We are so egg-cited about the arrival of spring and the upcoming Easter holiday! Our growers put together the perfect plant combination ideal for your holiday decorating. These combos also make a egg-cellent gift!The “Easter Parade” Urbanna planter is filled with a colorful combination of beautiful spring annuals and perennial plants. Each ready-made container features cascading Mexican Feather Grass, trailing Suncatcher Pink Lemonade Petunias, pink Dianthus and purple Alyssum. Perfect for any porch, patio, deck or entryway, this planter will last all season long!

Do you have an area that just needs a little green? Jeepers Creepers are just the thing for you! Characterized by a its low, slow creeping habit, Jeepers Creepers are perennials with colorful flowers or leaves, offering unique design possibilities. Durable, tough and tolerant, these plants not only look great but will prosper in the most difficult landscape spots. Ideal for use as a groundcover, lawn substitute, a pathway or even as an edging plant. And, cascading types are perfect in containers where they can spill over the edges or fill in between other plants.

We bet you didn’t know there were so many options for the Magnolia... and we are just mad for magnolias! Most people think of that good ole' southern classic Magnolia with deep green leaves and big white blossoms. However, that is just one of the many varieties available! There are a multitude of sizes and colors to choose from. All you need to decide is which one of these beauties will look best in your yard! Here’s a few of our favorites:

Strawberries are a super fun fruit to grow at home and homegrown berries taste FAR better than the store-bought ones. With favorable conditions, each strawberry plant should produce one quart of strawberries. They are relatively easy to grow, require minimum space, and virtually no chemicals are needed. Berries not eaten fresh can be frozen or preserved. Besides being an excellent dessert fruit, strawberries are a good source of vitamin C as well as being low in calories (1/2 cup fills an adult's daily need for vitamin C and equals about 25 calories).

OSTEOSPERMUM 'VOLTAGE YELLOW'

A vibrant shade, called tangerine tango, has been identified as the color of the year by Pantone, a global authority on color and provider of professional color standards to design industries. Set your garden ablaze with the season’s hottest color: ORANGE!From pottery to annuals, perennials and shrubs, this color will light up your garden this spring and summer.

Annuals provide exciting color in the spring when gardeners are ready for the first signs of life in their garden. Here in Hampton Roads, our average last frost date is April 15, which can vary from the Oceanfront (April 1) to Williamsburg (April 25). We love these early spring annuals, as they are a somewhat safe bet for the early spring weather fluctuations. We recommend any of these right now:

BLUEBERRIES

The two most important things you can do for your established lawn in early spring is to apply:Pre-Emergent A pre-emergent will to prevent weeds and unwanted grasses that will germinate when the weather gets warms.Post Emergent A post emergent will rid your lawn of cool season weeds that are actively growing and getting ready to lay seed.

Not every person has room for an extravagant garden with rows of fresh veggies, huge garden beds full of blooms, and a picturesque yard full of grasses, shrubs, and trees. Most of us have limited space, especially apartment renters and urban dwellers who only have a few feet of outdoor space. Container gardening is the pocket edition of the garden we dream of. Even gardeners that have the sprawling landscape for bed gardening, lawns, and trees still can enjoy container gardening in their homes and on the porch.