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New This Week March 20, 2023 Our Favorite Plants for Cool-Season Combos It's time to add some color to your entryway! Need to add some color to existing porch pots? Or maybe replant an entire pot to hold you over till early summer? The following plants are our favorite items for cool-season interest that can handle frosts and chilly nights: GRASSES AND EUPHORBIA FOR THRILL For height, are favorite options are grasses (we have a wide variety, but especially like Red Rooster Sedge, and the grass-like Variegated Golden Sweetflag), or Euphorbia (we currently have Ascot Rainbow, and will soon restock with a dark-leafed variety also). Red Rooster Sedge Variegated Golden Sweetflag Miner's Merlot Euphorbia Ascot Rainbow Euphorbia FOLIAGE FOR FILL For colorful foliage fillers, we love semi-evergreen ferns such as Autumn Fern, and semi-evergreen heucheras, such as Forever Red. Autumn Ferns Assorted heuchera Assorted heuchera PANSIES AND VIOLAS FOR COLOR For blooms, we tend to go with the safe and lovely option of violas or pansies - we have so many gorgeous varieties this year! SEDUM AND MORE FOR SPILL For trailing options around edges of combo, we like Golden Moneywort, Wire Vine, colorful trailing sedum such as Angelina or Red Carpet, or Vinca Ralph Shugert (which also blooms in spring).

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 January 6, 2023 Celebrating the Holidays Painters Greenhouse Style We love celebrating the holidays with our Painters Greenhouse Family We had a great time celebrating with staff at our holiday party this year! The biggest hit? The Piñata that Diego brought - though the delicious food was a very close second! Diego definitely kept us on our toes (literally), which was a challenge after that giant meal! We are so grateful for a team that is not only hard-working, but genuinely enjoys being together and knows how to share a good laugh. The scratch-made tamales & Rompope were amazing! Amy taking a big swing at the pinata!

New This Week June 13, 2023 Plant of the Week: Zinnias Bursting with color and exuding a cheerful charm, Zinnias are a popular choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners. With their stunning array of blooms in shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and more, these annual flowers bring a delightful touch of summer to any garden and also make for beautiful cut flowers. From compact varieties perfect for containers to towering cultivars for eye-catching borders, there's a Zinnia for every space! Zinnias are truly one of the most colorful, long-blooming annuals you can add to your garden. They come in endless colors, patterns and shapes. Zinnias thrive in full sun, with adequate air flow (super damp summers can cause some mildew issues). Make sure to wait to sow or plant until the soil warms up, as they need heat. Profuse bloomers, often a healthy plant will bloom from late spring up until frost if deadheaded and fertilized occasionally. To be sure you have zinnias in full bloom the whole season, you can sow or plant a second batch mid-summer to extend and improve the bloom period. As part of the Asteraceae family of composite flowers (which includes sunflowers, coneflowers, daisies and more), Zinnias are beloved by bees, butterflies, moths and hoverflies. While they are not native plants, these annuals provide additional nectar to pollinators looking for food, especially in later months or periods between various native blooms. We highly recommend mixing them in with your milkweed, salvia, asters, goldenrod, joe pye, agastache, verbena and other pollinator supporting plants! The most beloved by pollinators are the single-flowering, and especially the taller cultivars such as Benary's Giants. We currently are sold out of the giants, but do have several beautiful colors of disease resistant, single-blooming zinnias available. Bees cannot see red, but will still be attracted to red or orange zinnias, likely because they are attracted to the ultraviolet markings on the petals. Many flowers have UV pigments on their petals that are invisible to the human eye, but that seem to be designed to attract pollinators - highlighting where the nectar (and pollen) can be found. Try this at home! You can find an ultraviolet flashlight for $20, and have hours of fun in the dark getting a glimpse at what the world looks like to many pollinators and other creatures that see this spectrum! The Owens recently did this, but unfortunately only had a cellphone to document this zinnia glowing with UV at the center.

New This Week February 27, 2024 The DEETS on Painters All you need to know to get ready for your visit! We know so many folks are mapping out their gardens for the coming year. We know you are reading last year's garden notes and researching plants. So for those of your who like to plan, here's a bit of Painters Homework as you prepare for your visit. First things first! When to come and where we are! MARCH 6 - JUNE 30 Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays: 9am-5pm Saturdays & Sundays: 9am-4pm Mondays & Tuesdays: CLOSED And whether it's your first time here or you'd like a refresher for where to get started shopping, review our Greenhouse Map so you can hit the ground running! What we have for you! Our Availability Lists for the 2024 Spring Season are live on the website! Note that not all plants are available for sale at the same time. We produce 90% of our stock onsite and raise our crops according to ideal growing and transplanting times for our region. All items listed are intended for sale during our spring retail season, and will be made available for purchase as they reach optimum maturity and health to ensure success in your gardens! Additionally, as you plan your gardens and future landscaping projects, find recommendations and Painter's favorites in the categories under Our Plants. And check back for more categories as they are added! www.paintersgreenhouse.com Explore Our Plants | Painters Greenhouse Discover the wide selection of natives, perennials, flowering annuals, trees & shrubs, tropicals, houseplants, and aquatics available for sale at Painters Greenhouse. We grow over 1,000 species ourselves onsite and Signage Changes: Painters is committed to growing and providing healthy, robust natives, nativars, and non-native plants. In addition to adding many more straight species natives to our availability, we aim to provide customers with the information needed to make decisions on their own garden diversity and landscaping needs. Find new signage to direct you in your selections! Read More about the Natives Varieties we are growing for this season! Price Changes: Because we feel strongly that food gardens should be available and accessible too all, Painters has LOWERED prices on annual herbs and 3 1/2" vegetable starts. Come get your greens! Other Changes: Growing and learning is part of the process here at Painters. We always aim to provide plants that are healthy and will thrive locally in WNC. There are many changes made as best practices are improved upon. This year, because vining annuals and nasturtiums grow so well from seed (and often are more successful direct sown than transplanted from a potted plant start), we have removed the starts from our program and instead are providing seed from a favorite local supplier, Sow True Seed! Find them (amongst many others) in our cooler! Updated Plant Warranty Information: www.paintersgreenhouse.com Greenhouse Policies & FAQ | Painters Greenhouse Anything else? Peruse our FAQ page to find answers to further questions or Contact Us anytime!

New This Week March 20, 2023 Locally Grown is the Painters Difference When you shop at Painters Greenhouse, not only are you supporting a local small business, you are also shopping from one of the largest selections of locally grown plants in WNC. When you shop at Painters Greenhouse not only are you supporting a local small business, you are also shopping from one of the largest selections of locally grown plants in WNC. We are proud to grow the majority of our plants on site in our greenhouses from seeds, cuttings, bareroot, or plugs to mature potted plants ready for you to take home! Sara sowing seeds last fall. These baby Black-Eyed Susan plants were sown in September by Sara, transplanted into plug trays several weeks later by Beth, and then Moises and Diego cared for them in our cold frame over the winter (this allowed for proper vernalization - the long cold period needed to promote flowering). Beth bumping our seedlings up into plug trays. This batch was one of several rounds grown throughout the year. Soon they will be planted in pots by Maria, Azia, Kerry, Ana and Yanet, then moved back to the cold frame while they root in… Our propogation team transplanting plugs into the pots they will be sold in. ...and before you know it you’ll see them for sale on the retail floor. It takes precise planning, years of experience, months of growing, and a team of 10 plus people to get these plants ready for you to take home at the ideal time to plant. (Now consider the fact that we do this for over a thousand varieties of annuals, perennials, houseplants, trees, shrubs, and more!) So why do we do it? Growing a majority of our own plants reduces our carbon footprint significantly, means we know the entire history of the plant and can control everything that comes in contact with it, and helps us keep our prices competitive. It means less shipping trucks on the road and reducing fossil fuel usage by forgoing the need to have lots of mature plants delivered - short of some of our houseplants, anything we don’t grow ourselves is grown within a hundred miles. This is the way Painters has done it for 50 years. While some may think we are crazy to grow and sell direct from the same location (it definitely comes with many challenges), we love growing and we love the face-to-face with our dedicated customers. We are deeply grateful for the growers and production members behind our diverse and healthy inventory, thankful for the talented horticulturists nearby who wholesale many of the species we don’t grow ourselves, and grateful to all our loyal customers who value the Painters difference.

New This Week October 20, 2022 More than Milkweed As growers who are conservation-minded, we are always looking at what we grow (and plant at home), in order to provide diverse food and habitat sources for pollinators, birds and other wildlife. As growers who are conservation-minded, we are always looking at what we grow (and plant at home), in order to provide diverse food and habitat sources for pollinators, birds and other wildlife. We recently came across an excellent article written by Benjamin Vogt (a must read!), which we strongly agree with. In short, his message is that while monarch conservation and milkweed planting is great (and it typically does have a trickle down effect of encouraging planting for other pollinators), it can be harmful if folks are encouraged to plant milkweed and nothing else. It's very important to remember that monarchs are far from the only butterflies or pollinators at risk, and even if you only wanted to support monarchs, the adults feed on nectar from a range of flower species. You don’t want to feed adults but then have no food for the larval stage when their eggs hatch, and likewise you want to be sure you don’t bring home milkweed and caterpillars and then not have nectar for the adults once they metamorphose. In order to fully and effectively support monarchs and other at-risk species, we need to plant both host plant and nectar plant sources, and overall ensure we are creating a balanced, healthy habitat. Added bonus: planting a wider range of native and nectar-producing plants leads to a much more colorful and diverse garden landscape and more varied and beautiful garden visitors!

New This Week May 9, 2023 Garden Art from Haw Creek Forge Add a sense of charm and wonder to any home or garden with this artistically styled copper garden art! Known over the years for making artistically styled copper garden art that will add a sense of charm and wonder to any home or garden, the metalwork from Haw Creek Forge is stunning and unique! Crafted locally in Asheville, NC, and featuring a variety of butterflies, dragonflies, hummingbirds, and more, these pieces will take your breath away! An excellent Mother's Day gift!! Take a peak below:

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 April 3, 2023 Plant of the Week: Dwarf Crested Iris One of our favorite native plants for shade! These gorgeous WNC natives are blooming right now in our woods! Typically only 4-6” in height, Dwarf Crested Iris spread to form a ground cover when in their native habitat of peaty woodland soils and part shade. The showy blooms appear March-May depending on your location, and attract and support hummingbirds and bees. A nice big patch on the Owen's driveway! In the garden they are happiest with our native, acidic soil, and appreciate some leaf mulch to increase organic matter and hold in moisture. Due to their short stature, we love using them in the borders of our shade gardens. Once established, they should require no additional care if soil and light preferences are followed. These lovely spring flowers are deer resistant and add a stunning pop of color to woodland settings. If you aren't fortunate enough to have them in your backyard (like the Owens), or if you simply want more, we have plenty of them available at Painters! Native Area: Eastern United States USDA Growing Zones: 3a–9a Height: 4–9 inches Sun Exposure: Partial shade; tolerates full sun

New This Week September 6, 2023 Week of Sept 4th: What to Expect This Fall An incredible selection of homegrown beauties! We grew almost all of our annuals, perennials and edibles here on site for this fall season, and the hard work and individualized care of our production and growing teams shows! We also have an amazing selection of shrubs and trees, a majority of which were grown here or nearby. And don't forget our beautiful houseplant offerings, including some specialties we've been growing! You can view our availability and pricing here. Read on for just a few of our favorites... SHRUBS & TREES Native favorites Fringe Tree & American Beautyberry - Economically priced in 1-Gallon pots, fast growing so you'll quickly have a showpiece. Aronias - Three species of beautiful chokeberries in varied sizes. Staghorns - Three species of these beautiful natives. Redbud - We finally have the sraight species back in stock! Franklin Tree - Well-established and currently blooming! Great Rhododendron Selection Highlights are the "Capistrano", a variety by David Leach known as the best yellow Rhodo there is, and "Polarnacht", a German variety that has beautiful purple/magenta blooms with a compact habit. Specialty Redbuds 'Forest Pansy' 7G - gorgeous deep red/purple leaves and stunning blooms in the spring. "Ruby Falls" 10G - true cascading, deep purple foliage. Conifers Hemlocks and Bald Cypress that are really nicely established. Thujas for days - we have every color, size and shape you need! Arizona Blue Ice Juniper - gorgeous color contrast, smells amazing, faster growing. Fruit Trees Beautifully established and a great selection - the time to plant these is now! HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS Coreopsis - An assortment of some of the loveliest varieties, including straight species natives. Many in bloom and looking great for fall. Ironweed - We have both New York Ironweed and the Iron Butterfly cultivar, covered in rich purple blooms and pollinators! Echinaceas - Our selection includes a lot of rich warm tones perfect for fall, plus several straight species natives. Grasses are looking stunning - we made sure to grow plenty of Pink Muhly, and we have an extensive selection of colors and textures for various planting needs. ANNUALS We grew some beautiful, unique varieties of pansies and violas this season, and we are especially proud of how our mums turned out (kudos to our amazing growers during such a challenging, hot summer)! Make sure to also check out the Crossandra and Mula Mula for amazing seasonal color and fabulous texture! HOUSEPLANTS We've got some real beauties for all of you collectors out there, including our Thai Constellations grown with love (and competitively priced). And much, much more!! EXPANDED RETAIL OPTIONS We are excited to expand our retail selection with products from local artisans such as Solstice Handmade (native wildlife and plant art), Line by Line Macrame (plant hangers, earrings & more), and Earth Echoes (herbal products including a 'Painters Blend' gardeners' lotion), plus Elm Dirt Organic Liquid Fertilizers , houseplant tools by October Violet , Corona garden tools and more! BEHIND THE SCENES We have continued to work hard to improve our organization, production planning, and marketing with the incorporation of our Point of Sale and Inventory Management System this season. We have learned a lot about what our customers want, and have been very proactive in sowing and planting a much more extensive variety of natives (including straight species) and edibles (most will be ready next spring). We have also worked hard to find the perfect outdoor stickers and to get barcoding on every pot. The goal with barcoding is a faster checkout experience, and with receipts going to your email, you'll have a record of all purchases along with occasional growing tips for challenging or unique species. We remain committed to providing quality locally grown, healthy plants, while staying competitvely priced. You can learn more about the customer benefits of our POS and how we price our plants in our FAQ section . Our availability list with prices can be viewed here . We are SO EXCITED to share the beauty of the greenhouse with you in one week!!

New This Week February 20, 2023 Plant of the Week: Hellebores Hellebores are one the earliest perennial flowers to bloom, their rose-like blossoms signifying spring is on the horizon! Hellebores, also known as Lenten Roses, are very easy to grow in part shade to full sun conditions, provided they have some shelter from harsh winter winds and receive sunlight in the winter. The plant is extremely low-maintenance, only requiring you to clean off dried leaves occasionally (after the severe cold of this past December, you may need to cut back more frost burnt leaves than usual). The blooms on this evergreen perennial last months (sometimes December-May depending on the cultivar!). HELLEBORE 101: USDA Growing Zones: 3-9 Sun Exposure: Ideally partial shade in summer and direct sun in winter, but highly adaptable Soil Needs: Moist but well-drained Water: Like moisture, but don't let them sit in water. Once established they become more drought tolerant and shouldn't need any supplemental watering. Care: Easy Bloom Time: Mid-winter-late spring Flower Colors : White, pink, purple, or yellow Height: 1-2 feet Spread: 1-2 feet We will have multiple varieties of Hellebores available when we open this spring including Apricot Beauty, Winter Queen, Ashwood, Sunflare, and Dorothy's Dawn!