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Plant these for Pollinators!

Posted on June 16, 2025

Pollinator Week is celebrated each year to remind us how important pollinators are to our world. Help to preserve and support these vital populations by planting pollinator-friendly! Check out some of our favorite perennials, annuals, and shrubs to keep your garden buzzing with activity all season long!

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Spider Plant: June Houseplant Highlight

Posted on June 2, 2025

Meet our June Houseplant Highlight: Spider plant! This popular plant is pet-friendly, easy to propagate, and one of the best choices for air purification. In a NASA clean air study, Spider Plants removed 95% of formaldehyde from a sealed chamber within 24 hours!

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Grow These Herbs!

Posted on May 19, 2025

Herbs are an easy-care and versatile addition to any space. Add to mixed containers with your favorite flowers, or plant them in cute pots on your windowsill to harvest all season. Whether you’re looking for beauty, fragrance, or flavor, these are must-have herb varieties you need at home!

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Grow Tomatoes Anywhere!

Posted on May 14, 2025

Pick up a Tomato Success Kit and set yourself up for a great harvest! From nutrient-packed soil to organic fertilizer, you’ll get everything you need to grow strong, healthy plants. We hand-picked these items to help solve the most common tomato-growing challenges.

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Control Animal Damage

Posted on May 9, 2025

As a general rule, animals tend to stay away from strong smells and plants with fuzzy foliage. If you know you have problems with rabbits and deer eating everything in your yard, try to plant varieties they don’t like.

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Fertilizer Guide

Posted on May 2, 2025

The best way to keep your flowering plants in bloom and get a good harvest from your fruit and veggies is with food!

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Connecticut Pollinators

Posted on July 12, 2024

Connecticut is home to a diverse range of pollinators, including bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and the lesser-known bunch… moths, flies, beetles, and wasps!

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It’s Time to Prune Spring Shrubs

Posted on June 22, 2023

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Orchid: May Houseplant Highlight

Posted on May 1, 2025

Our Houseplant Highlight for May is the Orchid. This plant is well known for its unique flowers that come in a variety of sizes and colors! Orchids symbolize love, beauty, and thoughtfulness, making them great gifts (Don’t forget Mother’s Day is coming up on the 11th!). They are also long-blooming, lasting much longer than a cut flower bouquet.

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Broadleaf Winter Damage

Posted on April 18, 2025

Rhododendron trouble? You’re not alone! This winter was long and harsh, especially on broadleaf evergreens. The dry fall caused many plants to go into the colder months without enough water.

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