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Best Annuals for Your 2025 Garden – Handpicked by The Dees’ Nursery!
If you’re planning your garden in Oceanside, NY this spring, you’ll want to plant annuals that bloom beautifully and thrive in our local Long Island climate. At The Dees’ Nursery, we’ve curated our Top 5 Annual Flowers for 2025 — perfect for full-sun beds, shady…
Annual of the Week – Ornamental Cabbage
Ornamental Cabbage Planting Tips: Seasonal Significance and Annual Nature Ornamental cabbage, known for its stunning rosettes and vibrant colors, is a must-have for fall gardens. With shades of purple, pink, white, and green, this hardy plant adds aesthetic appeal and seasonal significance to any landscape….
Garden Advice – Planting Garlic Bulbs
Garlic, a member of the allium family, is an ancient and versatile bulbous vegetable that is easy to grow and doesn’t require much space. Each garlic bulb is made up of several cloves, which can be planted individually to produce new bulbs containing 5-10 cloves….
Time to Make Some (Plant) Babies: A Guide to Seed Starting
So, you’re trying to make some plant babies but don’t know where to start. Perfect! We have all the info you’ll need to confidently pick the right seeds for you, gather your necessary supplies, and start pumping out those seedlings. A seed, after all, has…
Preparation is Key: Plan Your Container Gardens Ahead of Time
What’s worse than having heaps of new flowers and nowhere to put them? Nothing! We know how exciting it is to rush out and buy flowers as soon as they hit the Dees’ Nursery, but we also know how important it is to have some…
Defy Nature: Grow Herbs Indoors!
You might dread the winter months for many reasons, like the snow, the cold, the lack of a tan, or the few extra pounds that come from being cooped up indoors for months on end. Most of all, you probably find winter to be a…