Mother’s Day Special
Mother’s Day Special – time to get Mama gardening ….
Give your mother a complete gardening experience, all bundled up and ready for her to head outside and start planting.
-Garden tub
-6″Terra cotta pot and saucer
-Atlas nitrile gloves
-8 quart miracle gro potting mix
-4.5″ pretty flower
$30 – $31
But, what if you Mother is a do-it-herself kinda gal? There are so many gorgeous plants and hanging baskets here at JVI Secret Gardens. Let you intuition be your guide. After all, you know your Mama better than we do.
Herbs have arrived
It’s time for Nashville to start planting herbs. Some people don’t know that many herbs are perennials, meaning they come back year after year. There are some exceptions. For example, parsley lasts for two years and must be replanted in the third year. Basil, on the other hand, must be planted every year.
But there is nothing like going into your own backyard and picking your own fresh cooking ingredients.
Don’t have a good place in your backyard? Some herbs blend rather well into the landscape in your front yard. Try planting basil and parsley among your favorite flowers beds for greenery and, best of all, food outside your own door.
JVI Garden Center
JVI Secret Gardens is your local garden center in Nashville; a place where you get a true garden center experience – not just an everyday place to buy your plants. We are incredibly passionate about our work and about helping you create your perfect space. We strive to provide the best possible quality of plants and plant accessories. We believe in organic, sustainable products and business practices, creating a friendly environment, and knowing our customers by name.
Our Nashville Garden Center carries a wide variety of
annuals
perennials
vegetables
herbs
trees
shrubs and bushes
rocks to enhance your landscape design
soils and soil ammendments
fertilizers
pottery
hanging baskets
and so much more….
Some of our many services include:
custom container planting in our garden center
landscape design and information about planting and plant maintenance
water features, water gardens and ponds
lawn care and landscaping
JVI Secret Gardens is located in Nashville, TN in the Donelson area, just four doors down from the Donelson branch post office, right next to the One2Yoga Studio. Stop by to see all the amazing colors, the scents of the flowers and the sound of flowing water coming from our water features
Time to Trim the Knockout Roses
We know you’re itching for something to do in the garden, even though it’s a little early. One thing that you can get started on is trimming back your knockout roses.
One of the best things about knockout roses is how easy they are to care for. Knockout roses are bush or shrub roses of single petal varieties. Double knockout roses are fuller and more closely resemble the stem rose. Pruning dead or damaged stems can be done at any time of year.
In fact, you should trim away deadwood whenever you see it. If you are pruning to control the shape, wait until the second season of growth. After that, you may only need to prune every three years or whenever you want to shape the rose.
Rose pruning should be done just as buds break dormancy…probably around late February or early March. When buds have swelled but no new growth has yet appeared, it is the ideal time to prune bush or shrub type roses. Knockout roses provide several months of colorful blooms, as they bloom about every five to six weeks during the growing season (spring to frost). They are full grown at about 4 feet high and 4 feet wide Remember that Knockouts grow vigorously, so trim them down two feet below the height you want them to reach during the growing season. If you find that your rose bush has become too large and unruly, you can cut the entire bush down to about 1 or 2 feet high in the spring.
Don’t have any knockout roses yet? Don’t worry. JVI Secret Gardens always carries them and we’re opening back up for spring soon….
