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Drought and heat are a good point. Many people around here don't plant landscaping plants such as trees and bushes until the fall at this point in the year. Newly transplanted woody plants like shrubs need a tremendous amount of water in the NC heat. I've got a bunch more azaleas I need to move but they will stay where they are until it cools again in late September.
Your best bet right now is throw a few annuals in the ground and wait till fall to do major landscaping work.
if you want to save money on landscaping, go to Broadwell's on Hwy 210 between Angier and I40. Turn south on Old Stage road (at the blinking yellow light, at the Harnett/Johnston county line) and you can't miss it on the left. It's where the landscapers buy their plants - they have nearly everything. Pine trees, crape myrtles, liriope, Japanese maples, all types of shrubs, ornamental grasses, evergreens. You'll need a truck, a big one, or a trailer. Get there early because the line to get out can get long. And take cash or a personal check, they don't take credit cards.
BROADWELLS for price and selection! It is a wholesale nursery and located in Angier. You can find everything and anything you are looking for regarding bushes. If you can't find it, just across the street a family member has opened up a nursery just as large. They welcome you to shop at both. It will take a full day because you will get so confused as to what you really want. Take a truck or trailor and plan on driving thru it because you can't possibly carry it. The prices have not gone up 1 dime in the last 11 yrs I have gone there.
I have never shopped for flowers there, but they do have them or the nursery next door has plenty as well.
The nursery that is just before Broadwells and on the same side of the street is TarHeel Nursery. They have great hanging baskets for less then $10.
I also drove through Broadwells for the first time a few weeks ago, was very impressed with their prices and selections. Got a few mini/dwarf gardenias for $3/ea, and at the Farmers Market, same type are going for $8 and up.
There is a daylily farm in Garner that is open now through the end of June, weekends only (Sat. & Sun.). Its Lakeview Daylily Farm and is on hwy 50. They have some great prices and alot are inexpensivly priced for anyone who needs to fill in a few bare spots in the landscape. I've always gotten good sized clumps there, I like to look for "re-bloomers" to get the most bloom for my buck.
Thanks for mentioning Lakeview Daylily Farm in Garner! We are now open on Fridays as well as Saturdays and Sundays in June and July. We will also make for appointments on other days. Fridays are naturally less hurried than Saturdays, and Sunday mornings are also less busy. Many folks choose to commune with nature at the garden.
This year we're offering Knockout roses in addition to the cold hardy banana trees that we've sold for years.
Remember, a daylily garden is different every day!
Molly
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