here look at
these Eucharist this is great expectations and they're wet so you guys
are a great perennial this particular one will do Sun to shade this is a
native variety of eucharist we actually have wild eucharist growing on our creek
bank this is of the same family so this type of Uecker will do really well here
in the South a lot of times because we have that high humidity and heat
in the summer the Eucharist will just they just peter out they can't handle it
well because this is a native variety to the southeast USA it does great so you
don't have to worry about that these will be nice and prolific and gorgeous
colored had a really pretty purple color alright this is where we're gonna go to
see some pretty colors pretty pretty pretty you know this is like where we
always do our weekly updates you're gonna like flip out because it looks so
good in here okay here we go everything is growing
and getting big and gorgeous the lemon corals are just I mean you remember it
wasn't that long ago but look at these guys look at that so pretty
we love lemon coral see them it's a tender perennial well it's not even
tender it's a perennial for us here in zone 7 loves the Sun does just really
well it's nice and soft it's not spiky does great in containers and the
landscape look at these begonias the Surefire begonias I love these y'all are
huge they will do massive big color do great in both the landscape and
containers they can do Sun or shade if you are looking for a low-maintenance
plant that you don't have to deadhead that is relatively drought tolerant
loves the heat of humidity and you need surefire beginning is in your life oh
let's back up for one second look look look look how pretty they are
I love these Biden's they are such a great heat sun-loving annual with that
massive yellow flower on it it's just so pretty for millionaire you know we just
did that video on planting a container with vermilion air well here you go I
mean these guys are ready to go out remember if you don't remember with the
video go back and scroll through or go to our YouTube channel gardening with
Creekside and I did a whole thing vermillion air about why the
hummingbirds love it but if you're looking to attract hummingbirds they
love these little blooms you think it's not it's not that big of a deal that's
not that big of a bloom well the hummingbirds think it's a big deal and
that's all that matters oh my gosh oh all the euphorbia is
growing look at this sweet things just like two weeks ago I showed you like one
little bloom but now these osteosarcoma
so they can tend to be a little bit on the cool side so that's great we're
gonna back out of here I'm gonna go look at the coleus so Jerry really kind of
cranked up the heat allowed it to get nice and warm in here
so the coleus is taking off the pentas are coming
of course the Pintas love it hot so they are starting to come around let me just
show you some of the different colors okay
so oh we have two tags in here can be tricky sometimes so this is considered
the red let me show you so I know that blooms not a whole lot to think about
right now but just look at the color and trust me once it gets nice and hot it
will get nice and huge so that is considered the red and then Emily if
you'll just back up just a little bit I'm gonna stretch here oh so this is the
one I see this blooming all right and then this is the pink so notice that
it's a real delicate light pink and as the blooms mature and the new blooms and
older blooms will have a little bit of a variation to them but if you're looking
for that soft pink then pink is a great one
now the Rose I don't think it's blooming yet is a hot hot pink so pretty
had that last year well I had all of them last year but that one in
particular was I think it was my favorite oh this might be it right here
nope that's still red never mind and then there is a lavender so we have a
lavender too which is kind of a purpley color but here we go
Kolia s-- coleus is finally starting to take off this is Velveteen with the pink
in there of course the red dick Kilis which is the red the sedona sunset
which has those gorgeous copper colors with that little bit of yellow edging on
it I love this one so much freckles is just fun I think you've got long time if
you need a pop of lime in your containers or your landscape that's a
great one and then the apple brandy apple brandy is slowly coming along that
has the red and the yellow lime together this pear is really really pretty with
the lemon coral sedum two amount of low maintenance but a really showstopper eye
catching combination that is it portulaca scum in Oh back up just a
minute in so it is a little early to put out Lantana because we know that Lantana
loves it nice and hot but look at this so this is PWAs citrus blend look at
that and here's the tag for it so it can get 12 to 20 inches tall and of course
it spreads out again if you're looking to attract your pollinators your
hummingbirds your butterflies butterflies especially oh my gosh they
just go crazy over Lantana so that's the citrus blend and then we also have the
berry blend we don't have one of those Bolivians but it will have the pink in
there again it's the pwm one the portulaca is coming again if you're
looking for something if you have hot hot spaces and you won't color
portulaca is a great one everything is growing look we have our first gum free
nough our little truthful of pink again loves it hot and dry loves to be
neglected but a major pollinator attractor the butterflies go crazy over
that alright look at these double in patience let's see so this one is the
rose so if you have shade this is the rockapulco rose and a lot of times when
customers come when these guys are nice and big they think they're roses they're
not roses they're a double impatient they love the shade two parts none they
can do some Morning Sun and that's it but just a
beautiful bloom on that love that one and then again for shade the white bro
alia look at those blooms pure white blooms that again love the shade two
parts shade a little bit of Sun in the morning is that all they can handle
these will get 16 to 20 inches tall so they're going to be a nice rounded shape
covered in blooms we've got the purple also last year I did the purple in our
landscape purple blue on whatever one you want to call that again another
shade blooming annual it's just so pretty
this is the endless and lumination the whites flirtation so I love these names
of these guys alright Angelo nazar coming just so many things
we've got the big grasses the Vertigo grass this will be is a purple fountain
grass but it'll be huge so it'll go in the landscape it's kind of you can start
and see just a little bit of purple on it right now kind of green but it is
coming and you can see here we have the snowdrift the new Vista petunia so these
are made to go in the landscape they do great they'll just spread and be a
blanket of white blooms for you just so much going on here
but please remember to support your local businesses Emily's about the trip
over than the hoses Bruce going to stop him
stand right here but just please remember to support your local
businesses Creekside is open we are open Fridays and Saturdays 9:00 to 3:30 we
are in Dallas North Carolina stickers in Google it will come to us directly you
need an address we are 181 Pine Hollow Drive just come
see us we can help you in any way with landscaping or creating pots however we
can help you we are here just stay tuned for all Facebook updates and things like
that Communications again we're open we're here to help we want you to stay
safe get outside it's one of the best things you can do
again emotionally physically it's just get outside get some fresh air
let the kids run around and just take this time at the time of rest its kind
of out of our control so we're gonna do the best we can do all the way around
but please know that we love you we are praying for you to stay safe and healthy
and happy take care of those people that are around you whether you know them or
not just love on people so I tell my kids love think of love what can I do
for somebody else that shows love to them so if we all have that mindset we
will come out of this whole mess stronger than ever
but we love you we will see you soon and have a great day bye guys happy spring