Category: Plants

Let it go…frozen

We encourage clients to water until the ground freezes then let it go. Newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials need that consistent, deep watering to help them put down a good root system and help them store up for the winter. Evergreens especially need water for winter storage, because their needles are exposed to the cold winds causing them to …

Keeping Annual Bulbs

There are a few beautiful summer flowers that come from bulbs and tubers, but can not withstand the cold Nebraska winters underground.  Flowers like the Canna, Dahlia, and Gladiolus are not hardy bulbs.  They need to be dug up after they have died back from a frost, then dried in a shady spot and stored in dry peat moss at …

Greenlife Gardens

Determining to Dig Daffodils

All of our bulbs come needing to be planted with in a few weeks of shipment which is based on our region. It is recommended to plant the bulbs once the soil temperatures reach 55*F which happens to be in September or October here in our area. South of here that could be as late as November. You want it …


Andrea Shaw
Andrea Shaw
Andrea Shaw