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Gardening Care

Summer Garden Survival: Watering Tips to Beat the Heat

When summer temperatures rise, your garden can feel the heat, literally. With a few smart watering strategies, you can protect your landscape, conserve water, and keep your plants thriving....

Wildlife

How to Plant a Pollinator Garden

Pollinators like bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and even moths play a vital role in keeping our ecosystems thriving. By helping plants reproduce, they support the entire food web, including us!...

Wildlife

Bee Our Guest: Container Combos Pollinators Can’t Resist

Looking for a way to support pollinators and add instant charm to your outdoor space? A pollinator friendly container garden is the perfect solution....

Outdoor

Beyond the Porch: 7 Creative Ways to Use Hanging Baskets

Hanging baskets are a classic way to add a splash of color to your porch or patio, but they can do so much more than just hang by the front...

Plants

Top 10 Natives & Nativars for a Low-Maintenance Garden Hampton Roads

Natives are getting a lot of attention these days, and for good reason. They can be better adapted to our hot humid summers, generally drought tolerant once established, and attract...

Wildlife

Late May Blooms That Steal the Show (And the Pollinators)

, the garden has officially entered show off season. The early spring blossoms have had their moment, and now it’s time for the stars of the late spring stage to...

Plants

Evergreen to Everyday: How to Refresh Your Space After the Holidays

As the twinkling lights and festive decor come down, your home may feel a little bare, but that’s the perfect opportunity to refresh your space with the beauty and vibrancy...

Plants

Bright Ideas: How to Light Up the Holidays in Style

The holiday season is the perfect time to let your home shine, literally! With twinkling lights, glowing displays, and illuminated decor, your indoor and outdoor spaces can radiate warmth, cheer,...

Plants

3 Best Ways to Trim Your Tree

Get ready to make your tree the true star of the season! We’re going to share three simple steps that will help you create a showstopping holiday tree that dazzles...

Plants

Everything You Need to Know About Fall Bulbs

What most people don’t know (but now you do) is that fall bulbs are the key to a vibrant spring garden. They offer a burst of color when most of...

Plants

Designing a Fall Garden with Pansies

It’s October, which means it’s finally the time of the year for pansies! These vibrant, cool weather flowers offer an incredible range of colors, making them the perfect choice to...

Plants

Raise a Glass to Fall: Seasonal Garden Containers

What better way to celebrate the fall season than with a cocktail? This season, we’re serving up three garden container recipes inspired by delicious fall drinks that are sure to...

Houseplants

Catch the Wave on this New and Unique Succulent, String of Dolphins

There’s a new succulent on the scene , String of Dolphins. This playful, succulent variety, otherwise known as Flying Dolphins, the Dolphin Necklace, or by its scientific name Senecio Peregrinus,...

Houseplants

How to Care for Monstera by Espoma

07: stera Monstera From large, sculptural plants to charming succulence, there's a place for houseplants in every home. Green plants add textural interest, fill in drab corners, and soften architectural...

Houseplants

Tips on Selecting an Orchid

McDonald Garden Center has A healthy orchid’s roots will be light green when dry and dark green when wet. Orchid leaves should be free fro obvious blemished, bugs, soft spots....

Houseplants

Bold and Beautiful Calathea

Calathea Smaller varieties are ideal for tabletop display. Calathea are loved for their large, oval, distinctly patterned, and vibrantly colored leaves....

Houseplants

Our New Favorite Houseplant: Anthuriums

Anthirium Anthirium A houseplant that has the potential to bloom year round is hard to come by. Luckily, we have the solution: anthuriums....

Houseplants

Bring Home Succulent Style

The cold keeps coming up with ways to keep us out of the garden. We keep coming up with new ways to keep us digging in the dirt!...

Edible

Clusters of Cool-Season-Color, Ornamental Kale

Ornamental Kale Glamour Red Ornamental Kal Peacock Series, White Peacock Series, Red Looks aren’t everything, but there really isn’t any other cool weather annual that can provide the foliage texture...

Edible

Unbeatable Flower Power – Coneflower PowWow® Wild Berry

Acclaimed for their cheery, brightly colored flowers, coneflowers (echinacea) are a mainstay in summer garden. These long blooming perennials are easy to grow and maintain, and make a great addition...

Edible

Plum Crazy for Alternanthera Plum Dandy

Alternanthera is delightful foliage plant that is both easy to grow and care for. Although these plants don’t have interesting blooms, they more than make up for it with their...

Edible

Good Things Come in Small Packages, Compact Short Snack Cucumbers & Mascotte’ Dwarf Bush Beans

Chef Jeff Veggies, McDonald Garden Center Chef Jeff Veggies, McDonald Garden Center Cucumber Short Snack & Mascotte' Dwarf Bush Bean In the world of gardening, bigger is not always better....

Edible

Double Mint Gardenia, for Double the Blooms and More

It's easy to fall in love with gardenias, the belle of the southern garden, and the queen of fragrant flowers. With their lush, evergreen leaves, snow white blossoms, intoxicating scent...

Edible

Pork Filet Mignon Stuffed with Mushrooms and Basil

Pork Filet MIgnon stuffed with Mushrooms and Basil. Simmer mushrooms, basil leaves, garlic and shallots. Cut the pork filet in half horizontally and season to taste....

Gardening Care

Watering Tips During Drought Conditions

We've been lucky to have such amazing, sunny weather here recently, but our plants haven't been getting much rainwater. This recent dry spell in addition to the periods of heavy...

Gardening Care

How to Feed Plants in the Landscape

How to Feed the Plants in the Landscape McDonald Green Leaf, Traditional and Organic All plants require specific nutrients from the soil....

Gardening Care

Waterwise, A Guide to Summer Watering

Hampton Roads' summers are long, hot and humid, and we're approaching that time of year when water becomes the essential elixir in your garden....

Gardening Care

Stay Ahead of Weeds

Fertilome Spring Weed Control Kit While it's way more fun to think about the blooms and lush lawns that spring brings......

Gardening Care

Impatiens Downy Mildew

Impatiens Downy Mildew Impatiens Downy Mildew Symptoms Impatiens Downy Mildew is a relatively new disease problem for American gardens and now is being observed in many areas around the country....

Gardening Care

Now’s the Time for Fall Lawn Kits

The Fall Lawn McDonald Garden Center Fall Lawn Kit Check out the video to learn more about fall lawn kits: Everyone knows that a lush, green lawn is a labor...

Seasons

Fraser Fir, the Tried & True Christmas Tree

Fresh Cut Fraser Fir Fraser Firs Fresh off the Truck Beautiful Blue Green Needles with Great Needle Retention 'The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, ey....

Seasons

The Holiday Lookbook for 2019 is Here!

The McDonald Christmas Shoppe Gingerbread Houses Ornaments in all shapes, sizes and styles Baby it's Cold Outside Theme McDonald Gift Cards Perfect for the gardener who has everything!...

Seasons

What to Sow and Grow in May

Zinnias Beans Cilantro Butterfly Weed (Asclepias Tuberosa) Basil Marigolds Starting plants from seed is one of the most exciting and rewarding gardening activities, and careful plant selection allows gardeners to...

Seasons

Beyond Bouquets, Romantic Plants for Valentine’s Day

Loropetalum, Ever Red® Fringe Flower Viburnum, Snowball Rose, Sweet Mademoiselle™ Rose, Plum Perfect™ Sunbelt® Pink Double Knock Out® Rose Blueberry, Sunshine Blue by Kate Karam, rovia The here today, gone...

Seasons

Holiday Wreaths, Not Just for the Front Door

On the Front Door As a Centerpiece In a Bedroom In the Kitchen On a Mirror When it comes to holiday decorating, wreath, fresh or faux, are a timeless symbol...

Seasons

Celebrate National Poinsettia Day

National Poinsettia Day 2018 Red Gltter Winter Rose Picasso Ice Punch Traditional Red It's December 12th, and that means it's National Poinsettia Day!...

Outdoor

LUSCIOUS® Marmalade Lantana, A Sweet Addition to Your Landscape

Luscious® Marmalade Lantana Luscious® Marmalade Lantana Luscious® Marmalade Lantana Few plants supply as much long lasting, reliable color as lantana....

Outdoor

Hot Color to Light Up the Landscape, Heuchera Fire Alarm

Set your landscape ablaze with this spectacular flaming red heuchera variety, Fire Alarm. A real show stopper in any season, this heuchera features big, glossy foliage that is bright red...

Outdoor

How do Drastic Changes in Temperature Affect Landscape Plants?

Written by McDonald Garden Center CEO, Eddie Anderson Weather affects plants in many obvious ways, but also in ways we may not realize, and this winter’s fluctuating temperatures are certainly...

Outdoor

Ticks in the Landscape

Ticks in the Landscape Jonathan Green Organic Insect Granules Cedar Mulch Fertilome Bug Blaster Granules or liquid spray Hi Yield Turf Ranger Insect Granules Fertilome Broad Spectrum Insect Spray Summertime...

Outdoor

Outdoor Show 2017- THE DIRT

This Year's Show Theme 'Flower Power' It’s finally here! After nearly a year of planning the 24th Annual Outdoor Show is days away!...

Outdoor

Don’t Forget About Your Outdoor Space

By Elaine Linn, McDonald Landscape Designer We all enjoy our home sweet homes and know our favorite chair and our favorite room....

Wildlife

Nectar Gardening for Butterflies, Honey Bees & Native Bees

07: arch Butterly Bees Butterflies & arch Butterfly By Michelle Peterson, St. Lucie County Master Gardener Plants produce nectar as a means of attracting insects, birds and other potential pollinators....

Wildlife

Tips on Creating a Successful Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Gardens Host and Nectar Plants Milkweed Lantana We’re pretty sure when Jeffery Osborne wrote “On the Wings of Love,” in 1982, he was not belting out romanticisms to his...

Wildlife

Plant a Pollinator-Friendly Garden

Create a pollinator friendly garden with nectar rich blooms, host plants, and simple habitat upgrades that support bees and butterflies....

Wildlife

ALL THAT FLUTTERS…THE TALE OF CHUNK THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY

Chunk is FINALLY arch Butterfly!...

Wildlife

It’s National Pollinator Week

Pollinators positively affect all our lives let's SAVE them and CELEBRATE them. How do pollinators affect your life? Well, if you’ve ever eaten a blueberry, chocolate bar or tomato, then...

Wildlife

“Bee” Kind to Your Garden – Attracting Pollinators May Save Our Planet

By now, you may have heard the buzz on the bee problem threatening the vitality of our fruits and vegetables. With bees and other pollinators being eradicated at an alarmingly...

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DO IT YOURSELF MOSQUITO REPELLING CONTAINER Container gardening is a trend that continues to grow. Nearly half of American households report trying some form of container gardening....

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DO IT YOURSELF CONTAINER GARDENS From succulents to blooms, create container combinations with a blend of the season's hottest plants....

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DO IT YOURSELF SUCCULENT CONTAINER This drought tolerant container will offer non stop interest all season long and for seasons to come....

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DO IT YOURSELF LIVING WREATH A living wreath is fresh and easy way to decorate for spring. Try a blooming wreath on a fence panel, front porch or even use...

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DO IT YOURSELF CHRISTMAS CONTAINER Creating an outdoor arrangement of fresh greens in an urn or other container is a wonderful way to add holiday cheer and life to your...

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DO IT YOURSELF BOXWOOD WREATH Give your front door a makeover this season with this Christmas door decorating idea. Simple and festive, wreaths are the perfect way to welcome holiday...

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Laxmi Jayaraj (Lux)

Jul 2025

McDonald Garden Center feels like a second home. Plants are always healthy and well cared for. Staff are warm, patient, and generous with their wisdom.

K. F.

Feb 2025

Had a great time at Plantopia HousePlant Adoption Day. Plants are top notch, great selection. Staff are awesome, friendly and knowledgeable, and give great tips.

John Vaquerano

Jan 2023

Marissa and Erin treated us like long lost nursery mates. I got great advice, and will definitely be back. I highly recommend this place.

Elizabeth Cannon

Jun 2025

Associate helped me pick the right planter, fertilized him, and topped with decorative rocks. All for an incredibly reasonable price and caring smiles.

Sebastian Mot

Jan 2020

This place is MASSIVE and has anything you could ever want. The succulent selection is huge, and the staff is very helpful.

Joyce Drakeford

Jan 2019

So knowledgeable. Friendly service each and every time. Find the perfect plant for every spot in your yard. Been a customer for years.