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Succulent Container Madness!

Succulent Container Ideas That Will Blow Your Mind You can shove succulents in anything! Hi all!  Megan here to show you some fun gifty ideas with succulents. I’ll shove a succulent in almost anything, whether it be a grill that...

Succulent Container Ideas That Will Blow Your Mind You can shove succulents in anything! Hi all!  Megan here to show you some fun gifty ideas with succulents. I’ll shove a succulent in almost anything, whether it be a grill that...

What I’m Doing in the Garden

Easy Spring Flower Combinations for a Stunning Garden People are always asking me when they come in the nursery what I’m doing in the garden right now. They want just a few simple new plant combinations that they can try...

Easy Spring Flower Combinations for a Stunning Garden People are always asking me when they come in the nursery what I’m doing in the garden right now. They want just a few simple new plant combinations that they can try...

Spring Gardens Report Card

Spring Gardens Report Card

Spring Gardens Report Card: A+ for Blooms! So, here’s the update on how my Spring blooming combos worked out this year. A lovely year all in all with a nice early bloom show for our Spring Party in mid-April and...

Spring Gardens Report Card

Spring Gardens Report Card: A+ for Blooms! So, here’s the update on how my Spring blooming combos worked out this year. A lovely year all in all with a nice early bloom show for our Spring Party in mid-April and...

Winter Veggies NOW!

Winter Veggies NOW!

Plant Your Winter Vegetables Now for a Bountiful Harvest Meet Anni Jensen – seed propagator here at Annie’s and devoted vegetable gardener. She and her wife, Carol, harvest something delicious from their small Richmond garden nearly 12 months out of...

Winter Veggies NOW!

Plant Your Winter Vegetables Now for a Bountiful Harvest Meet Anni Jensen – seed propagator here at Annie’s and devoted vegetable gardener. She and her wife, Carol, harvest something delicious from their small Richmond garden nearly 12 months out of...

Which Papaver Are You?

Which Papaver Are You?

Meet the Papavers: A Poppy for Every Personality Here at Annie’s , we love our giant Papavers and we grow over 30 different varieties. Call us crazy, but we have a theory that there’s a Papaver for every personality and...

Which Papaver Are You?

Meet the Papavers: A Poppy for Every Personality Here at Annie’s , we love our giant Papavers and we grow over 30 different varieties. Call us crazy, but we have a theory that there’s a Papaver for every personality and...

The Majorcan Peony Cometh!

The Majorcan Peony Cometh!

After Years of Waiting, the Majorcan Peony Finally Blooms They say patience is the art of hoping, and even if we aren’t very disciplined in the former, we here at Annie’s are experts at the latter. Such is the case...

The Majorcan Peony Cometh!

After Years of Waiting, the Majorcan Peony Finally Blooms They say patience is the art of hoping, and even if we aren’t very disciplined in the former, we here at Annie’s are experts at the latter. Such is the case...