March Nursery tour/New plants/Seedling update/Garden Style nw

Hi everybody, Debbie here with GardenStyle. So I'm here at the nursery today and I thought I would probably take you on a little tour to show you what we're up to. And I have a couple of new specimens today that I'm going to introduce you to. It may be very new to you, it may not be, but for us it's kind of exciting. So here we are, it's St. Patrick's Day. I've got a little bit of green on, as you can see. We were extremely busy today and I'm here at the nursery after hours just because it's a little quieter. You might hear some traffic in the background, but other than that, it's kind of peaceful. So, for the first time for 2023, we actually got up to 60 degrees today and we were slammed. We were very busy, so it's a good sign people have the spring fever and they're out shopping. So, I'm going to stop talking to you here. I'm going to flip this around and just kind of give you a short little tour of the nursery. And then I'll discuss some of these new specimens, a couple of them actually, that I have up my sleeve today that you can plant here in the northwest. They're both early spring bloomers and that's all I'm going to say for now. Let's take a little walk and I'll show you how much we have filled up just in the last three weeks getting ready for spring. So, it wasn't but just about a month ago and we were about half empty back here. And as you can see, as I pan around here, we've gotten all of our deciduous trees in. Everything from maples to shade trees to flowering trees, fruit trees, nut trees, you name it, we've got it. So, that has filled up there. Pan around here and you're going to see some beautiful pottery. We're still getting new cement things in. Like these are little planters, which are kind of fun, have little faces on them, all cement. And they have a hole in the bottom so you can actually plant something in the top of it. And they're just sitting here at the moment. We haven't been able to stage them anywhere because we've been a little busy helping customers. So, I'm panning around the back of the lab house and we are about to enter the ground cover perennial area. And look at this. These benches were empty a week ago. But finally, our nighttime temperatures are getting to a point where we can pull all of our plants out. We've been getting daily deliveries for the last couple of weeks. Down here in front of me we have the lithodora ground covers. These are all ground covers that I'll be covering sporadically throughout the season. My last video I covered these. This is all saxifrage right here. But yeah, we're starting to get nice and full. We're starting to see some early spring blooms coming up. It's so exciting. These are our perennial benches here. And they're gradually filling up. Soon you won't be able to see the pallets. We'll have so many plants in here to choose from. A lot of these plants we have pulled out of cover. And finally getting them outside. We want them toughened up so they can handle a couple cold nights. Here in the front we've got the wallflowers. And you can see things are starting to bloom. Which is fantastic. Along this back wall we've got all of our rhubarb, horseradish, raspberries. And a whole lot more coming. Some more perennials going that way. And you will see that we have this metal structure here. And this will actually turn out to be a shade house. As we get into April we'll be putting our shade cloth on it. And it's a light shade cloth. It's only like 30%. It's just enough to take the edge off. So that when we have all our perennials and herbs out here. They won't get singed from the sun. And I'll pan across here. And our collection of blueberries, currants. We also carry elderberry. And along the back here. I believe we've gotten the majority of our conifers in. We do very well with these here in the northwest. Some are native, some are not. But all of these do exceptionally well here in the northwest. Nice collection. I'll pan down here. We start entering the shade area. We're already starting to get all our shade grasses in. And perennials. These happen to be mostly shade ground covers. Some beautiful plants here. Little violas and they're all starting to bloom. Which is marvelous. Of course periwinkle ground covers. Both variegated. Ajugas, which are now starting to shoot up their blooms. And we just got a big shipment in today. Cement fountains. And that's going to keep us really busy this coming week. Putting all those together. Lots of shade plants in here. Bird baths. And our benches are starting to fill up here on the other side. With all our shade perennials. Nice collection of hellebores coming. And ferns. We've got our hookahs out. Soon you're going to see hardy fuchsias. It'll be endless. More pieces to a fountain. In here. I'm circling around to the front. So if the traffic gets heavy, I apologize. We perched a couple of pear trees here. And as you can see. Look at the big fat buds. And this warm weather is going to get them to open. Probably in the next few days. Won't be long now. Along the front here. We show off some of our plants. Like abelias. And several different varieties. We've received some gorgeous pottery in. Pan around. Of course famous things like heathers. Which do exceptionally well here in the northwest. These are all late winter, early spring bloomers. Very bright. Very pretty. And hebes. Got a beautiful collection of those in. I've done several videos on these. Low growing shrubs. And they do start to bloom. In about late spring, early summer. We've got some roses starting to sneak in. Azaleas. Keep panning around here. We've got some beautiful garden art. These beautiful herons that we've received in. That help add to the garden. Hellebores in full on bloom. And over here. Pottery. Lots of it. Bird baths. This is all outdoor glazed pottery. So you can leave it outside all year round. Not have to worry about it cracking or freezing. But you can see. It goes forever. Over there. It's crazy. A couple big pillars here. That's going to be a fountain I'll show you in a later video. As soon as we get it put together. Kind of a stonehenge fountain. Which will be really neat. Deciduous azaleas. Those will be coming out in bloom soon. And I tell you. The one thing I am most excited about. Is finally seeing some leaves. Got a nice collection of forsythia down here. And you can see the yellow. They're about to open. It will be really neat. If I can see those open by tomorrow. As we've got a gorgeous weekend in store. Coming up here. I'm just panning around. All our vines are starting to come in. Both evergreen and deciduous. Clematis, jasmine. Potato vine, wisteria. It's endless. And then I pan through here. And these are all of our deciduous shrubs. Mostly sun lovers. No leaves to show you yet. But you can see. This thing was half empty. Just a few weeks ago. And now it's full. All of our weeping cherry trees. Are running down the middle here. But yeah. More metal art. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Lots to show you there. And then I'll just take you into our. Laugh house. Or a cold house. We call it. This is a building that is not heated. Had a little trouble opening the door. Okay. I'm inside. Okay. So this is a sure sign that spring is on its way. When you start to get your annuals in. Things like osteospermum. Fuchsia starts. Lots of seed starting materials. Yeah. We've got calendulas. Sweet peas. So just a really good sign. That it's time to get going. We've got ranunculus. With this warm weather. They're all starting to open. Look at that. They're so pretty. Over there. This is the last of the primroses. We're doing a buy one get one. Because we've got to clean them out. Because by next week. We've got marigolds coming in. Petunias. But lots of cold season annuals still here. All of our pansies are here. Violas. All of our yard art. And spinners that we have. And look at this. Veggie starts. Oh my goodness. And at the end of this video. I will show you how my seedlings are doing at home. I finally took them off the heat mats. Their roots are starting to show. At the bottoms of the pots. So that's usually a good sign. That it's time to remove the heat. And start letting them get used to the cold. Look at that. Just beautiful color. Starting to show up. But yeah. We've gotten all our seed potatoes in. Asparagus. Onion starts. And look at this. Bacopas. Lobelia. The annuals are starting to roll in. Check out this plant. Isn't that cool? That's a pocketbook plant. They're fun. They come in yellow and orange. Just some cool stuff. Look at this. Geraniums. Sure sign. Spring is almost here. It is here. As far as I'm concerned. And way over in the other side. We have all our potted bulbs. All those will be a buy one get one. As it's time to start cleaning them out. And making room for the next round. Of annuals. That will be coming in. Here we go. So now you know why sometimes. It takes me a while. To start making a new video. Because we've got all this going on. Asparagus roots. And of course seed potatoes. That will come in. But yeah. Pretty darn exciting. As things start to fill up. So I'll take you around back. And we'll talk about. These two new plants. That we received this past week. And I feel. You probably haven't heard about them before. So. I'm about to introduce you to a couple new plants. So a little update. On the seedlings. They're coming along quite nicely. But when you start to notice. You see that. Roots starting to come out the bottom. Time to turn off the heat map. So what I'm going to do tomorrow. Is I'm going to take these little buggers out. And I'm going to actually set them on the picnic table. Outside. During the day. So I can start to harden them off. And get them used to cooler temperatures. Kind of hardens them up a little bit. And I'll do that for about two or three days. And I'll bring them in at night. And then I'm finally. Going to get them out into the garden. So there you go. Quick little seedling update. Okay. So this first plant I'm about to show you. Is called Germander. And you can see it kind of has a bluish green leaf. And they are blooming right now. This is usually the time they really get going. Late winter, early spring. Germander. It's fabulous. Or they call it a blue bush, Germander. I'm going to back up a little bit. So you can kind of see the size of it in the pot. But this plant offers all sorts of things. In the early spring. Number one, it attracts bees. Which is fantastic. And of course butterflies. It's very deer resistant. Deer have a tendency to not want to eat it. It's fragrant. And this is a perfect plant. For like a rockery. Or a dry area. As this particular plant is very drought tolerant. It is also evergreen. As long as it doesn't have a real severe winter. It should hold its leaves. Most of the time. So. What else can I tell you? It will get about three to four feet high. So it is like a shrub. It might look innocent in this little one gallon can. That I have it in. But it will get about three to four feet high. And about three feet wide. It is hardy from zone seven. To zone ten. So it can handle. It can handle warmer temperatures. And definitely lots of sun. So this is definitely a full sun plant. And you can plant it with all sorts of different things. Like chamomile. Lavender. Agostashe. Salvia. Thyme. All of which are drought resistant type plants. So let me back up a little bit here. So you can get a better idea of what it looks like. Look at that. Absolutely gorgeous. And they prefer the cool weather. So once it gets super hot during the summer. It's blue green leaves will stay. And it is quite possible it will bloom again for you. In the fall. So I love plants like that. That give you a couple seasons of color. So Germander. It's an awesome little plant. And then I have this little guy. Over here on the other side. See if you can see. Look at the royal blue. He's starting to close up now because the sun is starting to go down. But this is a low growing ground cover. It is fabulous. Extremely hardy. Down to zone three. This also likes sun to partial sun. And this is a type of ground cover. I guess is what you could call it. And this is called. Trumpet Gentian. And I'll put the spelling of course. Up there in the video for you. So you can see it. Another fantastic bloomer. I'm going to flash a couple more pictures up here. So you can see what it looks like when it's a little more mature. And they just get loaded with blooms. And this one. Will get about eight inches high. So it's definitely a ground cover. About twelve inches wide. Super hardy from zone three. To zone nine. Very long blooming. And it is also evergreen. As long as you don't get a super harsh winter. And you can see another bud coming up here. And these blooms. Or the trumpets on them. Can get about two to three inches long. And as you can see in the pictures. They just get loaded with blooms. And it's probably one of the more true blue. Perennials that you can find. That's just a royal blue. Which I think is what attracts me to it so much. And yeah. So another beautiful ground cover. Perfect for the northwest here. Super easy to grow. Once it gets started. Low growing foliage. And also. This is another one. That will probably re-bloom in the fall. For you. So another good one to plant with Louisia. Sedum. Sempervivum. Dianthus. Another one that's extremely drought tolerant. Once it's planted. And established after the first year. You shouldn't have to water or baby. This thing a whole lot at all. So there you go. A couple new plants. To introduce you to. I'm always looking for new and unusual things. To introduce you to. Here in the northwest. We'll have these in stock. Up until we don't. Anymore. We usually can't find them. Usually after April. They're usually not available anymore. Because they sell out so fast. Especially this one. The Gentian. So anyway. Here's a couple new specimens for you. Another fantastic day. Here at the nursery. Tomorrow. Saturday. It's going to get crazy here. Wanted to fit this video in real quick. Before I can't do it anymore. And hopefully it will upload real quick in the morning. So that you folks can get an idea. As to what we're up to. But yeah. If you haven't started already. It is time to get out there. And get your hands dirty. Alright you guys. Just wanted to make this short and sweet. I of course encourage you to sign up for our email. At sunnycrestnursery.com Definitely sign up for our email. As I'm going to be hopefully. Getting into the updates. At least once or twice a month. As to what we're up to. Some sales. And of course new plants. New introductions. That we can introduce you to. Okay. And I'm tired. It's been a long busy day today. Alright you guys. Stay out there. Get your hands dirty. And we'll talk soon. Bye for now.