Looks like we're in for a run of scorchers the next week and a half. Temperatures climbing into the high to mid nineties for quite a stretch with little or spotty rain forecast. Man those iced teas are gonna quench your thirst while relaxing on the patio. Don't forget your porch/patio containers and your garden beds. Chances are those plants are going to be mighty thirsty also.
Salvia ‘Marcus’ (Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’) is an award-winning, dwarf meadow sage highly prized for its dense,-blue flower spikes and tidy clumping habit. Growing just 8 to 12 inches tall, it is a perfect, low-maintenance choice for borders, rock gardens, and container planting. Excellent Pollinator Plant. .
Salvia ‘Marcus’ (Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’) is an award-winning, dwarf meadow sage highly prized for its dense,-blue flower spikes and tidy clumping habit. Growing just 8 to 12 inches tall, it is a perfect, low-maintenance choice for borders, rock gardens, and container planting. Excellent Pollinator Plant. .
Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’, commonly known as Swamp Milkweed, is a highly popular, easy-care native perennial. Celebrated for its stunning clusters of vanilla-scented, pale to vibrant rose-pink flowers, it is a crucial nectar source for butterflies and the primary host plant for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. .
Agastache ‘Honeysticks Sandstone’ is a compact, drought-tolerant perennial (Zones 4-9) that produces creamy yellow, nectar-rich flower spikes from summer to fall, thriving in full sun and well-drained soil. .
Goffle Brook Farms has an extensive selection of fertilizers for both flowering plants and lawn and/or grass areas to feed your plants when they need it. So how do fertilizers help plants grow bigger and healthier?
When we first saw this facebook post on Stacie Cahn Greenhouse's Facebook page our jaw dropped. I thought to myself "Oh my gosh, this is exactly what Mom and Dad strived for when they started Goffle Brook Farms 51 years ago. A place where happiness flourishes, where their's growth and friendships made, a place where their is love, kindness and laughter in the air."
With summer coming to a close and autumn in the air, you may find yourself recalling the many colors of the summer garden beds. Fret not, an easy way to extend the colorful displays of nature is to plant chrysanthemums.
Whether you decide to plant them now, or planted them in the spring, chrysanthemums are a great flower to keep in your garden through out the fall for it's beautiful and varying color schemes, or for it's many uses in foods and teas.
Come Sunday, September 7th from 1–4 PM, Frank “the beeman” Mortimer will be at the garden center for a sweet afternoon full of honey samples, live bees 🐝, and bee-rilliant facts about our favorite pollinators! It’s a fun, sticky, and educational time for bee-lovers of all ages! The Beeman will be ready to answer all your buzz-worthy questions and share the sweet science behind honey-making. 🍯
How do butterflies and bees pollinate plants? Butterflies pollinate by transferring pollen from one flower to another as they fly from bloom to bloom in search of nectar. When a butterfly lands on a flower to drink nectar, pollen from the flower’s anthers can stick to the butterfly’s legs, body, or proboscis (a long, tube-like tongue). As the butterfly moves to another flower, this pollen can rub off onto the receiving flower’s stigma, facilitating pollination.
Every year as summer winds down, we feel a familiar sense of disappointment as we prepare ourselves for cooler weather and a less vibrant color palette in the garden. But don’t despair! Fall holds its own special kind of magic, and we have some great suggestions for adding color to your late-summer garden. For vibrant late summer to early fall color, consider incorporating plants like asters, black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia), chelome (turtlehead) and helianthus into your garden.
Kalimeris incisa – Blue Star Aster has dasiy-like flowers with a yellowish-brown central cone bears multitudes of single 1″ pale blue flowers July into late August/ early September, and if deadheaded can encourage a longer fall bloom. The flowers attract butterflies and pollinators and will also feed the birds in winter with their seed. Blooms are good for cut flower or dried flower arrangements. Tolerant of heat and humidity it is considered drought tolerant and makes for an excellent border plant.
Another native perennial for mid-summer through early fall color is Agastache - Poquito Orange. Agastache thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. Aromatic foliage, long blooming, this perennial is deer and rodent resistant due to its aromatic fragrance. With its spectacular orange blossoms is contrasts nicely with Allium Millenium (Ornamental Onion) blue flowers, also a native pollinator plant.
A native plant, Allium Millenium (Ornamental Onion) provides lots of gorgeous, butterfly-attracting flowers in late summer when the garden is most in need of color. An excellent pollinator plant with very attractive and shiny deep green foliage it has a profuse display of bright rose-pink flowered globes.
Just in time for the coming heat wave, our Super Sizzling Summer Sale is back! We have merchandise to spruce up the garden beds on sale!!! Save on all our sun/shade perennials with our buy 3 get 1 offer. Our annuals are on sale with a buy 1 flat get one flat free. All empty gardening containers are now on sale at 25% off, so now’s the time to pick up a flat or two and get double the flowers and create some unique containers for the porch/patio/outdoor living areas.
New Perennials For 2025 - They are designed to create curb appeal, give a house a settled, nestled-in appearance in the landscape, and increase a home’s value. They are the plants that establish the garden’s foundation and provide a reliable, long-term display. They are designed to create curb appeal, give a house a settled, nestled-in appearance in the landscape, and increase a home’s value. They are the plants that establish the garden’s foundation and provide a reliable, long-term display.
Container plantings are a simple and elegant way to change the look of a terrace, outdoor living area, front porch or entry. There’s no better way to do this than with colorful, beautiful annuals and perennials planted in unique and stunning containers that transform the look and feel of any outdoor living space. Decorate the outdoor areas you use the most in the warmer months so they feel like extensions of your home.
Have a craving for fresh fruit or even some home-made raspberry ice cream? Well then check out our selection of Fall Gold Raspberry Bushes. A rare, exciting self-fertile gold raspberry with the same deliciously sweet taste of red varieties, and the ability to produce two crops each season. After a late summer to fall harvest, a second crop arrives the following spring on the same canes. Excellent fresh or for ice cream, preserves and pies.
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to show your mom how much you appreciate her with a heartfelt gift. We have an amazing selection of gifts that will make your mom’s day extra special. From beautiful houseplants, garden perennials, seasonal color, hanging baskets, planted containers, to flats and paks of annuals and a diverse selection of garden decor, we have something for every mom out there.
