How to care for Bedding Plants, Herbs Planting, Vegetables Planting

Bedding Plants; Gene's Greenhouses, located near Hammond, LA, you can find a variety of cool-season bedding plants to brighten your garden this fall. Consider planting pansies, violas, alyssum, dianthus, calendula, snapdragon, nemesia, dusty miller, ornamental cabbage and kale, petunias, and many more from our selection at the nursery in Loranger, LA.

Bulbs

This month is your last chance to finish planting most spring-flowering bulbs. Be sure to buy tulips and hyacinths from Gene's Greenhouse by mid-November, and refrigerate them for at least six weeks before planting them in late December or early January.

General Maintenance

As the leaves fall from trees, gather them up and either add them to your compost pile or use them as mulch in your garden.

Herbs

Explore our offerings of herbs at Gene's Nursery, including borage, celery, chervil, cilantro, dill, fennel, parsley, chives, garlic chives, lemon balm, Mexican tarragon, mints, oregano, rosemary, sage, sorrel, marjoram, thyme, French tarragon, feverfew, lavender, and chamomile.

Landscape

Now marks the prime planting season for hardy trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers, available at our plant nursery in Loranger, LA.

Vegetables

In November, don't miss the opportunity to plant various vegetables such as beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, collards, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard, onions, rutabagas, shallots, spinach, Swiss chard, and turnips. Visit Gene's Greenhouses to find everything you need for your vegetable garden.