She sells seashells by the sea shore

Drift wood tables and clear, white and pastel blue gift ware.

Lot's of hand made shell decorations.

Explore the wagon shed for an affordable yet stylish gift.

Space savers:

 

Here is a nice little vegetable that we have just planted in our own garden. It's called Space Master Cucumber and it saves space in the garden! It's a compact variety superb for pots, hanging baskets or raised garden beds. It will produce slender dark green fruit about 7.5 inches long.

 

Available at Serenity Nursery this spring.

YUMMY NEW- Blueberry Lime Jam Petunia

Winning Combination Blueberry & Lime...

Pop into Serenity Nursery and find a fantastic range of flowering seedlings....

You will find  Petunia " Blueberry Lime Jam"in our new expanded seedling hut , an exciting new annual petunia for a sunny spot in the garden. This petunia will add vibrancy to your garden or entertainment area and flower from spring until winter Petunia " Blueberry Lime Jam" is also Perfect in pots and hanging baskets. Availble in punnets this spring.

It's in the Stars..

                                   1. Daphne Odora, Fragrant star shaped flowers.

Tulbaghia (Society Garlic)- Grass-like foliage with purple or pink star-shaped flowers.

Chinese Star Jasmin (trachelospermum jasminoides). Climbing plant with fragrant white star flowers.


On this beautiful Spring Day here in Murray Bridge I thought I would share with you my favourite Spring flowering star shaped flowers.

Daphne Odora is one of the most fragrant flowers around and will fragrance the air profusely. It features clusters of star-shaped flowers in white/pink.  Daphne  odora will grow well in a pot or in the garden. Choose a spot out of the afternoon sun and plant in a well draining soil. Daphne odora will  grow to approx 1 m tall and it is ideal planted near an entertaining area to appreciate its delightful perfume.

Tulbaghia (Society Garlic)- This low growing plant has many uses in the garden. It looks fantastic as a garden border plant and can look equally as good in a pot. Society garlic will flower in the shade making it the perfect companion plant for daphne odora. It will also grow well in a sunny position.

Chinese Star Jasmin (trachelospermum jasminoides). One of the prettiest climbers around. This climber will grow over archways or cover a fence. It's great if you want to soften the look of hard architectural lines in your garden. The star-shaped flowers  are a pretty take on the common jasmin climber.

All available in the nursery now.

Not so mellow yellow...

Need to cover an area in the garden fast? Grow one of these! It's an osteospermum called "Voltage".

It features large daisy-like flowers in vivid yellow. "Voltage" has a spreading/ mounding habit so it can act like a ground cover in your garden. Check them out available in "Copper Apricot" and purple.

Bring on Spring Gardening!

Grow an assortment of  vegies and herbs in a rustic wheel barrow.

From Garden to Kitchen, it;s easy to grow your own.

Here are some ideas as to what to grow this Spring:

Capsicum

Tomatoes

Corn

Crystal Apple Cucumbers

Tuscan Kale

Leek

Cos lettuce

Eggplant

Cabbage

Climbing beans

Beetroot

Basil (herb)

Corriander (herb)

 

Glam Gardening...

Bring out your feminine side with PGA's new plant release "The Princess Lavender".

It is so pretty you have to visit us a Serenity Nursery to see it!!

The Princess lavender features large, vibrant pink flowers and a long flowering time. The main flower flourish will be in Spring and will continue to flower through out the year. This is a compact lavender growing approx 70cm x 70cm. The foliage is aromatic and the cut flowers are ideal to use in arrangements.

Princess Lavender is easy to grow and requires little water once established.

Try Growing your Princess Lavender:

In your favourite container

As a small growing border

En Masse for great effect

Image via Plant Growers Australia

My experience with transplanting

Today I removed four buxus microphylla faulkner hedges  from my planter box. I have a  box hedge planted at the front of my cottage, bordering the paths and needed some more to finish the job. The box hedge in the planter box was becoming pot bound and the four plants came out together when I pulled them up. I then used a pruning saw to separate each one.

Once the box plants were separated I pruned the roots down to a more manageable size to re-plant. I used Plants Plus Groganic  ( An organic compost) to help improve the soil structure.

Once they were all planted I watered them in well with SeaGold Liquid kelp, a health tonic which distresses transplanted plants.

The Buxus Faulkner lines the pathways. This variety is particularly hardy to cold and heat and performs better then an English box. The buxus faulkner is available now in a variety of different sized pots.

Serenity Nursery Top Tip: Use a lawn fertiliser such us Neutrogs Sudden Impact for Lawns on leafy hedges like Buxus Faulkner or English box. It is organic based and high in nitrogen to help promote lots of leafy growth. It's a great product for lawns and all non-flowering plants.

Pictured here ( along the back) is my much loved Escallonia Iveyi hedge. I love it, It's an old fashioned plant but it has really dark green glossy leaves and stark white flowers through Spring and Summer. It is really hardy and will grow in full sun and coastal conditions. They can grow up to 3 meters, but at this stage I like to keep it about a meter tall. I give mine a really good drink of SeaGold Liguid kelp through prolonged summer heat waves.

Yes to Country Gardens

 I want a chook pen like this, it's a bit fancy. It looks so pretty surrounded by  roses and a cottage garden.

This is just perfect.

A driveway lined with London Plane trees, yes please.

Classic Whites

 Mum's standard rose surrounded by pink ground cover roses, agapanthus, a coprosma hedge and rock rose Cistus. A fuss free low maintenance garden..great for busy mums..

I don't think you can beat classic white Iceberg Roses, with their lush green foliage, ability to be stronger and more resilient than allot of roses. Teamed with a green box hedge white roses can look elegant and classy.

What to do with your flowering roses now:

Continue to dead head them through out the flowering months to help promote new flowers. Just cut the spent flowers back a bit more than just the bud or flower itself.

Fire star Rose

Fire star rose growing in front of Serenity Nursery's sandstone retainer wall.

Fire Star is a very special rose which was produced to remember the victims of the Victorian Black Saturday Fires. The story of fire Star is an unusual one in that most roses are produced from cuttings but this one was produced by seed. The rose is a solid peachy/ Orange fading to a raspberry as the rose ages. A must for all rose lovers and proceeds go the the CFA.



Roses in Bloom.

It's a great time to shop for roses in spring. The flowers are in bloom so you can assess the colour, form and fragrance of each variety. We have a good range of bush and standard roses in now.



Basil is Back

The weather is warming, the BBQs have started and we are enjoying life out doors more. No more winter stews or soups we are now opting for fresh salads and fruit. and my Favourite Spring sensation is Basil.  Everyone who cooks should grow basil now. It is so versatile in so many dishes. It teams perfectly with tomatoes and here is a salad that I make all the time.

 It is so fresh and easy to make.

Basil and Tomato Salad

You Will Need:

Tomatoes

Basil leaves

Olive Oil

Balsamic Vinegar.

How to:

Slice tomatoes into rounds and spread over a decorative plate.

Tear basil leaves and scatter over tomatoes.

Drizzle with olive oil and a little Balsamic.

Season with Salt and Pepper.

Enjoy Krystal xx



Salvia ' Wendy's Wish'

 Close up of the flower on my outdoor feature wall.

 Salvia 'Wendys Wish' Growing in my own garden in a full sun position. It teams well with lavender.

My 'Wendys Wish' is also surrounded by hardy native lomandras, aloes, carrex grass, lambs ear, flax and succulents. I choose hardy plants with interesting foliage colour and texture.

Salvia 'Wendys Wish' is a low water use perennial that flowers most of the year. Plant en masse for a low maintenance garden, in a mixed gardens or in a large container.

It will grow approx 80cm x 80cm.



New Release this Spring

 Tulbaghia 'Dark Star'

Tulbaghia Border Stars are grass-like hardy perennials with a clumping habit. There are several varieties in the collection and the two new releases ' Milky Way' and 'Dark Star' that have caught our eye this spring.

'Dark Star'
This variety features mauve-pink tubular flowers that are a deeper shade in the centre of each flower. Its buds also have a good depth of colour. 'Dark Star' grows and flowers well in both dry and boggy conditions. It blooms for many months from early spring and is at its best during warmer weather.

 Tulbaghia 'Milky Way'

'Milky Way'
Developed in-house by  PGA, this beautiful addition to the Border Stars™ range has been chosen for its hardiness and reliability under difficult conditions. It tolerates both dry and wet conditions and produces masses of soft pink, tubular, star-shaped flowers on tall, slender stems over a long period from early spring.

Images and text(altered slightly) by PGA

Country Style Vs Coastal Style

Country Style

• Gravel Pathways
• Rambling Roses
• Tuscan Teracotta
• Garden Sheds
• Pretty Cottages

In Bloom Now

 Ameria 'Bees Ruby' is a low growing perennial ideal for borders, Japanese gardens, pots and rockeries. Amerias are an excellent plant for cut flowers and require very little maintenance.

 Dianthus 'Sugar Plum' has fragrant and frilly flowers with deep cherry markings appearing through Autumn and Spring. This low water use plant will grow to about 40cm and is great in small urns and mixed garden beds.

The range of 'Ruffle' Lavenders are really pretty. This one is Lavender 'Sweetberry' . It is bred in Australia making it ideal for our climate and it is rather compact making it suitable for a pot or low border. Come in and see the range today.

Boronia Heaven Scent

"What is that beautiful perfume?" is a frequent question floating around the garden centre at the moment. Boronias are in full flower and the perfume is just divine. This one pictured is Brown Boronia megastigma 'Heaven scent'. It is one of the most perfumed boronias around. We also have a hot pink boronia called 'Lip stick", which has the most amazing hot pink flowers. Boronias are ideal grown near doorways to enjoy the fragrance as you are coming and going.



Get Ready to Garden

Here are some snaps from our garden centre today. We have new ladies goat skin leather gardening gloves and a deluxe new gardeners hand care range to inspire you into the garden. Our azaleas are in full bloom and looking fantastic.

Foliage Effects

In now is a great selection of foliage plants including Euphorbia "Silver Swan". It's a great little water wise plant that does not need to be pruned. Creamy flowers are produced late winter through to spring. It looks great mixed with other foliage plants such as red nadinas and variegated dianella  grasses.