The Top 5 Plants for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, falling on May 10th this year, and we have the best blooms to help you celebrate! Show Mom your appreciation with our exquisite selection of flowering hanging baskets, lilacs, annuals, and more. Plus, our full selection of roses, including David Austins, is now available! What says Mother’s Day better than roses? Keep reading below to see some of our favorite plants sure to WOW Mom this year.
1. LILACS
Lilacs bloom just in time for Mother’s Day, making them an obvious choice! With amazing fragrance and bright, full clusters of flowers, lilacs check all the boxes. Check out Pocahontas, a stunning early blooming variety (pictured above) with showy flowers that look great as cut flowers! Need one for a smaller space? We have a great selection of dwarf lilac, including Baby Kim, a delightfully deer and disease-resistant variety, getting only about 24-36″ at maturity!
2. ROSES
Browse our full selection of roses, now available! Choose from Knock Outs, Garden Roses, David Austins, and more in various colors and sizes. Surprise Mom with her favorite roses planted and ready to go in the garden.
3. ANNUAL MIXED CONTAINERS & BASKETS
Grab gorgeous Van Wilgen Grown hanging baskets through Mother’s Day on sale now! Grab 2 or more and save $10 per basket! We also have some amazing annual combo pots & baskets ready for you that make perfect, hassle-free patio plants Mom will love.
4. PEONIES
Peonies are some of the best cut flowers for absolutely stunning bouquets! With huge, showy blooms in a wide variety of colors, you’ll want to keep coming back to plant more. Get any herbaceous peonies on sale now for just $35 each (regularly $50) during our Van Deal!
5. FLOWERING VINES
Bougainvillea: Tough as nails, fast-growing, and puts on a spectacular show of color. These vines are flowering machines that look great climbing a wall, sprawling as a groundcover on hillsides, or pruned and grown in containers.
Mandevilla: Exotic trumpet-shaped flowers occur in colors of red, pink, white, or apricot. Plants bloom continuously from summer through fall! Very fast-growing and beautiful on trellises and spilling over in hanging baskets!
OTHER GIFT IDEAS
Nitrile Touch Gloves: Throw in a pair of gardening gloves and save! These are on sale now for $6.99 each (regularly $7.99) through May 10th and make a great add-on gift to any plant purchase.
Hummingbird Feeder & Ready to Use Nectar: Hummingbirds are just beginning to return to yards for the year! If Mom loves seeing these cute pollinators around, be sure to grab a feeder and bottle of nectar to go with it… both on sale through May 10th!
Seed Packet ‘Cards’: Give Mom a thoughtful card and gift all in one! These are mixed seed packets with cute messages and designs.
