Greenwood Nursery

08/12/2026

Some shrubs flower.

Some bring the whole garden to life.

One of my Royal Red Butterfly Bushes began blooming in early June...
..and here we are in August, and it's still covered with flowers.

Every time I step outside, there's something visiting it.

🦋 Butterflies.

🐦 Hummingbirds.

🐝 Native bees.

That's one of the reasons I've come to appreciate long-blooming plants so much. They don't just give you a week or two of color—they become part of your everyday garden for months.

If you're looking for a shrub that's beautiful to look at and wonderful for pollinators, Royal Red Butterfly Bush is one of my favorites.

🌿 Learn more about Royal Red Butterfly Bush:
https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/products/buddleia-royal-red

08/10/2026

It's easy to think the gardening season is winding down.

The truth is...

Some of the best moments are still ahead.

Late-summer blooms.

Brilliant fall color.

Fresh new shrubs and evergreens settling into the landscape.

Now is a wonderful time to plant for beauty you'll enjoy this season—and for years to come.

These 5 beauties are on sale this week:
https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/collections/weekly-25-off-plant-sales-collection

08/01/2026

Every Garden Has Another Season Waiting

One of the things I love most about gardening is that there's always another season just around the corner.

Just as some summer flowers begin to slow down, others are reaching their peak.

Ornamental grasses begin to glow.

Trees start preparing for their fall color.

Perennials continue putting on a show.

Gardening isn't about one perfect season.

It's about creating a landscape you'll enjoy all year long.

🌿 Discover what's growing now—and what's still to come:
👉 https://greenwoodnursery.com

07/29/2026

🌸 Meet Pink Muhly Grass

For most of the year, it's a handsome ornamental grass.

Then, almost overnight, it transforms into a soft cloud of pink that glows in the autumn sunshine. It's one of those plants that makes people slow down for a second look.

🌿 Learn more and see if it's the perfect fit for your garden:
👉 https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/products/pink-muhly-grass

07/27/2026

Your Garden Doesn't Have to Peak in Spring

One of the biggest landscaping mistakes homeowners make is choosing plants that all bloom at the same time.

By August, many gardens are beginning to fade.

But they don't have to.

Plants like coneflowers, yarrow, gaillardia, agastache, and ornamental grasses are just getting started—bringing weeks of fresh color when many spring bloomers have already finished.

The best gardens aren't built all at once.

They're built one thoughtful plant at a time.

🌿 Explore plants that keep the season going:
👉 https://greenwoodnursery.com

07/24/2026

🌞 Summer isn't winding down...

It's changing.

Butterflies are still visiting.

Bees are still working.

Your garden is still growing.

Now is the perfect time to add plants that will carry beautiful color and interest into late summer and fall.

Whether it's the fragrance of Sensational Lavender, the blooms of Black Knight Butterfly Bush, or the promise of Pineapple Sage later this season, there's still plenty to enjoy outdoors.

🌿 Beautiful gardens grow one favorite plant at a time.

Check out our Black Knight Butterfly Bush plants on:
https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/products/black-knight-butterfly-bushes

07/23/2026

🔥 Meet Guava Lava Agastache

Some plants simply bloom.

Others become the busiest place in the garden.

Guava Lava Agastache is one of those plants.

Its vibrant coral-orange flowers bloom for weeks while butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds seem to visit from sunrise until sunset.

It's colorful.

It's dependable.

And once you grow it, you'll understand why so many pollinators refuse to leave.

🌿 Read more about one of our favorite summer perennials:

https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/blogs/meet-the-plant/agastache-guava-lava

💬 Have hummingbirds discovered your garden yet?

Bring your garden to life with Guava Lava Agastache. This drought-tolerant, long-blooming perennial features sunset-colored spikes loved by hummingbirds.

07/20/2026

🌿 Every garden has one...

That little space you've walked past all summer.

The corner beside the patio.

The spot along the walkway.

The area that could use just a little more color... or fragrance... or butterflies.

The good news?

Summer is still a wonderful time to plant healthy, container-grown perennials, shrubs, and trees. In fact, younger plants often establish beautifully while requiring less water than much larger landscape plants.

🌿 Browse this week's favorites:
https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/collections/weekly-25-off-plant-sales-collection

Sometimes one new plant is all it takes to make your garden feel complete.

🌸 This week's garden favorites include:

• Sensational Lavender
• Needlepoint Ivy
• Black Knight Butterfly Bush
• Winter Gem Boxwood
• Fignomenal® Dwarf Fig

07/17/2026

https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/collections/drought-tolerant-perennials-1

Perennials that thrive in dry conditions. Colorful, low‑water plants ideal for sunny borders, dry beds, and low‑maintenance landscapes.

07/16/2026

Meet Illumination Vinca

☀️ A Bit of Sunlight for Your Garden.

Not every plant brightens the garden with flowers.

Some do it with beautiful foliage.

Illumination® Vinca brings glowing golden leaves, cheerful blue spring flowers, and year-round color to containers, window boxes, shady borders, and beneath trees where many other plants fade into the background.

I've always thought those golden leaves looked like little pieces of sunshine scattered through the garden.

🌿 Meet Illumination® Vinca:
👉 https://www.greenwoodnursery.com/products/vinca-minor-illumination

💬 Where would you plant this gorgeous bit of sunlight?

Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ offers gold‑variegated foliage and violet‑blue blooms. A vigorous evergreen groundcover ideal for shade and erosion control.