Things are getting colorful at Calloway’s and Cornelius! This is the golden opportunity to fill your landscape with fresh color and blooming shrubs. Come on all you glorious green thumbs, and let’s explore some of the early Spring Color selections that are in stores now!
What’s In Store: Early Spring Color
EARLY SPRING COLOR TO PLANT NOW
Give your home a color makeover with fresh Spring selections! From blooming shrubs to annual color, you can splash your entire landscape with seasonal beauty. With quality varieties in all shapes, sizes, and colors, you are sure to find the perfect plants for you!
Geraniums
Geraniums are a popular and bold choice for flowerbeds, containers, and hanging baskets! The rich colors with elongated stems make this a standout plant. Geraniums need full sun to partial shade and a well-draining soil. Geraniums make a fantastic cut flower and with occasional upkeep, you can enjoy lasting color.
Check out our blog HERE for more information about planting Geraniums.
Snapdragons
Snapdragons are adorned with beautiful spikes in shades of pink, white, yellow, and more! They should be grown in full sunlight and do best in evenly moist soil conditions. The upright habit and fine textures sets this plant apart to create a colorful focal point in your garden design.
Gerber Daisy
Gerber Daisies feature bold blooms with vibrant color. They prefer partial shade to full sunlight. Perfect for any container or flowerbed, Gerber Daisies make any garden happy. They thrive in city environments and make for excellent cut flowers. Use a well draining soil when planting for lasting color!
EARLY SPRING BLOOMING SHRUBS TO PLANT NOW
Azaleas
Azaleas, like Encore® Azaleas, will grow clusters of double blooms in a variety of colors. Azaleas need a highly acidic, well-draining soil and mulch like Calloway’s Organic Pine Bark Mulch. Azaleas do best in full sun to partial shade. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season’s flowers.
Certified Roses®
A rose is no longer just a rose. Certified Roses® offer a variety of award-winning and sustainable roses for your garden. From climbing to bouquet™ selections, fill your garden with classic and lasting blooms. Hardy and with stronger disease resistance, these roses prefer full sunlight and a well-draining soil. With proper care, you can enjoy beautiful roses year after year.
Carolina Jessamine
Carolina Jessamine is a favorite blooming vine for many gardeners. With its spectacular display of blooms, it does best when planted onto a supporting fence or upright feature in the garden. Carolina Jessamine is known to flower profusely in full sunlight. Adaptable and beautiful, this plant will twinkle with delight in your landscape.
SOIL SELECTIONS
When you are planting in containers, use Calloway’s Premium Potting Soil. Calloway’s Premium Potting Soil is made from quality ingredients to create ideal moisture retention to foster healthy growth.
When you are planting in flowerbeds, use Calloway’s Flower Bed Mix. Calloway’s Flower Bed Mix contains special ingredients that saves and regulates water levels in your soil. It does so by absorbing excessive water when it is plentiful, and then releasing that water back into the soil as needed. In addition, Calloway’s Flower Bed Mix lightens and conditions the soil for your planting success.
For trees and shrubs, plant with Calloway’s Tree & Shrub Planting Mix. Calloway’s Tree & Shrub Planting Mix is blended into a precise formula that promotes healthy root growth, so your plants perform to their maximum. It was designed with Texas gardens in mind!
FEED YOUR PLANTS
Keep things colorful with Calloway’s Premium Flower Food. Our improved 12-4-8 specialized formula contains key ingredients to help your flowers bloom with big, bold color!
For acid-loving plants like Azaleas, help your blooming shrubs flourish with our new Premium Flowering Shrub Plant Food! The 9-3-6 formula contains nitrogen, Fx Iron®, calcium, sulfur, water soluble manganese, and other key ingredients to help your shrubs grow with bigger, bolder blooms.
Spring Color is here! Stop by our store nearest you for all your planting needs! Questions? Ask one of our Texas Certified Nursery Professionals available at every store location!
