Ode to Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses, with their long, arching leaves and fuzzy plumes or silvery tassels, have become very popular in the last few years as low-maintenance garden plants. We have a large selection of grasses here at Warner's...short ones to accent your garden beds and taller varieties to create screening. They are all fairly chunky plants...instant gratification to say the least!

Tami Hayes, our perennial department manager came up with some words to honor these wonderful plants. Each bolded portion of the poem represents a particular variety of ornamental grass that we sell. Any grass lover can appreciate the humor of her words that follow.

Ode to Ornamental Grasses
One day Hameln saw a Little Bunny going through the Feather Reed grass and as the Northwind blew he started daydreaming of a trip to the zoo to see the Zebras, when he saw his friends Karl Foerster & Sara Bande. They said they were going to the Overdam to the Cabaret Theater. There they saw a Maiden looking very Cosmopolitan. She introduced herself as Shenandoah. She said, "don't Panicum about my Blue Hair, it's just ornamental." So they all decided to Switch Grass and take a trip to the Fountain.
THE END

Mums the Word!

Jessica, an enthusiastic Warner's customer service representative and plant care specialist is busy these days caring for our copious numbers of mums. Mums in all colors and sizes are available here at the nursery. If you plant mums now and they are tightly budded, they will last you into November. Maintenance pruning of past blooms is recommended to prolong colorful mums. The mums we sell are sold by local growers and so are very hardy to frosts...sorry, I know this is a bad word! Mums the word...

Cool Mornings

These cool mornings are great for creating visual effects on some of our plant friends. Condensation on the leaves can be beautiful. Get out in your yard in the early morning and check it out for yourself! See attached here a shot of Alocasia 'Black Magic' (aka 'Elephant Ear'), with 18" - 24" leaves these beauties hold quite a bit of moisture!

Last week of summer! Enjoy!

Late Summer and Fall weather Rules! Get out and enjoy it while it lasts. Working in the yard this time of year can be extremely rewarding and give you just the excuse to get outside that you need. As the days get shorter, we have less time to play in the garden...so make the most of the time you do have! Come in and see what we have to offer for Fall planters and planting beds to jazz up your yard. We can speed up your shopping with lots of great ideas.

Labor Day Blues

We here at Warner's are sad to see the last days of summer come and go!! However, we will continue to revel in the warm days that follow and enjoy our fabulously floral surroundings. Most of our planters and planting beds here around the nursery have grown in to the max and our pleasing to look at each and every day. See photos attached. Hope yours are too.