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Here’s a taste for what good things to expect this fall. Vegetable gardeners are chomping at the bit! Get ready for fall planting at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. Lots of 6 packs are available – all the favorites and then some. Arriving are sugar snap peas, broccoli, lettuce, ...

You can’t have a summer garden without some Blackeyed Susans. ‘Indian Summer’ is probably still the favorite although many new varieties have been introduced. This coming week we also expect ‘Amarillo Gold’ and ‘Irish Spring’. We’re also expecting more compact sunflowers. The Echinaceas are also a great perennial to plant ...

The newest and flashiest Crape Myrtles come in shades of red. This is the newest variety, ‘Ruffled Red Magic’. The distinctive feature is its height – this plant only grows to about 12 feet. Crape Myrtles thrive on summer heat. You can choose from a wide selection of colors. Roses are ...

Vegetable sales have been great – what a healthy populace we must have! But we know that it’s not always smooth sailing. You encounter the gophers, the earwigs, and the deer. We attempt to assist you in your travails at Bay Laurel Garden Center. We recommend gopher cages, the Gopher ...

The merry month of May brings a plethora of color to the garden. Let’s begin with shrubs. The purple leaved Cotinus adds drama to the palate – the dark leaves appear before the whimsical wispy flowers. When established, it’s very drought tolerant. Coleonema sports small pink flowers and dainty leaves. ...

There are a lot of vegetable growers in the North County and we’re trying to keep up with them at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero! The yearly favorites include Early Girl, Celebrity, Sun Gold and Sweet 100 tomatoes. Lemon cucumbers are always popular. We have lots of choices in ...

The “jewel” of California natives! ‘Dark Star’ is among many of the colorful Ceanothus. This genus varies in both color and size. ‘Ray Hartman’ is the tallest and the low growing, ground cover types include hearstiorum and ‘Carmel Creeper’. Ceanothus are great accents – they are not known to be ...

If you long for more fruit trees in your garden and see the bareroot bargain prices – hesitate not! This is the month to do it. We still have a good variety of trees, even persimmons at Bay Laurel Garden Center. We usually sell out of them at this time, ...

The yearly transformation at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero has been accomplished. Bare-root fruit trees dominate the landscape. It’s amazing how many choices a small town nursery is able to offer. The fact that we ship trees all over the country helps us offer this great diversity. We encourage ...

We have a great selection of Living Christmas Trees at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero. We have the stately Nordmann firs and Colorado Blue Spruce. Other impressive specimens include Thuja ‘Green Giant’ and Sequoia sempervirens. Looking for something a bit smaller? We have lots of choices including cones of ...

The mild, sunny days of fall beckon to the gardener. Journey to at Bay Laurel Garden Center in Atascadero and just try to resist all the delectable choices we offer. Lots of new varieties of snapdragons, fragrant stock and cheerful pansies and violas. The latest grass variety at Bay Laurel Garden ...

The gardener’s dream – fall weather in fall! We have myriad choices to inspire you. The grass Carex testacea is a perfect example. The plant is evergreen (evercopper?). This Carex will grow to about 3′ x 3′. We currently sell this plant in 4″ pots – a real bargain. We have ...