Category: Podcast
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Story Time – The Great Peony Stakeout
Read More: Story Time – The Great Peony StakeoutThe Great Peony Stakeout Officer Murphy adjusted his aviator sunglasses and stared through his binoculars at the suspect. The suspect was seven inches tall, bright yellow, and currently harboring an illegal syndicate of thirty-two black garden ants. According to the neighborhood watch bulletin, the local peony population had shifted from “peaceful perennials” to a highly…
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Storytime The Great Orchard Fiasco
Read More: Storytime The Great Orchard FiascoThe Great Orchard Fiasco (Or: Why Trees Have Commitment Issues) There is a distinct medical condition I like to call Catalog Blindness. It hits you in the late winter when you’re staring at gorgeous glossy photos of pristine orchards, and you think, “Yes. I will become a person who harvests organic, sun-warmed cherries and crisp…
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Story time – Hibiscus
Read More: Story time – HibiscusThe Flower with a Flair for Drama Ever feel stuck in the shadows, waiting for a sign that you’re ready to shine? Stop waiting. Meet the Tropical Hibiscus—the ultimate “watch me sparkle” flower. For weeks, it sits as a tightly wrapped, ordinary green bud, doubting its own potential. But when it’s time to bloom? It…
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Story Time Fuchsia, Impatiens, Begonias
Read More: Story Time Fuchsia, Impatiens, BegoniasThe Story: The Shade Garden Drama Class of 2026 The Setup: It’s late May, June is rolling in, and the sun is getting serious. While the succulents are out there acting like they’re at Coachella, the shade greenhouse is hosting a completely different kind of party. Let’s talk about the Big Three of the shade…
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Story Time Roses
Read More: Story Time RosesGather around, because today we are going to talk about a little bit of real-world magic that hides right in our own backyards. If you’ve ever walked through Connecticut in the middle of June, you know that the air suddenly starts to smell sweet—like strawberries and sunshine mixed together. That is the magic of the…
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Snapdragons Plant Guidance
Read More: Snapdragons Plant GuidanceSnapdragons Plant Guidance by Larson’s Storytime Series by LARSON’s Did you Know? Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are one of the most versatile additions to a Connecticut garden in May. Because they are “cool-season” annuals, they thrive in the fluctuating temperatures of a New England spring, often laughing off the late-season frosts that would kill a tomato…
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Story Time Tiarella
Read More: Story Time TiarellaStory Time – Tiarella Welcome to Larson’s Story Time, where we prove that plants have just as much personality (and occasionally more attitude) as people! We believe the world needs a lot more room for the lighthearted and the local, so we’re peeling back the greenhouse curtain to share the hilarious, quirky, and sometimes downright…
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Story Time Candytuft
Read More: Story Time CandytuftStep into the dirt, friends, and gather ’round the potting bench. Today’s tale features the overachiever of the early spring garden: Candytuft (or Iberis sempervirens, if you’re feeling fancy and want to sound like you own a monoCle). The Great Snowball Deception Once upon a April morning, a local gardener (let’s call her a “Kaitlyn…
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Campion Rollie
Read More: Campion RollieWelcome to story time here at Larson’s Garden Center! Gather ‘round, because the plant you’re holding—the Campion ‘Rollie’s Favorite’—isn’t just any perennial. It’s actually a bit of a local celebrity with a heart of gold. The Tale of the Accidental Superstar Once upon a time, in a lush garden in North Bridgton, Maine, there lived…
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The Quiet Power of a Bloom
Read More: The Quiet Power of a BloomThe Quiet Power of a Bloom Did you know? There is a specific kind of magic that happens when you bring an annual or perennial home. In the rush of our daily lives—the deadlines, the chores, and the noise—flowers do something that almost nothing else can: they ask us to be still. We don’t just…