Author: ClickArtists

  • Newsletter for July 2024

    Summer reminds us how great it is to have shade trees around us. We can enjoy their shade while also adding lovely flowers to the landscape. The Chitalpa tree is a great example. The orchid-like flowers perch atop slim green leaves. Chitalpas are grown with either multiple or single trunks. Their water needs are minimal….

  • Newsletter for June 2024

    Here comes summer! Bay Laurel Garden Center is geared up for the season. Plant a Buddleja or two for yourself and the butterflies. Gorgeous colors – white, blue, lavender, fuschia and purple. Sizes vary as well from 3 to 8 feet. When the flowers are spent prune for a second bloom. Prune the plant heavily…

  • Newsletter for May 2024

    The garden beckons! It’s time to get ready for the next season and we are prepared to help at Bay Laurel Garden Center. You might want to start your planting with some impressive background plants. The burgundy Cotinus (smoke bush) is very popular for its striking color plus drought resistance. This shrub can grow to…

  • Newsletter for March 2024

    As the bareroot trees slowly recede into the horizon Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero turns green! It’s an ongoing process with new plants arriving weekly. Early blooming shrubs include Genista (Sweet Broom), Forsythia, Ornamental Quince and Coleonema (Breath of Heaven). We also have some lovely deciduous Magnolias. The vegetable season is ongoing at Bay…

  • Zauschneria

    Zauschneria, or California fuschia, is a low spreading plant with green, grey or silvery foliage and orange to scarlet flowers.  Bloom occurs in late summer or autumn and the flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds.  The plant is fast growing and drought tolerant, but as with most plants, it looks better with occasional water.  It…