Shoe Planters with Succulents
With succulent season around the corner, Here is a fun video we made with an old pair of shoes and succulent plants. https://youtu.be/LjBIx7DVDus
Spring Pruning Tips
Spring is the perfect time to do a little pruning to get back into the swing of gardening. Every perennial is different and each variety has its own optimal pruning schedule. Therefore it is important to know the timing and type of pruning each plant needs to get the best results. That being said, there [...]
Large Mum Planters and Mum Hanging Baskets
Mum Hanging Baskets and Large Mum Planters $19.99
Country Autumn Tour 2018
Hook's Greenhouse is proud to participate once again in Ohio Country Autumn Tour . We have been on the tour for over 5 years now, and it has become our favorite fall event! This drive-yourself adventure started in 1999 by three Ohio business women and grows every year adding wonderful businesses to the tour. Patrons [...]
Newly Expanded The Rusty Hook Junk Shop!
Come check out the newly expanded The Rusty Hook Junk Shop! Featuring many vintage, re-purposed and barn fresh home decor items and antiques. These items include vintage hand painted furniture, hand painted signs, up-cycled gifts, felt and needle craft, barn finds, unique home decor and garden accents and much more!
Fall Corsage with Mums
We started with annual flambé yellow strawflower, annual euphorbia, perennial hydrangea, and perennial white mums. The supplies you will need are flowers, 20-22 gauge wire that is straight, floral tape, jute twine, and ribbon. You want to have five mum blooms to work with. One large, two medium, and two small. In the end, you [...]
Decorate for Fall at Hook’s
Come check out our selection of fall decor! We have a variety of squashes, pumpkins and cornstalks for all of your fall decorating needs. Acorn Squash and Butternut Squash $1.00 A wide variety of pumpkins with prices ranging from two-for-one dollar mini pumpkins to $6.00 large pumpkins. cornstalks $4.00 for a bundle of 12
Digitalis: Tips on Overwintering
Digitalis or Foxglove are showstoppers in a garden with their spectacular panicles of flowers and tall stature. In addition to their height and colorful flowers, Foxgloves are deer resistant and attract all kinds of pollinators. These plants are heavy feeders that prefer neutral to acidic soil and at least 3-4 hours of sunlight. Well drained soil [...]
Buddleia
Buddleia or Butterfly Bush attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators with its fragrant flowers and foliage. The blooms of the Butterfly Bush are vibrantly colored and last from summer to fall giving you and the pollinators plenty of time to enjoy them. This sun-loving, drought tolerant plant prefers well draining, neutral to slightly acidic, fertile [...]
Hardy Hibiscus: Great Plant for Tricky Places!
Hardy Hibiscus (Rose Mallow) has an amazing tropical look but is hardy to zone. Hibiscus plants have breathtaking 12-18 inch blooms making them a striking addition to any garden. This easy maintenance plant attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and many other pollinators while deer typically leave it alone. These awesome perennials survive in wet soil and love [...]
Echinacea ‘PowWow White’
Echinacea 'PowWow White' produces gorgeous flowers with pure white flowers around a yellow-brown central cone that are ideal for cut flowers. These long blooming flowers tolerate heat, drought, and poor soil conditions as well as being deer resistant. PowWow White flowers attract birds and butterflies alike making them a low maintenance, beautiful, pollinator friendly addition [...]
How to Plant a Shrub or Tree for Great Success the Hook Way!
Over the years we have seen many plant problems. One of the biggest problems has been larger trees and shrubs dying weeks after transplant and sometime they make it all season an don't come up the next year. A landscaper came to the greenhouse many years ago and told me this trick and I have [...]
There’s Still Time to Plant Your Veggies!!
There is still at least 140 days left to the growing season based on the most common last frost of the season being October 3. We have typically seen nice warm Octobers in the past few years and really a November frost more likely. It has been such a wet Spring that I know most [...]
Shady Perennials
Sometimes shady gardens seem like a curse but there are many fun and exciting plants that can be used in this location. When looking at the sight it is important to think about shade gardens for one of their finest attributes, the potential to look like a peaceful woodland sanctuary! There are many perennials that [...]