Preparing Your Hydrangeas for Winter Longfellow’s Greenhouses | Nursery Department September 2022 (Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder) With the summer gardening season coming to a close and the chill of autumn in the air, it’s time to start thinking about putting your garden to bed for the winter. One of the most common questions […]
Transplanting Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials in Spring Longfellow’s Greenhouses Spring 2022 It goes without saying, but we’ve all been in the situation where we planted something years ago that is either now too big for its current location, or is just in need of being relocated. Or, maybe you have an area where you’d just […]
March is For Maple Syrup! By Longfellow’s Nursery | March 2022 Image Courtesy of Maine.gov […]
Who’s Ready for Spring? It’s never too early to start thinking spring. After a long, cold winter (what seemed like an especially cold stretch over the last month here in Central Maine), it’s nice to start thinking about warmer days spent in the garden ahead. We may only be a little over a month into […]
Texture to Enhance Your Garden! People have a tendency to just focus on flowers when picking plants for their garden. While the flowers are usually the main event, it is also important to look past the blooms, to the texture of the foliage. Incorporating a […]
Watering new Trees, Shrubs and Perennials! One of gardening’s biggest challenges is knowing when and how to water your trees, shrubs and perennials. Proper watering practices in the first growing season will help your plant become healthy and self-sufficient in the long run. Here are some key principals for proper watering. When you first bring […]
Plan Before You Plant! When starting a landscaping project, a little planning goes a long way! Knowing some information about your garden site will help get your project started off in the right direction. How many hours of sun does the site receive? Light plays a leading role in determining what plants to choose for […]
GARDEN PESTS | BROWNTAIL MOTH Longfellow’s Greenhouses Nursery February 27th, 2021 Enjoying the gardening season is something that so many of us look forward to coming out of a long, cold winter each year. When most of us think about getting out there once spring comes, there’s no way we can avoid thinking about the […]
Winter Pruning Spring is fast approaching. Now that the threat of extreme cold is behind us, it’s time to get out the pruners. What we prune this time of year is determined by the plants flowering and fruiting cycle. Fruit trees, blueberries and summer blooming plants (i.e., hydrangea paniculata, butterfly bush, rose-of-sharon, spiraea japonica, and […]
