Gardening Tips

Here are the answers to many commonaly asked questions we get at teh store. If you do not find the answer you are looking for here, feel free to give us a call and we would be happy to help out.

Glossary of Gardening Terms

Salt Tolerant Plants

For a list of salt tolerant plants, please visit the following site:

Juglone Tolerance

For a great list of plants tolerant of juglone, the toxic substance produced by black walnut trees, please click the Learn More button:

Native Planting Ideas

For a great list of New York State Native Plants. Visit the link below.

National Wildlife Federation website

The National Wildlife Federation website (www.nwf.org) can tell you all you need to know about attracting wildlife to your yard.

Deer Resistant Plantings

Perhaps the most frequently asked question at the nursery is ‘What can I plant that the deer won’t eat?’ While no plant is guaranteed to be completely safe (since deer will eat painful, and even poisonous plants when they are desperate), there are many plants that deer generally avoid. Though you will want to monitor your plantings during severe winters just to be safe, plants from the following list should experience little or no deer damage.

Trees:
Beech (Fagus spp.)
Birch (Betula spp.)
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Dogwood (Cornus spp.)
Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var inermis)
Hornbeam (Carpinus spp.)
Larch (Larix spp.)
Magnolia
Maple (Acer spp.)
Oak (Quercus spp.)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
Sourwood (Oxydendron arboreum)
Spruce (Picea spp.)
Willow (Salix spp.)

Vines:
Clematis
Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
Wisteria

Bulbs:
Ornamental onion (Allium)
Crocus
Daffodils and narcissus (Narcissus)
Fritillary (Fritillaria)
Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)
Grape hyacinth (Muscari spp)

Shrubs:
Barberry (Berberis cvs.)
Boxwood (Buxus spp.)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia)
Cotoneaster
Forsythia
Hydrangea
Inkberry holly (Ilex glabra)
Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica)
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Mockorange (Philadelphus coronarius)
Potentilla
Privet (Ligustrum spp.)
Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Smokebush (Cotinus coggyria)
Spirea
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum spp.)
Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)
Viburnum
Weigela
Groundcovers:
Bugleweed (Ajuga)
Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)
Pachysandra
Sedum

Perennials:
Aster
Astilbe
Barrenwort (Epimedium spp.)
Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Bellflower (Campanula)
Black-eyed-Susan (Rubeckia fulgida)
Bleeding –heart (Dicentra spp.)
Bugbane (Actaea racemosa)
Columbine (Aquilegia spp.)
Coral Bells (Heuchera spp.)
Delphinium
Foamflower (Tiarella spp.)
Iris
Japanese anemone (Anemone x hybrida)
Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
Lavender (Lavendula)
Meadowsage (Salvia spp.)
Monkhood (Aconitum spp.)
Peony (Paeonia cvs.)
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa spp.)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.)