Wednesday, September 16, 2009

New stuff!

More details to come shortly, but wanted to post a quick update. Last week saw several truck loads of plants come our way! New awesome plants are in right now, including about 25 different things from Annies Annuals, one of our very favorites.

Stop in and see us - we are getting our fall displays up right now too!



Fall displays full of new plants!



New stuff!



Lavender, million bells and campanula.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Plant sale!!!!

Johnnye Merle's Annual

END OF SUMMER SALE!

It's that time of year again!


From now through Labor Day Monday, Sep 7th, all plants - including plants already marked down! - are 20% off!


We have got some HUGE plans for fall: new plants, new displays, Saturday AM classes, new garden accessories and much more. But, we gotta make room for all of our new stuff, so, as has been our tradition, we are offering some great end of summer deals.

ALL plants in our gardens, even those already on sale or marked down, are 20% off for this special week. It's a win win - you get some great plants at a great price, and we get to make space for all the awesome new stuff we have coming in!

Stop by and see us soon! Sale ends on Monday the 7th.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

More new plants

Here are some featured items that we have new in the garden right now:



Chocolate cosmos - always a favorite, great color, a fun, low growing perennial. Lots of blooms!



Hollyhocks are always a favorite! We have them in color packs right now: pink, yellow, and the awesome black!



Million Bells provide great perennial color to pots, borders and hanging baskets. These things are almost always blooming!



These nasturtiums are very cool - a red flower, and darker colored leaf than you normally see. They are displayed here next to some very cool new echeveria we got in that are just about to bloom!



Duranta Geisha Girl is another favorite - we are big fans of Duranta in general, and this particular variety has a stunning bloom to it!



Cordyline Ruby - SUCH cool red/pink color! This is a must have!



We are down to our last few Brugsmania - don't worry, we will get more soon! - but the white bloom on this is truly stunning! Pictured in the background is Imperata Red Baron, one of our all time favorite ornamental grasses!

Come in and see us soon! We have all sorts of fun stuff available to make your summer gardening fun, and we'll be gearing up on our fall inventory real soon as well!

Friday, August 14, 2009

More design work...

I finally uploaded some photos from another recent design project. This residence is in Corona Del Mar; the homeowner, Jenny, is a long time client - we first worked with her sometime back in '03 or '04, we think, but the years get a little blurry!

For Jenny's home, we provide a maintenance, going in about two or three times a year with new, fresh plants, helping with pruning and planting and sprucing things up in general. Her landscape is one that is fairly mature - again, some of the plantings we brought in are six or seven years old now - but a little 'fluff' a few times a year keeps a garden interesting and looking its best.

Jenny's landscape started out very English/traditional cottage when we first planted it. In the years since, we've incorporated more and more drought tolerant succulents, some fun tropical specimens, and a small veggie and herb garden for her four year old son.

These type of landscape projects are always fun for us. It's really rewarding to get to see a garden design mature and age and to be able to maintain and tweak it over time, not to mention the fun in keeping long lasting relationships with clients!

If your yard need a 'fluff' or a makeover, please don't hesitate to contact us. And don't forget, we also have a Garden Design Special this month, so if you have been thinking about recruiting some help planning your garden, now is the time to do it!


Our garden helper Harrison. The garden itself is about twice as old as this four year old!



Front walk way headed to the front door, which is planted with a mix of perennials, succulents, annual color and background height such as phormiums, cestrum and acacia.



Close up of some plantings - echeveria, sedums, euphorbia and a varigated iris in the background.



Another close up: geum, lavender, aeoniums, rosemary, euphorbia and loropetulum all live happily together!



One of my favorite spots in the garden: a semi-shady area where ferns, grasses, anemones and hydrangeas fill up the landscape!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Need some help?

We've been super busy out in the garden lately - it's been a great summer so far! We are excited to offer a design special this month. In addition to having great plants available, Johnnye Merle's also offers some great garden design services. Check out what we have available for this summer...

JOHNNYE MERLE’S
SUMMER DESIGN SPECIAL!

Feeling overwhelmed by all the different cool plants to choose from?

Let us help!

Johnnye Merle’s Gardens is offering a design special this August!




For plant orders of $250 or more, we can do the following:

1. Visit your home/project site to help you design your garden*
2. Select the plants you need for your project and make soil recommendations
3. Sell you our awesome plants at our discounted design rate to save you $
4. Deliver them to your home & set them up exactly where they go
5. You plant them and live happily ever after with an awesome garden**
*limited to a 30 mile radius of Orange; for projects outside of that range, a small fee applies
**or, for an additional cost, we can plant them for you!

Interested?
Working with a garden designer can save you time and money, and help you finally get your dream garden.

We are here to help you, with over ten years of garden design experience and excellent plant knowledge! We can put your project together quickly, are reliable, and focused on helping you create a garden you’ll enjoy!


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