The queen of the Crape Myrtles – ‘Dynamite’. The newest bright red selection is our best seller for another summer at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. This shade might not, however suit your landscape. Many more subtle choices are available as well as shorter and dwarf varieties. The unusual bark is another added feature.
One of the showiest California native perennials – Penstemon ‘Margarita Bop’. This plant was discovered at the Las Pilitas nursery in Santa Margarita several years ago and it’s a favorite here at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. It’s available in gallons and 4″.
Senecio ‘Mt. Everest’ is a nice looking small gray green vertical succulent in a 4″ pot. But in order to live up to its name – it should grow 3 to 4 feet tall! Cold hardiness is 20 to 25 degrees. Our availability of succulents varies each month at Bay Laurel Garden Center. Hot summer days make their appearance appreciated.
There are plants that are quite good at standing up to those hot days. You might want to refresh your beds and pots with some new color to get you through till the frost. The annual vincas are great as well as the succulent portulacas. We have the small varieties in 6 packs and the larger types ‘Cupcake’ and ‘Color Blast’ in 4″ at Bay Laurel Garden Center. If you need some instant shade, we have rolls of shade cloth.
Basil ‘Jumbo Genovese’- it won’t take many of these to make a batch of pesto. Our herb selection is pretty good right now at Bay Laurel Garden Center. We have two types of parsley, thyme, sage, French tarragon and more. The herbs seem to hold up better in some afternoon shade this time of year. We’ll soon be seeing the fall vegetable starts.
A new to us group of promising perennials is named Tecoma. We are expecting three varieties of these evergreen small shrubs at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. They grow about 3 to 5 feet tall. They are advertised to take lots of heat, needing only limited irrigation to bloom profusely. We do have access to Plumerias in 3 gallons. We don’t normally stock them at Bay Laurel Garden Center but we can special order them. They do quite well with a little winter protection.
More ground covers are also expected next week at Bay Laurel Garden Center. One of the toughest and most durable is prostrate rosemary. Buying it in a flat is the most economical but we also have some 6 packs. Plant Thyme for a low growing cover in smaller areas. Dymondia has become quite popular as another low grower. Trailing Gazanias add some color. The Cistus ‘Sunset’ is about 3 feet tall but it can cover a lot of ground.
The queen of the Crape Myrtles – ‘Dynamite’. The newest bright red selection is our best seller for another summer at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. This shade might not, however suit your landscape. Many more subtle choices are available as well as shorter and dwarf varieties. The unusual bark is another added feature. 
One of the showiest California native perennials – Penstemon ‘Margarita Bop’. This plant was discovered at the Las Pilitas nursery in Santa Margarita several years ago and it’s a favorite here at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. It’s available in gallons and 4″. 
Senecio ‘Mt. Everest’ is a nice looking small gray green vertical succulent in a 4″ pot. But in order to live up to its name – it should grow 3 to 4 feet tall! Cold hardiness is 20 to 25 degrees. Our availability of succulents varies each month at Bay Laurel Garden Center. Hot summer days make their appearance appreciated. 
There are plants that are quite good at standing up to those hot days. You might want to refresh your beds and pots with some new color to get you through till the frost. The annual vincas are great as well as the succulent portulacas. We have the small varieties in 6 packs and the larger types ‘Cupcake’ and ‘Color Blast’ in 4″ at Bay Laurel Garden Center. If you need some instant shade, we have rolls of shade cloth. 
Basil ‘Jumbo Genovese’- it won’t take many of these to make a batch of pesto. Our herb selection is pretty good right now at Bay Laurel Garden Center. We have two types of parsley, thyme, sage, French tarragon and more. The herbs seem to hold up better in some afternoon shade this time of year. We’ll soon be seeing the fall vegetable starts. 
A new to us group of promising perennials is named Tecoma. We are expecting three varieties of these evergreen small shrubs at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. They grow about 3 to 5 feet tall. They are advertised to take lots of heat, needing only limited irrigation to bloom profusely. We do have access to Plumerias in 3 gallons. We don’t normally stock them at Bay Laurel Garden Center but we can special order them. They do quite well with a little winter protection. 
More ground covers are also expected next week at Bay Laurel Garden Center. One of the toughest and most durable is prostrate rosemary. Buying it in a flat is the most economical but we also have some 6 packs. Plant Thyme for a low growing cover in smaller areas. Dymondia has become quite popular as another low grower. Trailing Gazanias add some color. The Cistus ‘Sunset’ is about 3 feet tall but it can cover a lot of ground.
