We LOVE Autumn!

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Written By Peter Morris

If you Like dressing up your garden for Fall - This is the article for you !

Here are some pictures of the fun we have had creating great displays for customers over the years !

Planters and urns

Kale, peppers, millet and bittersweet

purple cabbage, corn, millet plumes, bittersweet, and gourds

rose pansies, pink cabbage, heather and evergreens

yellow and orange Kalanchoe, purple kale, croton, and gourds

mass grouping of "Purple Flash" peppers

Window boxes

beets, orange pumpkins, ivy and kale

gold and yellow mums, cabbage, and evergreens

red millet, cyclamen, and heuchera

Entrances

PUMPKINS !

burgundy mums and pumpkin display

Pumpkin Displays

white, orange and salmon pumpkins with calendula

pumpkins, croton, and red cyclamen

pumpkins and croton

PUMPKINS !

Tree Pits and Courtyards

white and green cabbage and kale

croton and millet

Spooky !

mums, pumpkins and gourds

Our Garden Care Team are experts in Fall Displays !

Call us - let's do Autumn !

PLANT SPECIALISTSGREENING NEW YORK FOR OVER 53 YEARS !

   Article written by our Staff Horticulturist, Peter B Morris, BSc, MSc, MBAAll photographs used with permission @SHUTTERSTOCK

Peter Morris

Peter was born and raised on a beautiful green island in the midst of a tropical rainforest. He was introduced into the world of plants at the age of six when his grandmother, an avid Spanish gardener herself, asked him to help her grow seeds for her pepper garden. He was hooked! By the time he was a teen, he had his own rose and orchid collection numbering in the hundreds. Botany was in his blood, and that is what he set out to study.

His passion brought him to NY in the late seventies to further his education. His tenacity allowed him to work full time at Plant Specialists while he completed a MS in Plant Biology. As a manager at the time he felt unsatisfied with his knowledge of business and business processes. Peter felt compelled to learn, so he then pursued and completed an MBA in Quality Management within a few short years.

Peter’s other passion is teaching. His natural ability is quickly consumed by our staff in all subjects in Botany, Horticulture, and Landscaping. He created an immense reference library of more than 3,500 plants providing an invaluable resource for our staff.

Peter’s breadth of knowledge and wisdom allows him to effectively diagnose the needs of plants. Sometimes just by walking into a garden he can create a prescription that fixes even the hardest issue. He is our Staff Botanist, Diagnostician, and all around Mentor. Recently, he has put his immense knowledge and skills into developing a new department that focuses on Plant Healthcare. As he puts it, “Magic through Science”. The PHC staff that surround him have avidly consumed his teachings. Substantially developing their own plant wisdom, many have taken on difficult plant health issues with spectacular results.

Plant Healthcare has been an instant success with customers! The proper treatment of insects and diseases including Organic methods has made pest control a necessity for every plant. Correcting hormonal imbalances caused by planting in containers or refurbishing soils leached of nutrients by irrigation systems are big challenges PHC has become quite comfortable addressing. The scientific approach to the complex demands of keeping plants healthy in our harsh city environment has made many a customer say WOW!

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