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Woodie’s Picks: April Standouts in the Landscape

April is an underrated yet breathtaking time for the spring garden, offering vibrant colors and fresh growth. In this blog, we highlight four of our favorite plants that shine in the April landscape, along with essential spring gardening tips to help you kick off the season.

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Crafting The Perfect Shade Garden

At Garden Goods Direct, we can provide you with the plants, soil, and supplies you need to get your shade garden started. We have plenty of options to choose from, so you can find the perfect plants to fit your garden’s needs. With our help, you can craft a beautiful and vibrant shade garden that will be the envy of your neighborhood!

Why We Love Landscaping With Drift® Roses

Drift® Roses are just as, if not more, popular than their rose cultivar for they’ve been bred to have a range of sought-after qualities, and they work in just about any landscape design! Keep reading to learn why we love landscaping with Drift® Roses.

How To Create A Colorful Cottage Landscape

As we reach mid-spring, prime landscape design and planting season is upon us! If you’ve always dreamed of crafting a charming cottage garden, this is your sign to stop dreaming and start planting! Check out this blog to learn the best practices in creating an endearing cottage landscape!

Hicks Yew: The Instant Hedge

Also nicknamed the ‘Instant Hedge,’ Hicks Yew shrubs are praised for their hardiness to the elements and they make for the perfect hedges along landscapes. If you are looking to instill privacy and designate boundaries along a property, Hicks Yew might just be the leafy green wall for you! Check out this blog to learn all there is to know about this Instant Hedge!

10 Garden Trends For 2023

As we ease into the new year, it's only natural that you'll begin to look for ways you can refresh the landscape and the garden for spring. While 2022 was the year of lilacs, cut-flower gardens, and tropical oases, we predict some new plant trends on the rise for the spring of 2023. Check out this blog to see what's in store for the garden world this year!

5 Plants that Create Year-Round Interest

If you are after a year-long landscape full of color and beauty, but you're unsure where to begin, have no fear. For your benefit, Woodie has taken stock of all the plants that he's planted over the years, and he has come to find a few standout options in the landscape that never fails to provide magnificent color and life throughout every season.

How to Use Encore Azaleas in Your Landscaping

Use Encore Azaleas to boost curb appeal by planting them in beds, putting in container pots or in mass plantings along walks and paths! Check out this blog to learn our favorite ways to design with Encore Azaleas, and the best Encore Azalea for your landscape purposes.

6 Best Late-Summer Blooming Perennials

If you’ve caught the gardening bug, but feel like you’re late to the planting game, think again! We’ve compiled a list of our favorite late-summer-blooming perennials that are hardy to the elements and will have your summer yard exploding with life and color year after year!

4 Shrubs that Bloom All Summer

Many gardeners forget that summer is one of the most critical flower seasons because many pollinators are present and need the nectar provided by blooming shrubs. We have assembled a list of shrubs to add summer color to your yard. These summer flowering shrubs are easy to grow and disease resistant. They will provide months of bloom and nectar for butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators, which are crucial to our ecosystem.

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