Summer Blooms
Summer is here, and so are the blooms! It is a gardener’s delight to keep the blooms coming all summer long. Here is a peek at what perennials are blooming now at New Leaf Nursery to give your garden a variety of color throughout the summer.
Agastache comes in a variety of colors and blooms last a long time. It’s a great pollinator plant too, attracting hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.
Shasta Daisies just make you smile. You can pick from standard blooms, double blooms and even a Banana Daisy providing a lovely yellow bloom.
Daylilies are always a delight! With a wide variety of colors, there’s always something to please the eye.
Pink Paradise Potentilla is only one of the many colors this vibrant bush offers. You can also find it in white and yellow.
And a summer garden just wouldn’t be complete without a variety of roses. This beauty is called Kashmir.
This is only a small sample of what you will find when you stop by New Leaf Nursery. It is a veritable delight to see the many, many blooms of summer — Coreopsis, New Vintage Roses, Shrub Roses, Dianthus, Hydrangea, Spirea, Lavender and more. Come on by, we’d love to show you them all.
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Slugs and snails are everywhere—what’s a gardener to do?
Slugs and snails are on the prowl looking for those tender juicy leaves from the plants that you love, and can ravage new growth on a plant overnight! Make sure you prioritize the protection of the most vulnerable plants – seedlings, new growth on herbaceous plants, and the especially susceptible delphiniums, dahlias, and hostas. Even plants in pots can be attacked, especially if there are leaves joining the pots. Those little slimy guys will literally use the leaves as bridges to move from pot to pot. Clever guys, eh?
Here's a few tips on controlling slugs and snails:
1. Create a healthy ecosystem! Create lots of habitats for slug predators, such as hedges and shrubs (especially those with berries). Attract birds who will eat the slugs and snails!
2. Be at the ready with a bowl of salt water and a flashlight! Go into the garden and pull them off the plants. Oh, and bring a pair of gloves. Snails and slugs hate salt as it literally dissolves them.
3. Put out organic slug pellets. Be very careful to buy only organic based products. Any pellets that contain metaldehyde will certainly kill the slugs, but they will kill other animals that encounter them!
4. Water in a biological control. Many organic gardeners are turning to biological controls that contain microscopic nematodes. These infect the pests with bacteria, which will kill them. Water into the soil in the evenings when the soil is warm, and moist, from spring onwards. This should be repeated every 6 weeks.
5. Copper rings around a plant can be effective slug deterrents. If the slug comes in contact with the copper, it receives an ‘electric shock’ forcing them back. Be sure you dig the rings in deep into the soil, so the slugs don’t try to attack the plant from under the soil. Here’s a link to copper rings
6. Bran! Yes, slugs love it, but it bloats them, making them heavy and lethargic, leaving them exposed to birds.
7. Make the path prickly! Slugs don’t like to slither over rough surfaces, so add a layer of horticultural grit, sand, or even cat litter to the soil around your plants
For more information on controlling these nasty garden menaces, visit our friends at GardnersWorld.com
Have a favorite flower from your garden?
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Hello Cheryl!
Have you met Cheryl? If you have come to the nursery in the past several years and had a question about, well, just about anything, you may have met Cheryl!
Cheryl is one of those ladies who knows just the right perennial to put in that one corner that just won’t grow a thing. She’s also ready to show you how to properly dead head that same plant and how to water it. And she has that water wand under control. Cheryl is one of our dedicated watering army in the summer that keeps the plants hydrated and happy. And on her days off? Cheryl is often back at the nursery shopping for some special plants for her own garden! Cheryl is a peach, and we’re so happy she is on the team!
Sign up for summer classes
Perennial Flower Care & Extend Life of Your Annuals
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
New Leaf Nursery (map)
New Leaf Nursery plant expert Laurie Wilson teaches you how to prolong annuals throughout the season and how best to encourage growth of your perennial gardens. $30 registration fee.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
New Leaf Nursery (map)
HAVE TONS OF TOMATOES?
Come learn how to make fresh salsa using your tomatoes, garden herbs, and other veggies. Taught by Chris, a member of the New Leaf team. ALL materials will be provided. Please bring a sharp knife to cut the tomatoes and other vegetables. We will provide you with a jar to take your salsa home and enjoy! $40 registration fee.
The summer festival was a big hit
Saturday, July 9, New Leaf Nursery turned into a party, with food vendors and a beer garden from Lone Mountain Farm, many craft and artisan vendors, including Crafts at Stake Shop, Twisted Booze, Northwest Spin Drift, The Sugaree Cotton Candy, Mountain Tidings, and Viviana Soap Company. Bouncy Houses and face painting kept the children busy, while everyone enjoyed the sounds of Lake Town Sound, a local high energy band playing classics from the 70s and 80s.
And if you love the Kootenai Humane Society, now called Companions Animal Center, you’re going to love this! A portion of our sales during the festival was donated to support the efforts of Companions Animal Center!
Many thanks to our vendors and to all of you who came out to enjoy a wonderful summer evening.
