Do you have questions like these and would you like for a professional to answer them for you? How much do you think a professional would charge to spend the day answering your questions? If you come to the Mustard Seed Nursery on Saturday, Oct. 29th then it will be FREE!! My wonderful husband, Michael Gauldin, would love to share his knowledge with you. Landscaping has been his passion for as long as I have known him. He is a NC Certified Plantsman, NC Licensed Irrigation Contractor, NC Licensed Pesticide and Certified Lighting Specialist. If you live around here I can guarantee that you have probably seen his work. You may have seen when he installed the landscaping on the Fidelity Bank in Stokesdale, or any of the beautiful houses in Arbor Run, Trebbiano, Winsome Forest, Spring Meadows, Apple Grove, Hearth Stone, Forest Oaks and many other places he has worked. He has a God given talent for design and enjoys sharing his knowledge with my customers. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!! Also be sure to check out our new CLEARANCE section. We also now offer a 2 year warranty on plant installations!! Add Comment What are you planting this fall? 10/14/2011
Fall is the best time to plant and we got some new items in this week!! There are few things I didn't get pictures of that I will update tomorrow!             Also tomorrow we are having a buy 1 get 1 FREE SALE on the mums!! Come check it out! I'll be there until 4!! We also have a new clearance section with shrubbery as low as $5.00! Mums the word!! 09/23/2011
We have beautiful mums!       The prices are: The 14" (gigantic ones bigger than $15 ones at WM) are $16.75 for one, 2 or more are $15.00 each. The medium ones are $10.50, 2 or more are $9.00 each. 8" are $4.50 and 2 or more $3.75. The colors are: burgundy, yellow, orange and purple and a few white! We can work out delivery for you of your MUMS. If you live in Stokesdale, Oak Ridge, Belews Creek, Walkertown you can call me and we can work something out.       All this rain gets your yard in good shape for plugging and reseeding. Call me today to schedule your reseed @ 644-8144 Deadheading the right way 05/10/2011
Annuals and perennials that repeat bloom will often do so only if the old, dying flowers are removed. If they remain on the plant, they will go to seed and stop producing flowers. Several flowers that bloom only once per season benefit from deadheading, because the plant puts its energy into strengthening itself instead of producing seed. Some exceptions to this rule are plants like Astilbe or ornamental grasses, that bloom only once, but continue to look attractive with their drying seed heads. Most annuals and many perennials will continue to bloom throughout the growing season if deadheaded. Black eyed susan, Butterfly bush, Dianthus and Purple coneflower are good examples of perennials that benefit from deadheading.  The pictures above show some that were left on a plant. The one the left has already dried, broke open and started to spread the seed. On the right it is in the process of going to seed. These are from petunias.  This petunia needs to be deadheaded. Below shows the correct way to do it.  Make sure to pinch behind the bloom...do not just pull the bloom off or it will go to seed.  This is an example of what happens when they are left to go to seed. The plant starts to get leggy and you just have a bunch of pods and very few blooms. Be sure to pinch the entire bloom off do not just pull the dead blooms off because it will not have any benefits. If you take the time to do this often it does not take that long and actually is my therapeutic time. Do not waste the money you spent on your flowers, deadhead today to enjoy them the whole growing season. Happy Mother's Day!! 05/06/2011
If you are looking to give your Mom something for Mother's day that reminds her you love her more than one day a year be sure to come visit the nursery this weekend. Whether you want to giver her the best of the best or just a simple daily reminder of what she means to you we can help with that. Maybe you want to come purchase several annuals and take them to your Mom's house and spend the afternoon helping her make combo pots. This is something that kids especially love to help with. Turn them lose and you will be amazed what that pot will look like in a few weeks. My kids put stuff together that I would never think of and they are always gorgeous and I am pretty sure it is not just because I am biased. Maybe you want to buy her some perennials that will come back year after year to remind her of how much you care. Some people like to give a little more so maybe you want to give her some shrubbery like Knock Out Rose bush, Camellia, Rhododendron, Hydrangea or even some Encore Azaleas. If you are blessed enough to be able to really splurge you may want to go to the tree farm and pick her out a big ol' Crepe Myrtle. For Mother's day we have the B&B Crepe Myrtles, 6'-8' for ONLY $125.00 and Autumn Blaze Maples, 1' - 1 1/2" calib for ONLY $135.00! As always we have a large assortment of hanging baskets, combo pots and geraniums starting at $8.00 ANNUALS Select six packs are ONLY $0.99 Select 4" pots are ONLY $0.99 ALL Herbs are 15 % off We have several varieties: rosemary upright and prostate cilantro dill basil lemon/lime basil thyme lemon thyme sage and MORE. Did I forget to mention that all shrubbery and trees are on sale for 10% OFF in honor of Mother's day? Yes...it is true so come early and pick out the best of the best for Mom, Grandma or that special friend. Also do not forget the Princess Lillie's pictured on the top row below. They are one of my favorites as they are a beautiful perennial in a bowl that you can enjoy all summer long as the bloom until the last frost.            Also if you have not entered the drawing for the free Snowball Viburnum Tree on the blog you need to do it as today is the last day!!! Pre Mother's Day Sale 05/02/2011
We are tempting you with a Pre-Mother's Day sale. You will not see these prices this weekend. These prices are good thru Thursday. ALL HANGING BASKETS ARE 15% OFF EVEN OUR PREMIUM HANGING BASKETS!! We have everything from your standard petunias, impatiens to double impatiens, ferns, new guinea impatiens, dragon wing begonias, angel wing begonias, calibrachoas, verbena, lantana, and combination baskets. There are more I am sure but I can not remember them all while sitting on the computer. Gerber Daisies are ONLY $3.00 15% off Sun Lover's Coleus- and we have fifteen different ones that I can count right now upfront and I'm pretty sure there are a few more varieties in the greenhouse. 6 packs Buy 1, Get 1 Free: Lemon Balm New Look Celosia Red Salvia Figaro Dahlias 4" Buy 1, Get 1 Free: Fiagaro Dahlias Lemon Balm Black Beauty Ornamental Pepper Portulaca/Purslane 10" geraniums ONLY $9.00 4" geraniums ONLY $1.25 4" New Guinea Impatiens ONLY $1.25 We have six different varieties of sweet potato vine and two different dracena spikes. Bring a pot and we can help you make Mom a combination pot or we have 10" pots and hanging baskets available for you to buy. Bring the kids and make some pictures of them creating memories while making Mom or Grandma a pot.              There are several ways to earn additional entries just check out all the ways below! Like us on Facebook and get an additional five entries. Already a FB fan? You automatically get the extra entries after you enter below.  Blooms of tree Earn an extra entry for every $10.00 spent at nursery. I only have a picture of the bloom on the tree and will update this entry later with a picture of a tree. You can click on the picture to see a larger view. The contest has closed!! Be sure to check your email to see if you win! Disclosure Statement **User information will be used to sign the user up to our newsletters. The information will not be shared and you can unsubscribe at anytime. Rules and Regulations Blog ONLY specials!! 04/29/2011
Read all about it! These specials are only for those who follow us on the blog so be sure to let us know so we can give them to you!  Grown black pearl ornamental pepper! 4" Black Ornamental peppers are buy 1, get 1 FREE which would be 2 for $1.75 4" Joseph's Coats are buy 1, get 1 FREE 4" Lemon Balm are buy 1, get 1 FREE 6 packs Lemon Balm are buy 1, get 1 FREE 6 packs Dahlias are buy 1, get 1 FREE 4" Verbenas are 30% off 4" Portulaca/ Purslane are 30%off 6 packs Dahlia buy 1, get 1 FREE Fern hanging baskets are $9.00 Dragon wing begonia hanging baskets are $9.00 10" Geraniums are $9.00 Phlox are past bloom but if you get them in the ground they can really spread out for next spring and they are 20% OFF - while supplies last! We still have some of the $3.00 Gerber Daisies left too!! This weekend I am going to try some Lemon Balm tea for my daughter Brittney so if anyone has a recipe they would like to share please share it by posting it below. Sorry for the late post as we were busy working our garden. The kids are loving it! I can not wait to reap our rewards. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow or Sunday. We will be open this Sunday from 1:30 pm until needed!! ETA: We have some squash, cucumbers and eggplant for you!! Don't forget your marigolds to go in your garden to help with the pests! Live from Stokesdale Shay Gauldin The Mustard Seed Nursery Click to enlarge picture!     Easter Sales 04/22/2011
 Easter is a glorious time of the year and to celebrate we will be having a sale!! 4" Zinnias are only $0.75 Double Petunia Hanging baskets are 2 for $13.50 4.5" wave petunias are ONLY $2.00 each Buy one, get one FREE 4" Black ornamental peppers and 4" lemon balm Fern hanging baskets are $9.00 Dragon wing begonia hanging baskets are $9.00 10" Geraniums are $9.00 All are while supplies last. We look forward to seeing you and if we don't have a Happy Easter!! Don't forget these sales are only for those who read the blog so be sure to ask for the blog specials! CLICK ON PICTURES FOR A LARGER VIEW!        Local nursery vs. Retail garden center 04/18/2011
 This is a begonia not on hormones! This is something I deal with every year. The big box stores are bringing in their flowers from out of state and/or hot houses that have been treated with plant growth regulators. Is it really natural to see a one gallon tomato plant in March? Plant growth regulators are a common method that growers use as a control treatment. There are no growth regulators labeled for use on herbs but there is now one labeled for use as a foliar spray on several vegetable transplants grown in greenhouses. It is industry standard and I don't believe there is any requirements of them to tell you that you plants have been sprayed with these. Growers should take precautions to prevent an overdose, which can have an extended residual effect resulting in poor garden performance. The problem is they only need it to look good long enough for you to buy it in the big box store you are shopping in. The next time you stop by our nursery think of one thing. Is it natural to see a 6 pack of dahlias with blooms all over them? We are talking about a plant that is just a couple inches tall with blooms on it. The plant growth regulators cause the plant to branch, remain small for the small packing and to force bloom. It is a known fact if you buy our plants that may not have blooms if you are buying the smaller ones that they will out perform the ones that are in retail stores covered in blooms. There are a few techniques we use to control plant growth. We are not trying to grow them fast so we can reduce our temps to control the growth. Also we use lights at night and we pinch our plants by hand to increase branching. Our plants have been pinched 3 to 4 times by me, Mike, my mother in law, my mama, my kids or a few of my dear friends. So when you are buying that 6 pack for $1.80 think about how much time and love has gone into that plant for you.  We also do not use the strong chemicals to control insects. Our preferred method is to release lady bugs into the greenhouse which by the way the kids love. Our kids are growing up in the greenhouse and we are not going to risk the after effects of using those chemicals. Especially when it says you can not enter the greenhouse for 'X' amount of hours afterward. How do we really know it is gone? This entry is not to say who is better but to help you be the more informed consumer and to realize when you come into our nursery to buy some small plants and they are not covered in blooms looking picture perfect like at the big box stores that there is a reason for this. We look forward to seeing you this season and as always remember you comment on any of our blog posts. Live from Stokesdale Shay Gauldin The Mustard Seed Nursery | Subscribeto be notified when blog is updated!
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