Goldenrod! Let’s take a look at what makes this perennial so special. At the end of summer, sometimes landscapes can start to take on a little bit of a dull appearance with summer flowers starting to fade, but if you really want to brighten up that dry spot in your garden, Goldenrod might be the perfect plant for you! Although commonly confused with Ragweed, Goldenrod does NOT cause seasonal allergies, though you will see it growing everywhere in the native landscape, from meadows to roadsides! We just love when the Goldenrod starts to bloom, because, to us, it serves at the perfect transition from Summer into Fall. And when Winter rolls around, Goldenrod’s poofy seed heads provide some nice cold-season interest in any garden. Nothing screams “Fall!” More than Goldenrod—it’s a must-have plant for any native garden. They prefer full to partial sun and can get to around 2-6 feet tall depending on the species you choose. We have over 12 species of Goldenrod here at Bountiful Gardens, and some, like our Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, prefer moist to wet soils. However, we have some like our Field Goldenrod that prefer drier to droughty soils. Goldenrods are incredibly important species here in New Jersey, and all over the United States, as they are one of the last flowers to bloom before bees go into hibernation. Some species start blooming as early as July, but others bloom as late as the end of November! Goldenrod is a stunning perennial that will scream out from any place in your perennial garden! Like we mentioned earlier, it’s commonly confused with Ragweed, but ironically, Goldenrod is actually an antihistamine, meaning it combats allergies rather than causing them! You can use the leaves and flowers in teas and tinctures that can help reduce inflammation and congestion, you can use it as a mouthwash, a gut-cleanse—it has so many benefits! Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!

If you’re looking for an exceptionally blue flower that blooms in the Fall, in combination with amazing silvery foliage, look no further than Caryopteris, or Bluebeard. This plant thrives in full sun up to part shade, though you’ll get more flowers the more sun it gets. The happiest spot that you can plant a Bluebeard is an area that isn’t susceptible to any standing water. This plant likes a well-draining soil, and is extremely drought-tolerant once established. Caryopteris is an amazing woody perennial that has this beautiful, silvery foliage coming out around April, then producing these beautiful blue blooms, flowering around September. Another great thing about this plant is that it’s highly deer resistant!! Although Bluebeard can handle part-shade, if you give it full-sun, you’ll be rewarded with beautiful blue blooms for two months in late Summer and Fall! In addition, it attracts TONS of pollinators of all walks, flaps and crawls. Not only is Bluebeard an incredible end-of-season bloom, it’s also incredibly fragrant, with its leaves having a really nice minty, herbal smell whenever you rub up against them. Because of this, it actually works really well as a natural mosquito repellent! Just rub the leaves one your skin and you’re good for the evening! Young leaves are also edible, though their taste is super strong, so they’re best used in small portions to spice up a salad! Bluebeard is a drought-tolerant and heat-resistant perennial, which makes it a wonderful option for putting it in a container. They add great Fall interest, as their leaves turn to a buttery yellow color. At the same time, they’ll produce seeds that serve as a great food source for birds going into Winter! Caryopteris is a pollinator magnet. This shrub fills numerous niches in your garden. With sizes ranging from 2’ to 6’ depending on the variety, there’s sure to be one to suit your space. If these bursts of blue are your perfect hue, maybe Caryopteris is the shrub for you! Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!

Welcome back to Bountiful Gardens! As you can see, our enormous selection of pumpkins, squash and winter gourds are here to adorn your porches and shine at the dinner table.  You know, as we head into Fall, it can be easy to start feeling those end-of-Summer blues. But if vegetable gardening is your passion, you’ll be excited to know that this is the best time of year to get a second round of veggies in the ground!  In this video, we’ll be going over some of the best cold season crops you can plant today and harvest all the way through our first frosts. Let’s get to gardening!  Lettuce - 0:37 Since the weather is cooling down a little bit, it’s time to plant your Lettuce, and we have SO many varieties to choose from! Onions - 0:46 Onions serve many purposes in the cold season garden. You can grow them for the onions themselves, and you can also use the fresh greens in salads, soups and as a tasty garnish. They also repel deer since they’re in the Allium family. Brussels Sprouts - 1:00 Brussels Sprouts are one of our favorite cold season vegetables. They produce mini cabbage-like heads along their stem that are incredibly tasty. Parsley - 1:10 Parsley is another great herb to add to the cold season vegetable garden, as temperatures are cooler so it grows more densely. It’s also a great food source for the Black Swallowtail butterfly, giving them the energy they need to make their Winter chrysalises. Mixed Greens - 1:24 If you’re looking for variety in your salad, we have mixed greens available that will introduce brand new flavors to your leafy greens! These mixes include crops like Arugula, Mustard, Lettuce and more! Sage - 1:33 Sage is a fantastic herb to add to your cold season vegetable garden. Not only is it perennial in New Jersey, it’s also very cold hardy and gets more and more silvery as the temperatures drop. Radishes - 1:44 Radishes are a great cold season vegetable! They boast a spicy and nutty flavor and they’re incredibly crisp, making them great for your salads. Kale - 1:53 Kale is an extremely nutrient dense green that is great cooked or raw. Cilantro - 1:59 Just like Parsley, Cilantro is great to plant this time of year because with the cooler temperatures, it grows more densely and is less prone to bolting. Pak Choi - 2:06 Pak Choi (Boy Choy) is a great cold season cooking green. Our favorite way to cook it is with a little bit of oil, some garlic and some salt and pepper to really appreciate the flavor of the leaves. Fennel - 2:17 If you want to add an extra food source for Black Swallowtail butterflies in your cold season garden, you can plant some Fennel. It’s actually perennial here in New Jersey, so you and the butterflies can enjoy it for years to come. Broccoli - 2:27 Broccoli needs no introduction. It’s a great cold season vegetable that we all know and love! Cauliflower - 2:34 Cauliflower is a great cold season crop. They produce a crown that is much more dense and differently colored than their counterpart, broccoli. Swiss Chard - 2:41 Planting big leafy greens like Swiss Chard is a great way to add variety and color to your cold season garden, plus you can harvest it right before winter and freeze it to use for soups and stocks. Cabbage - 2:52 Cabbage is a vegetable that loves the cold. In fact, if you grow it in colder conditions, when you harvest it, it’ll be sweeter! Arugula - 3:00 Arugula is a great cold season cutting green, and with a spicy flavor, it’s sure to keep you warm this Fall. Peppermint - 3:08 Peppermint is another great herb to add to your cold season garden, as it helps to repel deer and pests from the rest of your veggies. Plus, you harvest right before winter and cozy up with a nice cup of peppermint tea. Eucalyptus - 3:18 For a medicinal herb that you might not think is perennial, you can plant Eucalyptus. It’s actually very cold hardy here in New Jersey—you just cut it back at the end of the season and it comes back year after year. You can use the stems for aromatherapy in the shower, or in arrangements! Kohlrabi - 3:33 Many people think Kohlrabi is a root vegetable, but its bulb is actually a modified stem! It has the flavor of cabbage and a broccoli stem, which makes it great for roasting as it will absorb the flavors of anything around it. So don’t let your mood drop with the temperature–come pick up some of these fantastic cold-hardy crops and enjoy bountiful harvests through the holidays!  And while you're here, be sure to check out our huge selection of Fall annuals, perennials, pumpkins, gourds, decor and more. If it has to do with Fall, rest assured we’ve got it all.  Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com

Welcome back to Bountiful Gardens! It’s hard to believe, but Fall is coming fast, and once again, we’re overflowing with the biggest and best selection of Autumn annuals around! If you’re new to Fall planting and looking to fill your container gardens with color and texture, then this video is for you. We’ll be introducing you to some of the most quintessential Fall favorites that you need in your planters this season. So what are we waiting for? Let’s fall in! Chrysanthemums - 0:48 When most people think about Fall, the first flower you think of is probably Chrysanthemums, or Mums for short. When it comes to sizes and colors, we’ve got them all, starting with reds, maroons, oranges, yellows, pinks, whites and more. The mums that you typically buy as annuals are actually perennials too! As long as you plant them early enough, they’ll come back and bloom beautifully for you next year! Fall Asters - 1:35 If you love the look of mums, but you’d like some more color options, then our Fall Asters are the plant for you. You may notice that the Asters and Mums look pretty similar, and that’s because they’re both in the same family, the Asteracea family! What sets these two apart is that the Asters come in shades of blues, pinks and purples. Winter Pansies - 1:56 Autumn is also the time of year that Pansies return to the store! They’re extremely cold-hardy and can last all the way through till Winter, earning them the name Winter Pansies. What’s great about them is that they come in such a wide range of colors that you can add an extra splash of vibrance to nearly any container or flower bed you choose. Celosia - 2:13 We love Celosia because they come in three distinct types: there’s one that looks like a feather, one that looks like a brain, and one that looks like wheat. All types of Celosia will grow very similarly, they love sun, and they do require a good bit of water. They’ll keep on blooming through our first frost! Ornamental Cabbage & Kale - 2:44 For some hardy foliage in cooler tones, you can turn to cabbages and kales. These cold-hardy crops actually get more vibrant the colder it gets outside, making them the perfect addition to any Fall or Winter landscape. Ornamental Peppers - 3:01 Ornamental Peppers are another quintessential Fall annual. They love sun, and they’ll last through the Winter, with their peppers providing interest. These spicy little peppers are the reason that these are wonderfully deer-resistant! Sunbeckia - 3:16 One of my favorite Fall-blooming flowers is the Rudbeckia—more specifically, Sunbeckia! Like mums, these can be perennials, but most people treat them as annuals. With a long bloom time and amazingly large flowers, Sunbeckia can add interesting color and texture to your garden, especially with all the varieties we carry, like Carla, Juliana, Paulina and Sarah! Strawflower - 3:53 One of our favorite unsung heroes of the Fall color palette is going to be the Strawflower. They have super dry petals that make such a satisfying sound when you run your fingers over them. This also makes them fantastic for dried floral arrangements! Sunflowers - 4:13 Another end-of-summer all-star is the Sunflower. Not only do bees absolutely love them—they also add great height and color. They even fix soil too! Plus, they’ll give you a near-endless supply of fresh-cut Fall florals for the table. Marigolds - 4:36 Another gorgeous Fall annual is the frost-tolerant Marigold. Marigolds come in a large range of sizes, anywhere from 6 inches up to about four feet for African Marigolds! You can plant them around other plants to help keep those deer away. Marigolds also attract beneficial insects to the garden! Gazania - 5:13 Gazania is an amazing Fall annual, boasting orange, red and yellow colors that we so commonly associate with Fall. These lovely annuals with bloom through our first frost! African Daisies - 5:24 Osteospermum, otherwise known as African Daisies, are a sun-loving annual. They will bloom until frost, and sport these beautifully unique flowers. Purple Fountain Grass - 5:35 Pennisetum rubrum, commonly called Purple Fountain Grass, is a fantastic addition to any Fall container. They get 2-5 feet tall, creating a feature in any arrangement. Chocolate Cosmos - 5:47 Chocolate Cosmos are a sun-loving Fall annual that will bloom until frost, and it’s one of the more unique ones, due to its deep burgundy color. Millet - 5:57 One of the best ways to add some height or a focal point to a Fall container is by planting some Millet. You’re now ready to plant up gorgeous Fall containers to celebrate the season with color and texture. All that’s left to do is come on down to Bountiful Gardens and pick out your favorites! We can’t wait to see you! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com

Anemones—let’s dive in! Generally in Fall, the color palette tends to lean toward oranges and yellows, but if you’re looking to keep things on the softer side with pale pinks, whites and purples, Anemone is a great plant for you. One of the things that we particularly like about Anemone, or Windflower, aside from their amazing flowers, is actually the leaves! Because of their impressive size, they’re very different from many other perennial leaves. We think they look a little bit like a cross between a Hellebore and a Maple leaf. Anemones can do well in full sun, but they do appreciate a little bit of afternoon shade. So if you’re looking to bring a little bit of that Spring palette into your Fall garden, Anemone may just be your perfect plant! Anemones are a staple for any cottage garden due to their beautiful, late season blooms, as well as the amount of interest they can provide. You can find them in whites, pinks, purples, magentas and even reds! Anemones prefer full to partial sun and do well in moist, well-draining soil. They’re also beloved by bees and other pollinators! They get about 12-36 inches tall and wide depending on the variety you choose. Although these flowers don’t contain any nectar, they’re absolutely packed with pollen, making them a phenomenal late-season food source for our buzzing buddies. Additionally, you can leave the seed heads standing into the Winter to give birds a much-needed snack when food is scarce. Anemones make fantastic additions to cut flower arrangements as well, with their showy blooms and long stems. Although they have been used medicinally as a sedative and an anti-anxiety tincture, they’re also slightly toxic to humans, so we suggest just enjoying them for the color blooms and wildlife benefits they offer. Whether you use them as a cut flower or let them stand for the birds and the bees, Anemones make a beautiful addition to any garden. Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!

If you’re looking for a plant to give you multi seasonal interest in that consistently moist area in your garden, look no further than Ironweed. In Spring, this perennial emerges with strong stalks that form a bush-like appearance with all of its narrow foliage, which gives it an amazing presence from Spring through Summer. End of the Summer going into Fall, this plant gets covered in hundreds if not thousands of these purple flowers that adorn the plant going all the way through October. Then as Fall transitions into Winter, you get another added attraction as all of these leaves take on a beautiful purple color before falling off. Through the winter, these seedheads will stay on and feed many different types of insects and birds alike. There aren’t too many flowers that get this vibrant of a purple color, especially at this time of the year. This is why Ironweed is the perfect addition to your Fall garden! Ironweed is in the genus Vernonia, which includes many species. Here at Bountiful Gardens, you can find New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis), Narrowleaf Ironweed (Vernonia lettermanii) and Sandhill Ironweed (Vernonia angustifolia). The main differences between the three species of Ironweed we carry are as follows: Narrowleaf Ironweed gets between 24-36” tall and wide, and prefers drier to average soils. Sandhill Ironweed gets between 2-4’ tall and 2-3’ wide, and refers drier to droughty soils. Lastly, we have New York Ironweed, which gets between 2-9’ tall and 2-4’ wide. This one prefers moist soils and can even handle standing water! We’re lucky enough to have a native meadow right behind our Ewing location, allowing us to check out all of these amazing perennials at their peak form. Just look at the Ironweed Ike found—it’s massive!! Ironweed is a great addition to your perennial garden. As its name suggests, its stems are super strong, making it a great feature plant for the back of a garden that won’t get knocked over by wind. Medicinally, it’s been used for cramps, aches and pains, and even as a blood cleanse by using the leaves in a tea. And since the stems are so strong, it’s been used as bedding and for basket weaving! Ironweed is such a gorgeous plant with so much to offer any landscape—don’t miss out on adding it to your garden this season! Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!

Did you know that in addition to all of our incredible Native Rudbeckias, we also have a great selection of specially-bred hybrid varieties? You might be thinking, “with all those natives, why would I ever want a hybrid?” Well, hybrid plants can be a great option for small gardens, especially if you're looking for high yields and disease resistance. They often offer better uniformity and can be more predictable in terms of size and growth rate, which is beneficial when space is limited. A lot of people see these beautiful cultivars in the garden center and assume they just... appeared. They don’t see the years of matchmaking that happen. I use the word "Matchmaking" because it all starts with a goal. Let's say a botanist wants a Rudbeckia that's more compact for smaller city gardens or containers. They start with a parent plant known for a shorter stature, like this one’s ancestor, a type of Rudbeckia fulgida. But maybe it doesn’t have the most impressive blooms. So, they find another parent—a different species or cultivar—that has huge, show-stopping flowers. Then comes the delicate part. To make sure they control the parentage, they have to prevent the flower from pollinating itself. They go in with tweezers and perform what’s called emasculation—carefully removing the male parts, the anthers, before they can produce pollen. Then they take a tiny brush, collect pollen from our chosen "father" plant, and gently brush it onto the stigma—the female part—of the "mother" plant. Basically they’re playing the part of a pollinator, but with a very specific purpose. After pollination, they wait, protect the flower, let the seeds develop, and then harvest them. But that’s just the beginning! They might grow thousands of seeds from that single cross. And from those thousands, they watch and wait. They might only find one or two plants that have the perfect combination they were looking for: the compact size, the big flowers, strong stems, and good health. And that’s the real reason these hybrids are so fantastic for the home gardener. They've done the trial and error for you. You aren’t just buying a plant; you’re buying years of selection. Think about it. The classic ‘Goldsturm’ is beautiful, but it can be susceptible to Septoria leaf spot, especially in humid summers like we get here in New Jersey. The leaves may get black spots and look pretty sad by late summer. But ‘American Gold Rush’? It was specifically selected for its clean foliage. It stays beautiful from summer all the way through fall. It’s a problem-solver plant. And they can breed for aesthetics, too! Look at ‘Prairie Sun.’ That’s a cultivar of Rudbeckia hirta. It brings a completely different look to the garden. It’s still easy to grow, but it’s a showpiece. And that’s the ultimate goal. To provide the home gardener with plants that are not only beautiful but also resilient, reliable and long-lasting. When you plant one of these modern hybrids, you’re planting confidence. You’re getting a plant that was designed to thrive, to fight off disease, and to bring you joy with minimal fuss. It’s a partnership between nature and science, created to make your garden a success. The next time you look at a hybrid variety, keep in mind that for the botanist, It’s not about just making a pretty flower. It's about solving problems for the gardener at home, for you! It's also worth noting that hybrid seeds aren’t typically open-pollinated, meaning you can't save seeds from your harvest and expect them to produce plants with the same traits as the parent plant. If seed saving is important to you, then open-pollinated or heirloom varieties are your best bet. Now that you know a bit more about these gorgeous hybrid Rudbeckias, come on out and find the perfect one for your garden today! Looking for something different? We have hybrids of Echinacea, Agastache, Coreopsis, Anemone, Lavender and so many more, all bred for their own characteristics. Thanks so much for watching! If you enjoyed this video, please make sure to give it a like, leave a comment down below and subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss any of the content we’ve got coming your way this season. Thanks, and happy gardening! Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!

Welcome back to Bountiful Gardens! In this video, we'll be going over one of the BEST native perennials you can add to the garden! With its beautiful name, eye-catching height and show-stopping floral displays, Joe Pye Weed is sure to make that late Summer splash in your garden. In our opinion, no perennial garden would be complete without a little Joe Pye Weed. This is a mid-to-late Summer bloomer that works beautifully toward the back of the garden, behind your Spring and early Summer perennials. It’s easy to forget about this plant until it bursts with flowers—then, there’s no missing it. In addition to featuring huge, long-lasting softball to basketball-sized flowers and impressive height, Joe Pye Weed is also very deer resistant, making it one of our favorite wildflowers for any perennial garden. This amazing native plant blooms from about mid Summer all the way through frost, and comes in shades of pinks and purples. Since Joe Pye Weed blooms later in the year, it’s a great source of pollen for our late flying bees, butterflies and other pollinators. If you’re looking to add a vertical element to the garden, this is one of the best choices you can make, as Joe Pye Weed reaches between 6 to 10 feet in height! We have two different species for you to choose from: Spotted Joe Pye Weed and Sweet-Scented Joe Pye Weed. These two varieties do well in average to wet soils and can handle anywhere from part to full sun, but as with most wildflowers, the more sun they get, the more blooms they’ll give. Here’s a fun botanical name fact: Joe Pye Weed was once classified as “Eupatorium,” but has recently been placed into the genus “Eutrochium”. Long ago, the blooms of Joe Pye Weed were used to treat inflammation, arthritis, fever and even kidney ailments—it was kind of like nature’s Advil. In fact, it gets its name because long ago in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a Mohican named Joe Pye used this plant to treat the settlers at that colony. There are many different versions of this story, and it’s under some hot debate, but it’s an interesting tale for a unique flower. Joe Pye Weed has a very fibrous root system that helps to retain soil during floods, making it of great value on slopes and other erosion-prone landscapes. It also features hollow stalks that, once dry in the Fall, maintain vertical interest in the garden while providing critical habitat for native beneficial insects. Overall, Joe Pye Weed is one of our absolute favorite native perennial wildflowers. With its big, bountiful blooms and towering heights, this is one plant your garden can’t be without! Come find the right one for your landscape today! Come out to the nursery and start Planting More now! Our Website: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/ Our Rewards Program: https://www.bountifulgardens.com/rewards For Landscape Design Inquiries: Email landscaping@bountifulgardens.com We hope to see you soon!