In The Greenhouse
Dividing Hybrid Hellebores
Hybrid hellebores bring us all sorts of happiness. These are one of the first plants to bloom in the late winter and early spring and are available in flower colors of chartreuse, cream, white, pink, red and deep purple. Hybrid hellebores are also those rare and treasured perennials that provide…
Sweet Peas, the “Queen of Annuals”
For many gardeners, it’s not the tulip or daffodil to forward to at the end of winter, it’s the sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) that declares, “spring is here!” The colors and sweet fragrance of these climbers announce the coming of warmer days like no other. Choosing Sweet Peas The hardest…
Growing Veggies in Containers
Do you dream of a delicious, homegrown harvest but don’t have the land to use? No longer should a shortage of garden space prevent you from growing your own fresh vegetables. As long as you have a sunny location you can have your own mini-farm on your porch, patio, deck,…
Scented Geraniums
Unmatched for fragrance and beauty in the garden, scented geraniums are undoubtedly showstoppers. With many to choose from, each with its own distinctive habit and fragrance, scented geraniums are also great for hanging baskets, window boxes or any type of container. Although the colorful flowers are small, the leaves of…
Nurturing Spring Bulbs
Spring bulbs faithfully reappear at the most advantageous time – after a long, cold winter, just when we’re longing for bright colors to relieve the monotony of winter snow and ice. Most spring bulbs are perennial and multiply in number every year, bringing more beauty to the flowerbeds each spring,…
Cold-Tolerant Flowering Plants
Cold doesn’t have to kill your dreams for beautiful flowerbeds overflowing with vibrant color and stupendous blooms. While the deepest freezes of winter will put a stop to any flowering plant, there are beautiful plants that can chill out without damage or difficulty. The trick is recognizing which of these…
Growing in Flower Pouches
How many of us sit on our decks or patios, stare at a bare fence and think, “there must be something I can do with that.” There certainly is! “Plant” your fence with flower pouches. Not just for fences, these flower pouches efficiently provide color and/or small veggies for tiny…
“”Tag it and Leave it!” Hanging Basket Workshop and Tour of our Production Facilities
Sunday, March 30th at 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm by Kathy Haley Dammann’s West is a large growing and retail facility that produces the most beautiful hanging baskets in town. Our experts will help you create your own 10″ hanging basket with plant plugs. You do the potting and we…
Jumpstart to Spring!
“Jumpstart to Spring” Lecture Series & Tours, Saturday, April 5th. Walk-ins Are Welcomed! Dammann’s is a production facility where we take pride in growing our own hanging baskets, flowers, and vegetables. All participants are invited to take a tour of our greenhouse facilities where we produce a wide variety of plants.…
Creating Humidity for Houseplant Health
Houseplants are like Goldilocks...sometimes there is too much humidity and sometimes not enough. However, somewhere it's "just right." Many of our houseplants hail from the tropics and grow in humidity of 50-80%, considerably more humid than our homes.
