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Planting a Tree
Melport Meadows Landscaping Nursery

Helpful Resources

Our support goes beyond the purchase

We have years of experience and resources that we offer all our customers.  We want your fruits, shrubs, trees, landscaping plants to flourish and meet everyone's goal.

TIPS

GROWING ASPARAGUS

  • Site Prep

  • Planting

  • Caring

  • Fertilization

  • Harvesting

Butterfly

BUTTERFLY & HUMMINGBIRD PLANTS

  • Perennials

  • Shrubs

  • Vines

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DEER and RABBIT RESISTANT GARDENING

  • Plants

  • Resistant Options

  • Plant Protection

Organic Pesticide Spray

SPRAY GUIDELINEs FOR TREE and FRUIT PRODUCTION

  • Organic vs. Low Toxicity

  • Fungicides

  • Insecticides

Lilac Hydrangea

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LILACS?

  • Septoria Leaf Spot

  • Treatments

  • Control

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GROWING GRAPES

  • Planting Basics

  • Pruning

  • Watering

  • Protect from Damage

Organic Blueberries

GROWING BLUEBERRIES

  • Soil

  • Planting

  • Watering

Raspberries

GROWING RASPBERRIES and BLACKBERRIES

  • Planting Basics

  • Mulching

  • Pruning

  • Watering

  • Support

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PREPARING A LANDSCAPING BED

  • Rules of Thumb

  • Fabric Pros and Cons

  • Mulch vs. Rock

  • ​Maintenance

Garden

RAIN GARDENS & BOGGY SOILS

  • Perennials

  • Ground Covers

  • Shrubs

  • Trees

  • Edibles

  • Vines

Wheelbarrow

landscaping in light, sandy & Droughty soils

  • Perennials

  • Ground Covers

  • Shrubs

  • Trees

  • Edibles

  • ​Vines

Planting Flowers

landscaping tips when you don't have a green thumb!

  • Sun Loving Perennials

  • Sun Loving Shrubs

  • Trees

Plants for Sale

NATIVE PLANTS

  • landscaping advantages

  • Landscaping considerations

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SIMPLE PRUNING TIPS FOR A GREAT LOOKING LANDSCAPE

  • Pruning different varieties of Plants

  • Pruning Tools

TACTICS FOR TACKLING A WEED PROBLEM

  • Techniques

  • Preparations

Group Planting a Tree

PLANTING and CARING FOR A NEW TREE

  • Planting Basics

  • Watering your new Tree

  • Staking your new Tree

  • Protecting your new Tree

  • Pruning your new Tree

Resources

PW Proven Winners

Proven Winners plants undergo a thorough selection process, including trials in various locations worldwide, to ensure they are top performers, disease-resistant, and easy to grow. 

​We choose the PW Proven Winners plants that have a proven longer bloom season, unique color, dwarf size or greater cold tolerance to add to our selections at Melport Meadows.

COWSMO

Cowsmo Composted Manure has been the standard for quality for the last 20 years.  It is approved for all organic production.  We make the compost from dairy manure on a blacktop surface using the windrow system. 

 

We monitor temperatures and turn the compost with a self-propelled compost turner.  One it no longer is heating to 130 degrees we pile it on a finished pile where it sits for another couple months.

Our organic compost is made from manure rather than leaves and twigs.  This gives the compost nutrients for crop growth unlike the leaf compost.

The compost is made on a blacktop surface which keeps sand and pests out of the compost.  Compost made on dirt could get contaminated by jumping worms.  Cowsmo compost has no smell and is relatively weed free.

Driftless Summer

The newest varieties of Endless Summer Hydrangeas are proving to be reliable continuous bloomers even after our severe Northern winters! 

 

If you've been disappointed by the sparse bloom of the Endless Summer Original, we invite you to try the newest and vastly improved varieties in the Endless Summer series. 

 

With decades of testing and garden excellence, it is a sure bet that these hydrangeas will be a showstopper!

First Editions

First Editions® is a premium assortment of shrubs, trees, evergreens, vines and perennials that have been carefully Selected for Success™.

 

This means that we focus on plants with traits that are unique and that have outstanding performance in the landscape or in containers to beautify your patio or front porch.

First Editions® also delivers strong regional assortments, providing gardeners with carefully selected varieties to fill their landscapes.

Ferti-Lome
12246 FLG Triple Action

Triple Action:
Fungicide | Insecticide | Mitecide

Provides quick and more complete control of insects and fungal diseases, using natural pyrethrin and neem oil.  It acts as an "exciter" to release insect pests that are hiding and into contact with spray residues.  It is great to use on herbs, spices, flowers & shrubs, fruits, nuts, vegetables, and roses. 

It will control scale, beetles, spider mites, loopers, aphids, leaf miners, armyworms, weevils, whiteflies, tent caterpillars, and other insects. 

This is a fungicide that works and will prevent and control fungal diseases such as: black spot, brownspot, leaf spot, powdery mildew, anthracnose, rust, and others. 

Melport Meadows Landscaping Nursery

Horticultural Oil

  • For Organic Gardening

  • Dormant and Growing Season Insect Spray

  • Kills All Stages of Insects, including Eggs

  • Use to Control Insects, Mites, and Scale

 

 This organic horticultural oil is perfect for keeping your garden healthy and pest-free.  Ideal for use on roses, flowers, fruits, vegetables, houseplants, and trees.  It effectively controls insects, mites, and scale throughout both the dormant and growing seasons.

You can trust it to eliminate all stages of pests, including eggs, providing complete protection against adelgids, aphids, mites, leafhoppers, mealybugs, psyllids, immature plant bugs, sawfly larvae, and whiteflies.  It also combats powdery mildew, ensuring your plants remain vibrant and disease-free.

11484 Stump Brush Killer

Stump Killer

Fertilome Brush Killer and Stump Killer is used to control woody plants, vines and broadleaf weeds around homes, cabins, fences, walkways, and other non-crop areas.  Dribble on to cut stump to prevent re-sprouting.  Plants die in 1 to 6 weeks.

16012 FLG Caterpillar Killer

Caterpillar Killer Spray

  • ​A Natural, Biological Insecticide

  • Non-Toxic to Humans, Pets, and Beneficial Insects

  • Use on Vegetables, Fruits, Ornamentals, Shade Trees

  • Controls: Gypsy Moth, Tent Caterpillar, Cabbage Lopper, Imported Cabbage Worm, Tomato Hornworm

Transform your garden with our powerful solution that targets worms and caterpillars while keeping birds, earthworms, and beneficial insects like honeybees, and ladybugs safe.  Apply it to your plants, and worms and caterpillars will stop feeding and causing damage immediately.  Plus, it's safe to use on edible plants right up to harvest day.

Our formulation boasts 98.35% Bacillus Thuringiensis.  Enjoy a thriving garden without compromise.

World Tree

For over 30 years Tree World has been a family-first company, committed to creating earth-friendly, plant protection products that help plants grow successfully, thereby helping preserve the planet for future generations.

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Emits an odor that animals associate with predator activity, stimulating a fear-based response which results in animals looking elsewhere to dine.

 

Research has proven odor based repellents are more effective than other repellent systems.  Animals avoid plants before they bite – not after!

Critter-Out-Group

Do you have mice in the pantry or other critters roaming around your home? Get rid of them safely and permanently with LaTorre’s Critter Out!

 

Critter Out is a safe, all-natural solution to effectively repel rats, mice, raccoons, opossums, chipmunks and many other rodents and pests from your home, sheds, RVs, garages and garden.

Rabbit-Out-Group-Bottle

LaTorre's Rabbit Out.  Repels rabbits using both an unpleasant taste and smell. It has a very strong peppermint/ lemon scent that is pleasant to humans but unpleasant to rabbits because their noses are so sensitive.

 

We combine five different essential oils and other ingredients to create a scent that irritates and repulses rabbits to keep them away, even long after the scent has faded for humans.

Deer-Out-bottle

LaTorre's Deer Out.  An all-natural, proven effective deer repellent that’s guaranteed to keep deer out of your garden for up to 3 to 4 months without the use of chemicals or poisons.

 

Preferred by thousands of nurserymen, landscape professionals, backyard gardeners, and commercial farmers.  

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