The largest and most extensive nursery in Baldwin County! From their 20 acres at their business location just north of Foley in Summerdale on Cty Rd-59 they furnish plants to landscape contractors, businesses, residential owners. If it grows they probably have it: palms, bamboo, Japanese Maples, annuals, sod, and the list goes on and on….
Small nursery but has a great greenhouse with a wide variety of succulents, cacti, and other small house plants. More house plants are found in the office area. They also have, fruit trees, azaleas, camellias, and more. The owner is quite knowledgeable and willing to work with you and make suggestions. They will occasionally have…
A local family-run greenhouse located in Foley at the intersection of Hickory St and Co Rd 20. A different nursery in that they only sell plants, and they propagate 95% of all their plants! They have an excellent variety of plants for the house and yard, they also have various shrubs and some trees. There…
This page will give you detailed information on the plants mentioned in the February Quail Creek Newsletter. It is a follow-on to the plants mentioned in the November newsletter. The references are ones I have pulled from the internet and are ones I have found to be most helpful in the plant description and growing….
There will be no column for December. However, we will be back in January 2022. We will, in January look at a potential pest you may have on your shrubs and how to handle it.In February, we will have Part 2/2 on Local Plants for Landscaping.
The topic this month should be of concern to many of us and our neighbors as a fair number of us have crepe myrtle bushes and trees in our yards. A recently introduced insect pest, the crape myrtle bark scale (CMBS), initially infested crape myrtles in Texas in 2004 and has now spread to several…
Last month we talked about “An Uncommon Plant” the Anise shrub. This month we will look at just the opposite – a very prevalent weed – Chamberbitter, Gripeweed, or phyllanthus urinaria. It shows up with a vengeance starting in mid-summer. You have prepared your flower beds, cleaned around your shrubs, applied an appropriate pre/post-emergent in…
This page will give you detailed information on the plants mentioned in the November Quail Creek Newsletter. The references are ones I have pulled from the internet and are ones I have found to be most helpful in the plant description and growing. You can, of course, also do your own lookup and find more…