by Joy L | May 15, 2025 | Blog
As gardeners know, every growing season is different. Spring 2025 brought us: Extended dry weather, which can stress plants. Damaging high winds that can cause injuries and wounds, leaving plants more susceptible to infections. Very few late freezes and frosts, which...
by Joy L | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog
Due to both the floods from Helene and the high amounts of rain experienced, the Buncombe County Extension Service is recommending that people get high quality soil tests and adjust for any changes to their soils. During a recent talk, Buncombe County Extension Agent...
by Joy L | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog
We are offering our most popular summer Hydrangea for pre-sale! Limelight Hydrangeas are a classic, spectacular type of Panicle Hydrangea. Presale runs until Friday, March 7, 2025. Limelights have MASSIVE flower heads that are wonderful in the garden, with the blooms...
by Joy L | Dec 10, 2024 | Blog
Have you seen the groovy 1977 VW Bus at our entrance? Our amazing staff includes numerous professional artists, and they collaborated to repaint the bus/microbus/van. It has been dubbed Vanspiration! Joel Cole (Trees/Shrubs and Perennials) created the original design,...
by Joy L | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog
Communication here is still spotty, but we wanted to let everyone know that while we have received some damage from Hurricane Helene, the staff of RCN is SAFE and we are all looking to help move our community in a positive direction. Our current hours this week are...
by Joy L | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog
The beauty, the mystique… but oh the price. We do get questions about why such lovely plants are so expensive, or how old the plants are in 1 gallon pots. One of our favorite suppliers, Iseli Nursery, has two informative charts that we wanted to share. The...
