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- [Phelan Gardens – Colorado Springs Greenhouse, Plant Nursery & Garden Supply Store](/content/site-root.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (1,161 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

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- [Phelan Gardens – Fruit Tree Care & Considerations](/content/pages/fruit-tree-care-and-considerations/index.html): Pollination Fruit trees are either self-fertile, meaning no pollinator is required, OR they will require a pollinator. This means that you must plant at least two different varieties that bloom at approximately the same time so that cross-pollination will occur. Trees for pollinators should be placed within 100 feet of (483 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Creating Fall and Winter Interest in Your Colorado Garden](/content/blogs/tips-insights/creating-fall-and-winter-interest-in-your-colorado-garden.html): Of course Spring and Summer are full of beauty and bounty in your yard. But, with a few thoughtful additions, you can stretch your landscape show to enjoy all year. Consider adding perennials that bloom from late Summer INTO Fall.  Such as hummingbird mint or salvias. Perennial late season favorites always include mums (526 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Christmas Cactus Tips](/content/blogs/tips-insights/christmas-cactus-tips/index.html): Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) are beautiful and reliable winter bloomers.  They offer easy care and are long-lived, often being handed down from generation to generation.  We’ve seen some that are over 50 years old!  Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), a close relative of Christmas Cactus, requir (460 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Butterfly Gardening](/content/blogs/tips-insights/butterfly-gardening/index.html): Butterfly Gardening 101: How to attract butterflies to your yard Click here for a list of butterfly friendly plants and flowers GETTING STARTED Butterflies are one of nature’s most beautiful creatures, and they are everywhere!  By following a few simple guidelines, you can attract them into your garden to enjoy all sum (434 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Gardening With Deer](/content/blogs/tips-insights/gardening-with-deer/index.html): Oh Deer! Do you live in an area where you struggle to keep deer from eating your plantings?  Here are some potential solutions! You can try to curtail their efforts three ways. Barriers Create a deer proof barrier.  According to the Department of Wildlife, it must be at least 6’ high.  Others have had luck with placing (251 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Potatoes In The Home Garden](/content/blogs/tips-insights/potatoes-in-the-home-garden/index.html): Have your previous home-grown spuds been duds? Growing a successful potato crop in the Pikes Peak region is equal parts skill and luck. Some gardeners would argue that luck is the primary ingredient, but knowing how to grow potatoes will certainly help! Hopefully this guide will give you some pointers.   Site Preparati (895 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – "Bee" Part of the Solution](/content/blogs/tips-insights/bee-part-of-the-solution/index.html): Bees are important pollinators for many of our food crops. In fact, about 1/3 of our food is pollinated by honey bees including many nuts, fruits and citrus. Yet, bee numbers are in serious decline. Although researchers point to possible causes such as pesticide use, loss of habitat, and disease... no one has been able (638 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Fungus Gnats...Those Aren't Fruit Flies!](/content/blogs/tips-insights/fungus-gnats-those-arent-fruit-flies/index.html): If you’ve had houseplants for any length of time, you’ve probably had fungus gnats at some point. They look like tiny black fruit flies in and around your houseplants. Fungus Gnat Life CycleFungus gnats feed on fungi or organic matter in the soil. The adult gnat lives for about a week, laying up to 200 eggs in moist so (558 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Ornamental Trees](/content/pages/ornamental-trees/index.html): GREAT things come in small packages Smaller in stature than shade trees, ornamentals are easier to fit into small yards. We have also grouped tall trees here as long as they have a more narrow width as these won't need the width that shade trees require.  Look to these trees to add landscape interest in the form of flo (2,123 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Harvest Tips From Our Gardens to Yours](/content/blogs/tips-insights/harvest-tips-from-our-gardens-to-yours/index.html): As the days shorten and harvests continue to develop, we thought we'd share some of our tried and true food gardening tips with you. Did You Know?.... Jeanne: "If your Anaheim or Big Jim Peppers are curled on the end there is a pretty good chance they will be a hotter pepper!" (pictured: Jeanne's Big Jim pepper harvest (245 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Shrubs For Sun](/content/pages/shrubs-for-sun/index.html): Shrubs help add structure to the garden. They vary from small spreading groundcover types to large specimens that can grow 12 feet or more. As you consider which to plant, know that many offer more than one season of interest. These woody plants can flower, produce ornamental or edible berries, offer colorful foliage o (4,436 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Shrubs For Shade](/content/pages/shrubs-for-shade/index.html): Shrubs for Shade...and "Part Sun" Have deep shade?  Daphne, hydrangea, and broadleaf euonymus are great choices. The rest of the shrubs listed below grow well in what is considered 'bright shade'-- a morning sun location or in dappled light—as under the canopy of an open-branched tree. Many (but not all) of the shrubs  (1,387 words)
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- [Phelan Gardens – Annuals By Height](/content/pages/annuals-by-height/index.html): Phelan Gardens Annuals (Up to 6") Common Name Botanical Name H2O Needs Exposure Bacopa Sutera High Sun / Pt. Shade Creeping Charlie Glechoma Medium Sun – Shade Creeping Wire Vine Muehlenbeckia Low / Medium Sun / Pt. Shade French Marigold Tagetes Low Sun Garden Petunia Petunia Low Sun / Pt. Shade Gazania Gazania Low Sun (624 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Perennial Groundcovers](/content/pages/perennial-groundcovers/index.html): Need to edge the front of a border, add foliage between flagstones or want an alternative to traditional mulch?  Listed here are hardy plants that cover the ground.  These plants tend to spread and are usually short.  Most offer flowers as well.     If you have a rather large area to cover--as on a hillside--consider p (2,147 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Evergreen Trees](/content/pages/evergreen-trees/index.html): These stars of the winter landscape provide color and structure all year.  Larger types may be used as wind screens.  If you are a bird lover, plant an evergreen.  You will have visitors all year. Evergreens are one of the lowest maintenance choices for the landscape.   However, they will perform much better with regul (797 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Shade Trees](/content/pages/shade-trees/index.html): These are the big guys!  The trees listed below need some room to put down roots and spread their branches. They are the large, stately trees that will eventually provide you with shade and possibly a place to hang a hammock! If you have a smaller yard or are limited on space, consider planting an ornamental tree which (940 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Perennials For Sun](/content/pages/perennials-for-sun/index.html): These types of flowers are hardy to our area.  So, you can plant them once and enjoy them for years to come.   Perennials generally bloom hardest in one particular season.   But, they may overlap into the next season (ex. late spring into summer).    Ideally, you should include spring, summer, and fall blooming plants  (4,578 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Perennial Grasses](/content/pages/perennial-grasses/index.html): Hardy Ornamental Grasses Want a low maintenance, tough alternative for your yard?   Look to ornamental grasses!  They offer landscape interest from late spring through late winter.  Think of them as a ‘buff’ evergreen for your winter garden.  Grasses provide: Variegated or colorful Fall leaves that offer good contrast  (1,475 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Perennials For Shade](/content/pages/perennials-for-shade/index.html): Perennials are a wonderful way to add color to your garden without having to replant each year. Listed below are hardy bloomers that prefer a shady location. Many of these can also be grown in morning sun or dappled light, but avoid hot afternoon sun unless noted.  Tip:  Flowers and foliage with white, silver, or light (1,262 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Warm Season Vegetables](/content/pages/warm-season-vegetables/index.html): As their name indicates, this group of vegetables prefers warm weather to develop properly.  How warm?  For most of the plants listed below--it's safe to plant when the nights consistently stay at 50 degrees.  For some in Colorado Springs, that may be as early as mid-May.  At higher elevations, that might mean June 1!  (2,827 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Fruit trees](/content/pages/fruit-trees/index.html): Types and Growing Considerations Fruit trees not only provide a beautiful display during spring, they have the added bonus of offering fruit later in the season. They come in three sizes: dwarf (6-8'), semi-dwarf (8'-12') and standard (15'-20'). We offer mostly semi-dwarf trees and a few dwarf sizes as these are most e (1,710 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Small Fruits](/content/pages/small-fruits/index.html): Small Fruits... Sweet Rewards! There are many fruits that can be grown successfully in the Colorado Springs area. They range from annual vines to more hardy perennial plants and shrubs. Small in size, the plants highlighted below will fit into the typical home garden. Good news for those of you who don't have room for  (3,027 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Cool Season Vegetables](/content/pages/cool-season-vegetables/index.html): This refers to WHEN a vegetable can be planted for it to develop properly.  The first window of opportunity for cool season vegetables is generally from mid-April to mid-May, depending on the vegetable and your elevation. Remember to acclimate (harden off) your plants prior to planting Many cool season vegetables can b (1,659 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – In-Store Gift Card](/content/products/gift-card/index.html): Choose In Store Pick up or to have your gift card Mailed at check out! Give the green thumb in your life a gift that won't go to waste! The Phelan Gardens Gift Card comes pre-loaded with funds ready to be used in-store on seasonal plants, house plants, gardening supplies and so much more. Give them the freedom to creat (217 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Herbs](/content/pages/herbs/index.html): Spice Up Your Life... Growing your own herbs can be a fresh way to add some flair to your garden and dinner plate. In your garden, herbs are bee-friendly accents to flowering annuals and perennials and also add some nice aroma to your outdoor experience. In your kitchen, herbs can add that fresh touch to just about any (2,138 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Annuals For Sun](/content/pages/annuals-for-sun/index.html): Annuals bring an exuberance and vitality to the garden.  These are the flowers that bloom all summer and then say 'adieu' when the cold sets in.  For hardy flowers that come back year after year, see our perennial listing.  Plant these cheerful, showy flowers in-ground for season long bloom or in combination with peren (1,005 words)
- [Events at Phelan Gardens](/content/pages/events/index.html): Phelan’s has some popular events throughout the year! We have also partnered with our green community to host their events. Examples include Koi Auctions with the Southern Colorado Koi Club, Houseplant Crawls and other gatherings for local plant groups. Want to know about all the Happenings at Phelan’s? Subscribe to ou (342 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Terms of service](/content/policies/terms-of-service/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (3,110 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Annuals For Shade](/content/pages/annuals-for-shade/index.html): Made for the Shade! Set the annuals listed below in areas with gentle sun exposure: morning sun locations, beneath a shady deck, or in dappled light...such as under the canopy of trees. If you are working in very deep shade, light colored flowers (whites and pastels) and light colored leaves brighten up the area really (624 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Privacy policy](/content/policies/privacy-policy/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (2,645 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Tips & Insights](/content/blogs/tips-insights/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (243 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Annuals Accent Foliage](/content/pages/annuals-accent-foliage/index.html): Give your annual flower displays an extra pop by including accent foliage in the mix. Annual foliage helps showcase flowers and comes in a wide range of growth habits including: upright, mounding or trailing. Pair foliage with flowers that like the same type of sun exposure. Some will grow best in shade, while others p (801 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Tips & Insights

                – tagged "Tips & Tricks"](/content/blogs/tips-insights/tagged/tips-tricks/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (236 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Legacy Tree](/content/pages/legacy-tree/index.html): Phelan Gardens' legacy tree program is a special way to remember lost loved ones. Whether you've lost a family member, dear friend, or beloved pet, planting a legacy tree can help with the healing process. The tree planting itself is great for bringing people together and reminiscing. What makes the tree even more spec (201 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Helpful Local Links](/content/blogs/tips-insights/helpful-local-links/index.html): Want to learn something new?  Below are some wonderful gardens to visit for inspiration as well as some local organizations that help further garden-related knowledge. One of the best resources in our area is the Colorado State University Extension Service (research-based gardening information). Local Gardening Organiz (140 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Planting & Repotting](/content/pages/planting-repotting/index.html): Houseplant Repotting Newly Purchased Plants From Phelan’s If you are purchasing a NEW houseplant from Phelan’s, and would like to have it repotted before you check out, we will make every effort to accommodate you on a "while you wait" basis as staff is available. During busy times, we may have to ask you to bring your (418 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Search](/content/search/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (50 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Gardening Tips & Downloadable Resources](/content/blogs/tips-insights/gardening-tips/index.html): Over the years, gardeners have come to us with many different kinds of questions.   What grows here?  When does a particular plant bloom?  What do I do about this spot in my lawn?  What type of houseplant will grow in low light?   We’ve compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions in printable PDF links list (470 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Delivery](/content/pages/delivery/index.html): Delivery Not able to fit your plant selections into your vehicle? Customers have the option to have our capable staff deliver everything from landscape plants to small gift plants. Delivery pricing is based on the size of the container(s) and zip code. Please Note: When electing to have hardy plants delivered, there ar (333 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Water Plants](/content/pages/water-plants/index.html): Water Gardening...A Little Piece of Serenity Water gardening can be as simple as filling a decorative container with water, adding a pump and placing a selection of water plants within it. On the other end of the spectrum is a full blown pond. Whichever type of water gardener you are, we've got plants and pond supplies (551 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Services](/content/pages/services/index.html): Phelan Gardens proudly offers services such as planting and re-potting, plant rentals, delivery for that special someone and of course our legacy trees. If you need more information, please don't hesitate to visit our details service pages below. (159 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Evergreen Shrubs](/content/pages/evergreen-shrubs/index.html): Evergreens are some of the lowest maintenance plants for your landscape.  In addition, they provide year-round color and structure.  There are two types of evergreen shrubs for our area, broadleaf types (think ‘leafy’ such as boxwood and holly) and needled types (think pine and juniper).    Since both hold onto their f (1,953 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Shrubs](/content/pages/shrubs/index.html): Shrubs help add structure to the garden. They vary from small spreading groundcover types to large specimens that can grow 12 feet or more. As you consider which to plant, know that many offer more than one season of interest. These woody plants can flower, produce ornamental or edible berries, offer colorful foliage o (109 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Trees](/content/pages/trees/index.html): Discover the transformative potential of trees in beautifying your garden and landscape. Experience the beauty and tranquility only nature can provide with Phelan Gardens. (70 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Roses](/content/pages/roses/index.html): Due to their ease of maintenance, hardy shrub roses are wildly popular.  Shrub roses were bred by crossing the very hardy old garden roses (roses developed before 1900) with hybrid teas.  The old garden roses, developed in Greece, Rome, and Europe, came from plants in colder climates.  These plants release water from t (2,795 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Vines](/content/pages/vines/index.html): Perhaps you'd like a vertical accent for a trellis or need screening for a deck?  Or, do you need a large groundcover?   Maybe erosion control on a slope?   Vines can fulfill all these functions.   As with all plants, consider your sun exposure and go from there.    Some vines offer blooms while others have fantastic f (871 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Perennials](/content/pages/perennials/index.html): See what Perennials we have to offer! From Perennials for the sun and shade, to grasses and groundcovers, Phelan Gardens has you covered! (47 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Food & Flavor](/content/pages/food-and-flavor/index.html): Learn about the herbs, cool season vegetables, warm season vegetables, small fruits & fruit trees that Phelan Gardens has to offer. (53 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Annuals](/content/pages/annuals/index.html): Annuals bring an exuberance and vitality to the garden. These are the flowers that bloom all summer and then say 'adieu' when the cold sets in. (128 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Plant Varieties](/content/pages/plant-varieties/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (166 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Houseplants](/content/pages/houseplants/index.html): A Breath of Fresh Air Indoor plants help breathe life into your space. Many types also purify indoor air. Tropicals grace our greenhouse year-round.  So, whether you need an indoor plant or want to blend them into your shady outdoor summer displays…so be it.   We believe that begonias and ferns CAN live side by side in (10,526 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Gift Cards](/content/pages/giftcards/index.html): Need a present they will love? Give the give of a Phelan Gardens gift card Traditional or digital, choose the option that works best for you! Cards never expire.   Traditional Gift Card For those who love something they can hold, our classic gift card is a wonderful way to share the joy of gardening. You can pick it up (202 words)

## About Pages

- [Phelan Gardens – About](/content/pages/about/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery, gift shop & garden center.   We sell houseplants, outdoor plants, garden support product and nature inspired home accents.  Our seasonal decor during fall and Christmas is a tradition for many.  Check out our family history below to see how our story began and con (744 words)
- [Phelan Gardens – Contact Us](/content/pages/contact/index.html): Phelan Gardens is a year-round greenhouse, nursery and garden center. We offer everything from garden products (soils, mulches, pots & more) to houseplants & nature inspired home accents. (55 words)

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