GREAT GARDENS START WITH GREAT TOOLS.
Now is the perfect time to stock up on fall tools like rakes and pruners. The right tools make creating and maintaining your yard easier and faster and you really only need a handful of tools to handle the most common lawn and garden maintenance. Be sure to check out our complete line of economical Terra VerdeTools in stores now. Here are a few must-have garden tools to help you be successful and efficient in maintaining your garden:
RED HEAD PENNISETUM
A popular landscaping element, perennial grasses offer seasons of interest and movement to the garden. Fountain grasses are perennials that grow to form a mound. With cascading leaves, these attractive grasses will form a clump making a great mass planting. We also love using them individually as a specimen plants in containers. Their foliage will arch towards the ground like a fountain - thus the name 'fountain grass'.
Think grass is just for your lawn? Try using ornamental grasses in containers and in your landscape to add a whole new dimension to your outdoor space. Ornamental grasses add two important elements to the garden experience that are not readily obtained from many other plants: MOVEMENT and SOUND - not to mention they are super stylish as well.
And, did you know ornamental grasses:
DO-IT-YOURSELF KITCHEN HERB GARDEN
Growing your own herbs is easy and rewarding. And, just because we are knocking on fall’s door doesn't mean you can have to give up fresh herbs for cooking. Fresh herbs are easy to grow indoors and as many chefs know, can mean the difference between a good dish and an extraordinary dish! Once you begin to use fresh herbs in your favorite recipes, you'll never want go back to using just dried herbs again. Try an growing an indoor herb garden to keep your favorite herbs right at your fingertips.
THE PINEAPPLE LILY
Make a statement with Pineapple Lillies in your summer garden. These exotic summer blooms are available in several different varieties, ranging in colors of pale green, purple, white, pinks and burgundy. Two of our favorites are 'Twinkle Stars' and 'Sparkling Rosy'. The plant has a base rosette of long lance-shaped leaves. It's flowers are on a long spike, topped with a tuft of smaller leaves. These leaves and the appearance of the flower spike make the flower head look like a pineapple, thus it's name.