Chris Hardison

Well, so far we’ve dodged the hurricanes, but not the oppressive heat. Summer 2005 is heading toward being one of the hottest summers in recent history in NC. With 25 of 31 days above 90 degrees F, we just missed having the hottest July on record by a scant 0.2 degrees F. At least we’re […]

Spring open house is history for another year, and despite 3 days of rain, we had very good attendance. It’s been a wonderful spring for plants and a cool spring for people. Visitors to open house found everything about 10 days behind. Because of the cool, moist English weather, the garden looks better than ever.

Spring has finally arrived at Plant Delights and we hope that we are out of the woods for late spring frosts. The overwintering greenhouse covers are being removed this week, so we’ll be sweating if the night temperature drops much below 40 degrees F. Because of the late spring, plants in the garden are slower

It’s been great to see everyone this spring at the CENTS and New England Grows Trade Shows. Now, the speaking season switches to homeowner groups, which have also been superb this spring. Speaking of traveling, I’ve recently returned from a fabulous three-week botanizing expedition through South Africa in search of bulbs, ferns, and other cool

The 2005 catalogs were mailed at the end of December, and we hope you have received your copy by now. If not, send an e-mail to office@plantdelights.com and we’ll get another copy on the way. Please don’t blame us if your catalog doesn’t arrive. Did you know that the Post Office expects to lose 5%

Can you believe that it’s November already? It seems like we were just starting spring and now we are getting the greenhouse heaters ready for fall. I hope you have had a great gardening season, despite the weather glitches that always seem to occur around the country. In late October, I was in Florida and

September starts with our oops of the year. It seems that due to a computer coding error, nearly 500 plants were omitted from our website when the new fall catalog went up. The plants are in place now, and we apologize for the problem. Check out the complete list of on-line only plants at www.plantdelights.com.

Greetings from Plant Delights! It’s been a hectic month, which is always the case during the busiest shipping season of the year. We’ve made it through two weekends of open house including nearly all day rain on the first Saturday and Sunday. Open house visitors were treated to the grand opening of the new waterfall