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 FLOWER HOUR!
Friday, May 18 * 5:30 - 7:30pm
April showers bring May Flower Hours!
Join us Friday, May 18 from 5:30 - 7:30pm for a special Flower Hour to celebrate last weekend's nourishing RAIN and the continuation of an amazing spring that just seems to keep on trucking.
* All annuals (including this peppy little Calibrachoa pictured right) will be on sale for 20% off. *
Come put together something pretty for a pot on your porch or a hanging basket for your balcony. We've also got loads of cool succulents and plenty of heat-loving, summer-blooming perennials to keep your garden rockin' when the temperatures start to soar.
As always, Stone Soup Kitchen will provide complimentary beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres. Local dj sensation Ryan Baker will be spinning tunes to ease you out of the work week and into full, happy weekend mode.
There's no cover charge, but remember that tips can save lives and are always sincerely appreciated.
Kids and dogs (on leashes) and significant and insignificant others are welcome. Come kick off the weekend with us and treat yourself to the very best plants in Atlanta!
G*H's Design Consultation Services
Treat yourself or someone you love to the gift of professional garden design. We offer two options to choose from:
Landscape Design
Our landscape design services start with a basic consultation package for $300 that includes a 90-minute on-site consultation with our designer, site analysis, plant recommendations, and a $50 gift certificate to G*H to purchase plants and garden supplies.
You can build on this basic consultation package by adding extra services - such as sketches, hardscape design, and installation - for an hourly rate.
Ready to get started? Contact G*H's designer Camille Harvey: camille@gardenhoodatlanta.com.
Edible Garden Design
Whether you want to grow vegetables for the very first time, or want to learn how incorporate edibles into your existing ornamental landscape, we can get you started on the path to bounty. G*H's edible landscaping specialist, Amy Foster, has years of experience growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and pollinator-friendly companion plants in everything from wide open fields to raised beds and urban patio planters.
Amy offers her edible gardening design and education services on an hourly basis. When you're ready to plant your very own Food Forest, contact her at: amy@gardenhoodatlanta.com.
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Hours of Operation
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* Time to Plant! *
Spring Hours:
Tue - Fri
10am - 6pm
Sat - Sun
10am - 5pm
Mon
closed
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Featured Plants
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 | | Rosa 'Caldwell Pink'Discovered in Caldwell, Texas, this ever-blooming rose fills out quickly to form a well-behaved, compact shrub with minimal pruning required.
Clusters of carnation-like lilac-pink flowers cover the plant from late spring through frost.
Excellent disease resistance and heat tolerance.
Equally wonderful planted in drifts or as a single specimen in the mixed border.
Grows 4’ tall and wide.
Site in full to part sun.
Not fussy about soil conditions. Extremely drought tolerant once established.
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Rosa 'Lafter'Although classified as a hybrid tea, ‘Lafter’ grows more like a shrub rose.
Introduced by Brownwell in 1948.
Semi-double melon-with-hints-of-yellow flowers have been described as “the color of a glowing sunset.”
Blooms successively from late spring through fall. Fragrant.
Exceptional disease resistance.
Grows 4’-6’ tall and wide.
Full to part sun.
Average soil.
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 | | Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’Deciduous upright but bushy tree with lime-green leaves that emerge super-bright in spring. As they mature they take on an attractive orange margin, finally exploding into flame red, orange and gold in fall. Deciduous.
This specimen works well with Physocarpus ‘Diablo’ and Miscanthus ‘Adagio’ or in front of Juniperus ‘Burkii’ for a real contrast.
Grows 8’ tall and half as wide in 10 years.
Full sun to part shade. Will be greener in more shade.
Amended, moist but well drained soils.
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Acer palmatum 'Okukuji Nishiki'Green, palmate leaves edged in pink and cream emerge in spring with more cream in summer. Fall color is red before dropping to reveal the architecturally interesting green-orange stems and trunk.
Overall form is upright and bushy and takes well to selective pruning.
Use as a specimen against darker conifers or as a container plant.
Mature height is 8’-10’. Slow-growing.
Site in strong morning sun and afternoon shade in summer. All day sun in winter is A-okay.
Amended, well-drained soil. Average water needs once established.
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 | | Acer palmatum ‘Kurenai jishi’A compact, deciduous shrubby tree whose leaves emerge a deep crimson and mature to more copper tones. Fall color is a bonanza of yellows, oranges and reds.
Lateral branches overlap for a natural bonsai look.
Introduced by famed Japanese Maple expert, Masayoshi Yano.
Great specimen plant for containers or in the front of the mixed bed. Pairs well with Carex ‘Blue Bunny’ or Acorus ‘Variegata’.
Grows 3’-4’ tall and slightly less wide in 10 years.
Best color in morning sun and afternoon shade.
Amended, moist but well-drained soil.
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Acer palmatum ‘Seiun kaku’Small, deciduous tree with a lot of personality!
Deeply lobed leaves emerge lime green in spring, mature to forest green by summer and then explode into a display of reds, oranges, purples and yellows in fall.
Lateral branches grow horizontally and then branch vertically. This gives it a natural bonsai look without all the work!
Specimen.
Grows 10’ tall and wide in 10 years. More vigorous than ‘Mikawa Yatsabusa’.
Morning sun or high filtered light all day.
Amended, moist but well-drained soil.
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 | | Hosta ‘Stiletto’Herbaceous perennial with very narrow, rippled, medium green leaves with a cream margin.
Purple striped flowers on upright scapes top the foliage in midsummer.
Good border or edging addition to the shade garden. Roots grow sideways so this is a great choice for erosion control on difficult slopes.
Pairs well with Heuchera and lacy ferns.
Grows 1’ tall x 2’ wide. Divide in spring every three years to maintain the undulation found in the juvenile leaves.
Part shade to shade.
Amended, moist, well-drained soil.
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Gardenia 'Heaven Scent'Tiny, lustrous evergreen leaves are the perfect backdrop for this gardenia’s showy blooms.
Covered in 1” single-petalled flowers May to June and sporadically into the fall.
Small stature makes it perfect for containers or in masses as a low foundation planting.
Grows to only 2’ tall x 2’ wide.
Site in sun to partial shade and amended, well-drained soil.
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About GardenHood
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 Garden*Hood is an independent retail garden center located in Atlanta’s historic Grant Park neighborhood.
Founded by plant people for plant people, Garden*Hood is a nursery where horticultural expertise, exceptional plants, and friendly, knowledgeable staff come together in a unique environment that fosters community, inspires creativity, and nurtures the gardener in all of us.
Garden*Hood is owned by plantsman Scott McMahan.
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