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• Native Azaleas and Hybrid Aromi Deciduous Azaleas Add Blooms, Scent, and Structure to the Garden
• Design Tips For Container Plantings Focused on Foliage
• Cool Season Annuals…What Are They, And When Do You Plant Them?
• Edgeworthia chrysantha…A Great Shrub To Grow
• A Christmas Poem
• Cyclamen – Winter Beauties For Your Home
• Primulina (Chirita) Plants…Something New For You To Try!
• Thoughts Of A Gardener Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
• Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back – A Decade Of Change 2000-2010
• Vegetable/Herb Plant List – Spring 2020
• Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back – Build It And They Will Come…
• Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back…The Blizzard of ’93
• Celebrating 30 Years With a Look Back…(Part 1)
• A Sampling of Statuary and Planters To Start The New Year
• Creating A Grapevine Winter Wreath With Nature’s Offerings
• Leaf Stacking Design
• Thoughts Of Fall On A November Weekend
• Fall Is Here, And The Harvest Is In!
• Made In Alabama, Lisa Bunting Howard Pots and Vases Are Handmade Beauty!
• Ginger Clark’s “We Bees Working” Local Honey Is HERE!
• Container Gardening – Pointers & Possibilities…
• Our Seed Racks Are Full…So Much Promise In A Tiny Package!
• The February Garden, Dreaming Of Spring
• String Gardens – Create Your Own Kokedama
• The Winter Greenhouse Is Lush With Houseplants and Flowers
• New To Houseplants? Let Us Help!
• A Repurposed Bird Tree For the ‘Better Late Than Never’ Pollinator Garden
• Making Our Way Through Another Holiday Season
• Fall Planting Tips To Creating A Great Spring Garden
• Fall Inspiration With Pumpkins And Gourds As A New Season Begins
• Gardening…One Step at a Time…One Plant at a Time…
• Beautiful Lightweight Fountains Perfect For Your Garden, Patio, and Landscape – Come Take A Look!
• The Gardening Tool That Is Always With You
• Snapshots of the Nursery In June…It’s Not Too Late For Flowers!
• Garden Alert! Summer To-Do List
• Ideas For Container Gardens In The Sun
• Don’t Stress If A Plant Is An Ugly Duckling – Imperfection Can Be Beautiful Too!
• Orchids, Episcias and Chiritas… A Pretty Vignette in the Greenhouse
• Alocasias, Tropical Beauties of the Summer
• Fiddleleaf Fig Houseplants…Identifying Leaf Problems and Tips For Growing A Healthy Plant
• A New Planting Season Brings New Possibilities…Don’t Be Afraid!
• March…The In-Between Month
• Just In Time For Valentine’s Day – Flowering Plants For Your Love
• It’s A New Season… Planters For 2018
• It’s Spring In The Greenhouse!
• The Holidays…Making Memories
• The Change Of Season Inspires Us – We Love Fall!
• Mums…And More!!!!
• In Appreciation Of Pollinator Gardens…Large and Small
• A Mandala Inspired by Art
• A Place To Sit…
• Contained…Plantings To Inspire
• Leaving On Vacation? Don’t Forget The Garden…
• Gardening For Your Health
• Larkspur and Poppies – The Better Late Than Never Garden in May
• Tropicals That Steal The Show – Plumbago and Thryallis
• Watering Wisely
• Early Spring in the ‘Better Late Than Never’ Garden
• New Statuary for Spring 2017
• Evergreen Ferns Are Waking Up
• Preparing Your New Garden Bed
• Cat Proofing the Sign Planter
• Catching Up In The New Year
• Holiday Happiness
• October 2016…A Few Words On Water and Dealing With Drought
• Decorated Pumpkins
• Decorating For Fall With Pumpkins And Gourds
• Pumpkins, Gourds and our Annual Fall Festival
• Early Fall Arrivals
• Kris’ Gardening Tips (From the September 2016 Issue of Alabama Gardener Magazine)
• It’s Blooming! The ‘Better Late Than Never’ Pollinator Garden
• High Summer In The Garden
• A Flag For The Fourth
• Cork Bark Planters for Shady Summer Spots
• Container Gardening Design Tips
• The Heat is On…Be Snake Smart
• From Seed – The ‘Better Late Than Never’ Garden Puts On A Show!
• Spring To Summer In The Garden – It Happens So Fast!
• Our New Work/Design Space – Change is Good!
• Planting for Shade – Don’t Forget About Begonias!!
• Gardening For Pollinators
• It’s Time to Prune & Fertilize Roses…
• Privet – Pull Seedlings Now!
• First Shrubbery Shipment of the Spring Has Arrived!
• Botanical Interests Spring Seeds – So Much Promise In A Packet
• More Planters for Spring, 2016
• What Is That?!?? It’s ‘Red Giant’ Mustard!
• Planters and Statuary for Spring 2016
• New Year’s Day…A Look Back And Wishes For The New Year
• Taking Time When It’s Needed Most…
• Unplanned Blessings Begin the Holiday Season…
• Molly’s Wedding – One Of Our “Family” Gets Married At Oak Street Garden Shop!
• Pineapple Sage, A Late Season Bloomer That’s Worth The Wait!
• Our Fall Mandala – It’s A New Season!
• Sunflowers…By Seed! The ‘Better Late Than Never Garden’
• A Trio of Pots – Color and Texture In A Late Summer Planting
• Old Windows…Repurposed Into Wall Art
• Head Planters – Planted!
• Southern Living’s ‘Grumpy Gardener’ Noticed This Orchid Arrangement
• The Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
• Job Opportunity – Delivery Driver
• Group Project – Our “Fireworks” Mandala
• It’s Planted! The ‘Better Late than Never Garden’ Summer 2015
• Boxwood Blight In Alabama – What You Need To Know
• An (Almost) Blank Slate…The “Better Late Than Never Garden” Summer 2015
• Summer Horse Trough Planting…Caladium Encore 2015
• Container Gardens…Using Foliage For Color And Contrast
• It’s Spring In The ‘Better Late Than Never Garden’…
• Succulent Arrangements…A Sampling
• Bounce Impatiens – These Are Resistant To Downy Mildew Disease!
• Celebrating 30 Years With A Look Back – Our Cats
• Chickweed – Don’t Let It Smother Your Spring Garden!
• Here’s A Look At Our Plantings in the Southern Living Magazine’s Container Gardening Collector’s Edition!
• These Miniature Gardens are Centerpieces…
• Haven’t Been In Lately? Here’s What We’ve Been Up To…
• Need a Valentine? We Can Help!
• Our Miniature Garden Wonderland – A Year Later…Look How It’s Grown!
• More Samplings of Spring 2015 – Cast Stone Faux Bois Planters, Bird Baths and Statuary
• A Sampling of New Planters for Spring, 2015
• Frosty Fern…It’s Not A Fern And Not A Moss…So What Is It?? (Or, What’s In A Name?)
• A Winter Walk Through A Southern Garden – One Year to the Next
• The ‘Better Late Than Never Garden’ – A Winter Update
• More Holiday Inspiration – Arrangements, Flowers and Greens – Part 2
• Holiday Inspiration – Arrangements, Flowers and Greens – Part 1
• First, the Christmas Trees Arrive…
• The End Of The Season…Fall Arrangements
• Succulent Wreaths For The Holidays
• Decorate Your Mailbox & Door For Christmas – Here Are A Few Tips!
• Amaryllis – Beauty In A Bulb
• A Guide…Plants Used In The “Better Late Than Never Garden” A Butterfly, Bee, And Hummingbird Haven
• Try Some Compost Tea This Year – Haven Brand Authentic Tea Is Easy To Use!
• New Fall Shipments Have Arrived – Pretty Pots For The Holidays or Any Time
• Myrtle Topiaries…Back In Stock!
• Miniature Conifers – Just Right For Miniature Gardening and More
• Watching the Butterfly Migration… And Transitioning the Summer Garden to Fall
• Fall Container Planting…(There’s More Than Just Pansies Out There!)
• Fall Favorites For Spring Flowers…A Primer On Pansies & Violas
• Foxglove – Plant It This Fall For A Beautiful Spring Display!
• Poppies! Plant Some This Fall!
• Snapdragons – Plant This Fall for Cut Flowers Next Spring!
• Succulents Planted in Cedar and Hypertufa…
• Planting The “Better Late Than Never” Garden For Fall
• Orchids…Early Fall Arrangements
• Bittersweet…For Fall!
• Fall flowers…Pansies and More!
• Bachelor Buttons…Plant Some This Fall for a Blue, Blue Spring!
• Bulbs – Plan Now For Spring Beauty In Your Garden
• Container Gardening With Herbs – The Basics
• Crotons: Beautiful Foliage for Fall Color!
• More Miniature Gardens
• Malabar Spinach – A Beautiful Plant, And Tasty Too!
• Our Flower Garden – Look How It’s Grown!
• Terrariums – Planted for the Lilly Pulitzer Store – (We Can Plant One For You, Too!)
• Some Thoughts While Watering The Garden…
• Plant This One For The Hummingbirds – They Love A Cigar (Plant)!
• Succulent Plantings…When Summer Heat Sizzles!
• A Brown Bowl…Planted 2 Ways For Sun
• Aloes…There’s More Than Just Vera Out There!
• Mid-Summer Orchid Arrangements…
• Summer Container Gardens…The Heat Is On
• Our Garden – This Year It’s Full of Flowers!
• Neonicotinoides and What You Should Know…
• More Container Gardens…Foliage, Flowers and Pizazz!
• It’s Summer….The Red Market Tables Are Full!
• Summer Shade Planters…Foliage and Flowers for Lasting Impact
• These Annuals Handle Our Summer Heat And Have Plenty Of Flower Power Too!
• Getting To Know Our New Shop Cat, And Saying Goodbye to Gracie…
• Brassidium Orchids – These Are Beautiful “Spiders” in a Beautiful Display!
• Color With Caladiums, Zinnias, and More…Trough Planting 2014
• Arrangement Inspiration – Spring 2014
• Planted For Shade – Chez Fonfon Planters – Summer 2014
• Branching Out…A Teal Bowl Planting
• Japanese Roof Iris – A Plant With A History!
• Variegated Solomon’s Seal…Lighting Up the Shade
• An Old Table Turned Into a Miniature Wonderland…
• Lavender ‘Phenomenal’ A New Introduction!
• Succulents…See Some Things We’ve Created!
• Digiplexis – A New Plant To Try!
• Miniature Gardens As Centerpieces…
• Spring 2014 – New Shrubs to Peruse
• The Garden Is Waking Up…Don’t Forget To Look Down!
• Another Project…Medinilla magnifica, Air Plants and Bromeliads – In a Tree!
• Medinilla magnifica – Wow!
• Contained – In Cork…Indoors Now, Then Outside For the Summer!
• Pretty Plantings…A Dough Bowl, Glazed Pots and More
• Herbs, Veggies, Cool Season Annuals Shine in Late Winter Containers…
• March Brings New Shrubbery, Vines and Herbs…
• Found Objects – Planting Possibilities
• The Late Winter Garden – More To Do
• Late February and March To-Dos
• February – Boxwood Care, Tips From Dave Bradford
• Staghorn Ferns – An Easy Fern To Grow
• More Plantings In Glass – Winter Terrariums
• Why Shopping For Plants At A Locally Owned Independent Should Matter To You
• Interesting Late Winter Arrangements…
• The Greenhouse in Winter – Beautiful Foliage…
• More Statuary and Planters…Spring 2014
• Planters…Cast Stone, Fiberglass, Terra Cotta, Glazed – Pretty Pots For Your Garden Spaces…
• Hard To Find Plant Alert: Jerusalem Sage – Coming This Spring!
• Tiny Plants…Great For Terrariums Or Small Containers Too!
• January In The Greenhouse…
• A Southern Garden In January…More Than Meets The Eye
• More To See On A Winter’s Walk Through A Southern Garden
• A Winter Walk Through A Southern Garden
• Christmas Trees, Wreaths, And Greens – Fragrant And Beautiful!
• Flowers And More For The Holidays…
• We’re Getting Ready For The Holidays…
• For The Holidays…Classes To Help You Decorate With Style!
• Frank Stitt’s Chez Fonfon & Bottega Restaurant’s Planters…Done!
• Fall…More Arrangement Inspiration
• October Saturday…Pumpkin Carving, Painting & Fun
• A Few Thoughts…What Does “Buy Local” Really Mean?
• A New App From Dr. Allan Armitage!!! It’s A Keeper!
• Fall…Arrangement Inspiration
• It’s Time To Enter The Pumpkin Carving Contest!
• Pumpkins, Gourds and More, Oh My!
• These Shrubs Work In The South, And They’ll Work For You Too!
• Fall Veggie and Flower Seeds…Try Some This Year!
• Bromeliads – Colorful And Easy Tropicals For Your Home…
• An Old Iron Fountain….Repurposed!
• More Arrangement Inspiration – What We’ve Been Creating This Summer!
• Late Summer Plants Jump Start The Fall Garden
• New Miniature Garden Accessories (And Some Tales Too)
• Living Wreaths – Here’s How! (The original vertical garden…)
• A Look At The Bees, Butterflies & More…Friends In The Garden
• Summer Watering Tips for Your New & Established Plantings
• Mulberry Weed…Keep An Eye Out For This One!
• Eye Candy and Inspiration…Container Gardens and Arrangements
• A Living Wreath With Plenty Of Wow!
• Want More Butterflies? Plant Butterfly Weed!
• More Miniature Garden Magic
• See How The Garden (Emmet O’Neal Community Garden) Grows…
• Market Goodness…It’s Summer Fresh!
• Inside The Making Of A Massive Mossed Hanging Basket…
• Mix It Up – Potager Style Container Planting
• Muhly Grass…Plant Now For Clouds Of Pink Blooms This Fall…
• The Heat Is On…These Annuals Can Take It!
• Summertime is day lily time!
• Shade Containers…No Impatiens? No Problem!
• Perennial To-Dos For A Great Garden…
• A Real (And Really Big!) Clam Shell Planted With Succulents..
• A Hedge of Hollies and Wax Myrtles…A Peek At Billy’s New Yard
• Need Veggie Plants? We’ve Got Them Now!
• Perennials – Plant Some Now!
• Annuals And Perennials – What’s The Difference?
• ‘Kent’s Beauty’ Ornamental Oregano – It’s Here!
• Another Woodland Wonder To Grow!
• Phlox divaricata – a must have for the woodland garden!
• The Market – Our Red Table Produce Is Back!
• A Look At The Nursery – Come See!
• What A Great Coreopsis!!! ‘Full Moon’ Is One You Should Try…
• More Cork Bark Planter Inspiration – We’re Having Fun!
• More Select Shrubs And Vines Available Now!
• Select Shrubs To Plant Now!
• Cork Bark Pieces – These Are Planters!
• Arrangements – Happiness On A Rainy Day In The Greenhouse
• Try These Impatiens Alternatives (Impatiens Downy Mildew Info)
• Easter Flowers – Lilies and More!
• These Ground Covers Are Tough!
• Succulents = Color!
• Air Plants in Glass!
• Herbs and Some Annuals In Stock Now!
• Boxwood Tips From The Boxwood Doctor, Dave Bradford!
• Tabletop Fountains – Just The Right Size!
• Spring Shrubs! From Azaleas to Vitex…
• Succulents Coming Soon
• Spring Statuary Shipments Have Arrived!
• Have We Got Some Ferns For You!
• Native Plants…Here Are Some Jewels For The Garden!
• Bleeding Heart Vine – Try One This Year!
• Garden Up! These Vertical Gardens Are Easy To Make!
• Orchids: These Arrangements Add Drama!
• Promise In A Packet…Seeds!
• U-Pot-It ~ You Take It!
• Small, Smaller, Smallest – Miniature Gardens!
• Air Plants (Tillandsia) – Come In Now For A Great Selection!
• Botanicals Under Glass – We Have Everything You Need!
• A Valentine’s Day Teaser
• A Pretty Valentine
• Baskets on BOGO!!!
• Add Some Color With Rieger Begonias!
• Make Someone Happy With A Blooming Basket!
• Need Your Terrarium Planted? We Can Help!
• More Blooms (and some herbs) for February!
• February Construction – Progress!
• The Cats of Oak Street Garden Shop
• We’ve Got The Sweets (And More) For Your Sweetie!
• We Love Creating Great Container Combinations!
• Beautiful Winter Arrangements!
• New Spring Planters – Come See!
• Valentine’s Day is Approaching!
• Colorful pansies have arrived!
• Just arrived! Beautiful spring daffodils!
• Pine Straw and Perennials
• Happy New Year!