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Here we are in the 8th month of 2022. We are in the transition time between the ending of summer plants and before cool season plants become available. It is also a time of continued heat stress on plants, but the days are not as long, so

CLOSED 4th of July How about that! Halfway through 2022 already and into the ‘dog days’ of summer. Good news, though. Just about all those great summer-blooming perennials that grace our yards for years to come are here. We are talking Russian Sage, Black-eyed Susans like ‘Indian

So what is with our whacky weather??? Wind, humidity, showers, snow, hail, heat, and cold all played a part in May. Add to that our coldest nights in several years in spring, and we are not the only ones confused. Pretty sure our plants do not know

April has been interesting. Much needed rain, cold nights, and tomato teasing days. Lake Western Weather is expecting frost in Middletown tonight. We have been covering the vegetable tables with frost cloth most nights. I realize that a lot of you do not live by the creek

April is here, and that means things are heating up, literally and figuratively. Lots of orders arrived this week. Some of the highlights are succulents, ferns, and upright cold-hardy fuchsias from Little Prince. They have an amazing selection of sempervivens and 4-inch ferns. More metal arrived from

  SPRING HOURS START MARCH 1ST OPEN 9-5, RAIN DAYS 10-4 What a difference a week can make in the Coastal Range of No. California. We went from sweating, literally, to getting roses potted up when the second-order came in and stressing about how early things were

Winter break is over, and it is time to get back to business. The bare root tree order arrived while we were closed. There are several things we will not be getting that were on our list, or that sold out with pre-orders. We could not add

The holidays are here! At Star Gardens, that means we will be busy with Christmas tree sales for the next few weeks. We have 300 cut trees to sell plus 80 living conifers for those who prefer to go that route. If you have nowhere to plant