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New This Week June 20, 2023 Celebrate National Pollinator Week with Savings and Special Events Did you know that one out of every three bites of food we eat is thanks to a pollinator? Learn more about the vital role pollinators play during National Pollinator Week! LEARN ABOUT LEPIDOPTERA WITH PAINTERS OWNER BRAD OWEN, PHD In honor of National Pollinator week, Painters owner Brad Owen, Ph.D., will be sharing his passion for moths and butterflies! Come check out a specimen collection of representative butterflies and moths, and learn about the importance of Lepidoptera as pollinators and part of our food web. And don't miss Brad's blog post this week Moths: The Pollinators You Didn't Know About . Date: Saturday, June 24th Time: 11am to 3pm Location: Painters Greenhouse EVENT DETAILS OBSERVE A HONEY BEE HIVE IN ACTION WITH MAMA B'S PURE HONEY Susan Brand of Mama B's Honey will be setting up her observation hive of lovely ladies for us to appreciate. Susan will be sharing her honeybees, as well as their delicious honey! Mama B’s honey is produced locally in Shingle Hollow, NC from a small apiary of less than 10 hives, nestled in a field within a 30 acre forest of tulip poplar, wildflowers and berries. Honey is usually harvested in early June, after the first nectar flow, where bees have foraged for nectar and pollen notably from tulip poplars, blackberries and wildflowers. We believe the darker honey is enriched in both flavor and healthfulness by blending from the natural plants and trees. If the weather and plants permit, a second harvest, rich in sourwood nectar and pollen is extracted in mid-summer. Mama B’s honey is certified by the NC Beekeepers Association to be unadulterated and locally produced using approved processes for raising healthy bees and pure honey. Date: Sunday, June 25th Time: 9am to 1pm Location: Painters Greenhouse EVENT DETAILS ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS POLLINATION CELEBRATION Asheville Greenworks has put together a wonderful calendar of celebrations, events, workshops, tours, and citizen science projects all month long including: Plant a Pollinator Garden Botanical Garden Pollinator Safari SEE ALL EVENTS

New This Week March 20, 2023 Plant of the Week: Painter's Palette Anthurium Add a pop of color to your home with this blooming houseplant! With stunning red, pink or orange blooms that last for several months at a time, anthurium are very easy plants to care for. Place your Anthurium in a bright room, but not in direct sunlight... they can even handle relatively low light, and only need moderate/regular water. An easy, low maintenance way to add some brilliant color to your space! Sun Exposure: Bright, indirect light to moderate light Soil Needs: well draining soil rich in organic matter and amended with perlite/orchid bark is ideal, but they aren't super picky (probably fine to stay in whatever you bought them in for a while!) Water: Water when the top 2 inches of soil are dry Humidity: Flowering varieties can tolerate lower humidity than other anthuriums Fertilizer: Fertilize once a month with 1/4 strength fertilizer Care: Easy

New This Week June 27, 2022 Tree & Shrubs of the Week Plus save 20% on all trees and shrubs through July 3rd! Photo: North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Meadowsweet is a native deciduous shrub growing to 3-6' tall and wide. It is in the rose family, and isn't invasive like its relative the Japanese Spiraea. The shrub is made up of many unbranched erect stems and blooms white to pale pink clusters of flowers in summer (blooming now!). The flowers produce pollen and nectar which attract bumblebees, other bees, butterflies, wasps, moths, adult long-horned beetles, etc. Meadowsweet is a larval host for the spring azure butterfly. For the best results, plant in part shade to full sun location in an area that gets plenty of moisture. Meadowsweet is tolerant of wet soils and does well near ponds, streambanks, in low boggy areas of a yard, or in a cottage garden that gets regular watering. If Meadowsweet gets leggy, prune in late winter and it will send out a denser flush of growth that season. Zones 5-9. Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana Eastern Hophornbeam is a native deciduous understory tree naturally found in dry and sloped locations. It is related to the Birch tree, which isn't surprising due to the similar leaves. The fruit is a cluster of inflated sacs around a bony seed resembling hops, hence the common name. The nutlets are eaten by songbirds, wild turkeys, quail and small mammals. The catkins (the flowering spikes that droop down from the stems) bloom in late winter and serve as a food source for grouse. It's also a host for Red-Spotted Purple and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Deer find the leaves unpalatable and rarely browse the tree. Eastern Hophornbeam is a relatively slow grower and reaches 35' tall with a broad top extending up to 50' wide. The wood is extremely hard and isn't used for lumber due to the small size of the tree, so it's often harvested to make posts, golf club handles, and mallets. When Eastern Hophornbeam is a young sapling it initially grows fast, which makes it a great tree to plant in an area needing vegetative cover on disturbed land. It is a very tough, dense tree - the branches resist wind, snow, and ice damage. Prefers a location with part shade to full sun, zones 5-9.

New This Week April 5, 2022 Celebrating Succulents Variegated String of Hearts, Blooming Orchid Cactus, specials on String of Pearls, and more! Variegated String of Hearts SPECIAL RELEASE: String of Hearts and Variegated String of Hearts String of Hearts Elephant Bush, Variegated Elephant Bush, Flowering Christmas Cactus, Mature Jade Plants New Succulents Available Mature Flowering Orchid Cactus Large, mature Jade Plants you won't find anywhere else Elephant Bush, Rat Tail Cactus, and Variegated Elephant Bush African Milk Plant Statement Pieces

New This Week September 20, 2023 5 Native Trees & Shrubs We Love Painters Favorites this Fall Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) Why we love it: A hard to find tree at an affordable price at only $14 for a 1-gallon. • Ornamental beauty - fragrant, white, fringe-like flowers in spring. • Color - deep, dark green, glossy leaves give way to yellow foliage in fall. • Versatility in the garden - can be grown as a large shrub or a small tree, making them suitable for various garden sizes and designs. Chokeberry (Aronia spp.) Why we love it: One of the most adaptable and versatile shrubs with great wildlife and human benefits. • Berries with health benefits - studies suggest Aronia berries improve cardiovascular health while boosting the immune system due to their antioxidant content. • Red/purple foliage is ornamental in fall. • Low maintenance - no pruning needed and generally disease and pest resistant. 'Red Baron' Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Why we love it: A low maintenance shrub with striking leaf color. • Year-round appeal - deep reddish/purple foliage, clusters of white blooms in late spring, and exfoliating bark is exposed in winter after leaves drop. • Low maintenance - drought tolerant once established. Can be grown as a privacy screen and allowed to get tall and thick, or can be cut back each spring for a dense compact shrub. Maple Leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) Photo source: Native Plant Trust Why we love it: The only viburnum that tolerates full shade! • Shade loving - this viburnum will tolerate shady areas, making it a suitable addition to a woodland garden. • Wildlife value - host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly, and fruits are enjoyed by songbirds, wild turkeys and squirrels. • Ornamental - white clusters of blooms in spring, colorful fall foliage, suckering shrub gives a "stepped" form. Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Why we love it: Unique spring blooms! • Blooms - pink, pea-like blooms sprout along trunks and branches before leafing out, giving an appearance of blooms engulfing the tree. • Important nectar source - since redbuds bloom in early spring, before most flowering plants, the blooms provide an important nectar source for bees. • Versatility in the landscape - reaching only 20-30' tall, the manageable size of these trees give plenty of options in your big or small landscape: specimen trees, mixed borders, understory in wooded areas, etc.

New This Week June 27, 2023 Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail Location Opening Next Week in Black Mountain The Black Mountain Snorkel Trail opens at Veterans Park on July 6th In this week's blog , we talk about the importance of rain gardens as a means of filtering storm runoff, so we can help keep our public waterways cleaner. We felt it was also fitting to mention the opening of a freshwater snorkel trail in our area! This 'trail' will encourage the public to explore the beauty of our native aquatic species - most of us don't think of snorkeling in our local streams or lakes, but there is a huge diversity of fascinating and colorful fish, crustaceans, aquatic insects and more to be discovered! The Black Mountain Snorkel Trail opens at Veterans Park on July 6th. On August 2nd, from 2-3:30pm you can bring your snorkel gear and swim with a biologist as they point out local fish and wildlife that call the Catawba River home at the Joseph McDowell Historical Catawba Greenway. LEARN MORE

New This Week August 12, 2022 Monstera Deliciosa Fruit We've been waiting months to try this tropical fruit rumored to be so delicious it gave the plant its name! Last July we noticed flowers blooming on many of our Monstera deliciosa specimen plants that live in our greenhouse. With the help of some hand pollination (just in case!), the flowers produced fruit and all of us at Painters have been patiently watching it ripen on the plant for the last 13 months. In the wild, Monsteras regularly flower and fruit. Ripe Monstera deliciosa fruit The fruit typically takes 6-12 months to ripen and is said to be so delicious it inspired the plant's name. This week the big day finally arrived and we got our first taste! See what we thought below! It really was DELICIOUS!

New This Week September 14, 2022 We Can't Get Enough of These Air Plants Plus care and display tips! Air plants are a stunning and unique addition to any house plant collection. The don't need to be potted in soil and we love displaying in macrame air plant hangers from Line by Line Macrame . We've got a beautiful selection including some massive statement plants available this week! First-time air plant parent? Check out some care tips below - they're super easy once you know how to keep them happy! AIR PLANT CARE WATER Completely submerge your air plants in water for 20 minutes every 1-2 weeks (every week in winter when our homes tend to be drier). After soaking, shake off excess water and set them upside down to dry before returning to their display. This method is much easier and typically more effective than regularly misting them. LIGHT Air plants prefer bright, indirect light - either via sunlight of grow lights/bright indoor lighting. Avoid direct sun as they can sunburn. DISPLAY IDEAS Air plants make great additions to open air terrariums, bowls/planters and display cages. You can also tuck them into driftwood, hang them with fishing line, or find air plant hangers like our favorites from Line by Line Macrame . Avoid planting them in soil and ensure that they have some air flow. Such a fun plant to get creative with, and they make great gifts!

New This Week April 11, 2022 Our Favorite Shrubs this Week Featuring Slender Deutzia and Himalayan Honeysuckle SLENDER DEUTZIA Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' A great woody ground cover that offers interest for three seasons of the year. This plant is deer resistant, clay soil tolerant, and will grow in full sun to part shade (appreciates afternoon shade in our southern climate). Clusters of fragrant white flowers appear in mid-spring (blooming now) on this rounded, arching plant which spreads up to 5' while only reaching 1-2' in height. Dainty green foliage turns burgundy in the fall. It looks great as a groundcover along borders, slopes, in a container, or cascading down rock walls in masse plantings! Himalayan Honeysuckle (Photo: Missouri Botanical Gardens) HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE Leycesteria formosa A deciduous shrub (meaning it loses its leaves every winter) that is not invasive and provides a pop of color along a shady edge! This multi-stemmed shrub from Tibet and China provides much interest to wildlife. In Summer its chartreuse green leaves give way to trailing clusters of white flowers with dark red bracts that attract bees and every Autumn its ripe berries attract many bird species. A very low maintenance shrub that responds well to trimming back to 6-12" in late winter. It tolerates full sun to part shade and reaches 4-8' tall/wide.

New This Week July 28, 2023 Week of July 31st: Midsummer Night's Market Sneak Peak Check out the beauties waiting for you We can't wait for our Midsummer Night's Market - so many great vendors, delicious food, homemade drinks, and PLANTS! If you haven't already read about it, click here for details and to RSVP! MASSIVE VINES Betsy planned these massive flowering vines in porch pots - you have to see them in person to appreciate just how beautiful they are! We planted Moon Flowers, Hyacinth Beans and Scarlet Runner Beans, and they're just starting to bloom. John has become the Lord of the Vines, trellising and untangling them twice a day - they grow like kudzu! Will be stunning by August 12th! Enjoy this reel of Crystal strolling through the vines and houseplants as she morphs into a fairy. Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine Moonflower Vine Black Eyed Susan Vine John in Vine Land FABULOUS NEW HOUSEPLANTS & UNIQUE SUCCULENTS We've grown and ordered in some real beauties this summer! This is just a sneak peak at the hundreds of houseplant options we have in store for you. A simply stunning selection of Alocasia Pothos 'Manjula' (very limited) Maranta 'Beauty Kim' Philodendron 'Variegated Burle Marx' Hoya 'Krohniana Black' Hoyas galore Beautiful assortment of Calathea Philodendron gloriosum Philodendron goeldii Syngonium 'Milk Confetti' Philodendron 'Prince of Orange' Alocasia 'Metal Head' Pregnant Onion Dieffenbachia 'Sterling' Ficus 'Shiveriana Moonshine' Calathea 'Beauty Star' Massive Philodendron 'Silver Sword' Poles Philodendron 'Fuzzy Petiole' Abutilon 'Lucky Lantern Tangerine' & 'Gold Dust' Peace Lily 'Sensation' Philodendron goeldii, Philodendron standleyana & more Mounted Staghorns (+ art by Haw Creek Forge) Kokodama Elephant Staghorn Hardy Succulent Picture Frame Cactus 'Fairy Castle' Kalanchoe 'Fang' Haworthia cooperi Pickle Plant 'Dancing Bones' Cactus Cliff Cotleydon Pachyveria 'Little Jewel' Lots of succulents! Plus plenty of fun & beautiful garden art by the local Haw Creek Forge ASSORTED BASKETS, COMBOS, HERBS & MORE We will have a select number of lovely baskets including Wandering Jewels, Spider Plants, Shade Combos, and Silver Falls (below), some gorgeous tropical hibiscus porch pots, and an assortment of mature, healthy herbs, ornamental peppers and select annuals. Dichondra 'Silver Falls' Basket Shade Combo Hanging Basket Tropical Hibiscus Porch Pot Lavender 'Super Blue' Healthy, mature Largeleaf Basil & Rosemary 'Arp' Ornamental Pepper 'Calico' (a bee magnet!) Ornamental Pepper 'Acapulco Multicolor' Ptilotus 'Joey'

New This Week February 27, 2023 Introducing John Murphy We are excited to welcome John Murphy to our team this year. John earned his masters in horticulture and spent many years working in farming as well as traveling with his fami ly to Indonesian New Guinea, w here they did community development for four years. He then joined Bullington Gardens, and for 23 years John led programs and development for Bullington - fostering hands-on education in horticulture and other sciences with students, youth clubs and adults. We've been supporters of Bullington for many years and have appreciated the beautiful public gardens, the excellent classes offered, and especially what folks like John do to bring horticultural education and therapy to the area. John is now retired from Bullington, and has been enjoying time off pursuing his passion for vegetable gardening, reducing lawn space for pollinator friendly plants, travelling widely, and spending more time with his family - he is even growing flowers for his son's wedding in the fall! However, he isn't quite ready to let go of horticultural work and education, so fortunately for us, he is willing to join Painters to share his knowledge and love of gardening - especially shrubs and trees! He will be working Wednesdays and Thursdays, mainly in our new shrub and tree area. John has also volunteered to teach some gardening classes here this season. We look forward to having his expertise and experience as we work to continually improve our program and provide knowledge and guidance to our customers.