THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME TO PLANT and PAYNE’S HAS HUNDREDS OF NEW PLANTS ARRIVING CONTINUALLY!
Now is an excellent time to refresh landscapes, add color and texture, and take advantage of the long growing season still ahead in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.
Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico offers excellent conditions for growing many varieties of fruit trees. With abundant sunshine, cool nights, and distinct seasons, the region supports healthy growth and flavorful harvests. Many fruit trees benefit from the winter chill hours common throughout the area, helping them produce abundant blossoms and fruit each spring.
At Payne’s Nursery, we offer a wide selection of fruit trees suited to Northern New Mexico’s climate, including apples, peaches, pears, plums, apricots, cherries, and more. However, not all varieties of fruit trees are suitable for our area. We stock only those varieties that do well with with our cold winter nights in our growing zone.
Whether you’re looking to start a backyard orchard or add a single fruit tree to your landscape, our diverse varieties provide options for different elevations, growing conditions, and harvest times.
Now’s a great time to stop by and see what fruit trees we have in stock!
Our GREENHOUSES are bursting with color!
STOP BY TODAY!!!
GREENHOUSES ARE
BURSTING WITH GORGEOUS COLOR!
WE ARE RECEIVING SHIPMENTS OF NEW PLANTS WEEKLY!
STOP BY AND SEE ALL COLORFUL ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS WE JUST RECEIVED!
READY TO PLANT NOW!
CHECK OUR OUR VARIETY OF COLEUS
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING CUCUMBER, TOMATOES, PEPPERS AND A SELECTION OF HERBS
Here is a list of the current TOMATOES we have in stock – PLEASE call for current sizes and prices:
Sun Sugar
Beefsteak
Black Krim
Fourth of July
Roma
Supersweet 100
Lemon Boy
The Roma tomatoes are already growing!
WE HAVE PEPPERS BACK IN STOCK!
Here is a list of the current PEPPERS we have in stock – PLEASE call for current sizes and prices:
- Cayenne
- Anaheim
- Jalapeno
- Joe Parker
- Ms. Junie
- Barker Hot
- Sandia
- Big Jim
- Santa Fe Grande
- Carolina Reaper
- Sweet Canyon Orange, Yellow, and Red
PAYNE’S IS HIRING!
JOIN THE GREEN TEAM!
Cashiers – We’re looking for friendly, reliable cashiers to help greet customers, run the register, and keep the checkout area running smoothly. Perfect for someone who enjoys plants, people, and a lively garden center environment.
Tropical Greenhouse Associates – Assisting with watering, care of houseplants, up-potting services and great customer service. Hours are flexible – and part-time.
Nursery Yard and Greenhouse Associates – Assisting with the day-to-day plant care activities including watering and planting.
Fill out the application and bring it in to Payne’s Nursery North at 304 Camino Alire.
ASK THE GARDEN GURU!
WHAT ARE POPULAR NATIVE GRASSES?
ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION!
In one of the archived shows from previous years, the Garden Guru discussed Xeriscaping and Native grasses. Native grasses such as Indian Rice Grass, Little Blue Stem and Mexican Feather Grass are very popular. However, the most common variety planted here in Santa Fe are Blue Grama Grass and Buffalo Grass. These will form a mat and are really quite striking! These grasses really blend well with wild flowers.
Payne’s has plenty of wild flower seeds for you to choose from. Listen to Lynn’s tip to see how to plant these grasses and wild flowers for a most beautiful garden!
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE GARDEN GURU’S ARCHIVED RADIO SHOW ON THIS TOPIC.
HAPPY GARDENING!
BASIL VARIETIES
by Deborah Wechsler
National Gardening Association – July 25, 2020
Common basil (Ocimum basilicum) includes a number of different basils most commonly used for cooking.
Sweet basil
Your basic basil, with large leaves and white flowers. The Genovese variety (names include ‘Sweet Genovese’ and ‘Genovese’ or ‘Genova Profumitissima’) is particularly nice, with a very pleasing flavor preferred for pestos. I’ve also found it a vigorous, luxuriant grower, slow to bolt.
Lettuce leaf (O. b. crispum)
A short, wide plant with thick, very crinkled leaves; slow to bolt. Other varieties include ‘Mammoth’ and ‘Napoletano’; ‘Green Ruffles’ is similar. The flavor is sweet, and not as strong as the other sweet basils, making it especially good for tossing into salads. The leaves can also be used to wrap fish, chicken or a rice stuffing for grilling.
Dwarf or bush basils (O. b. minimum)
These shorter varieties (‘Spicy Globe’, ‘Piccolo Verde’, ‘Fino Verde’ or ‘Fine Green’) bear small, narrow leaves with a sweeter, less pungent smell than the large-leaf types. It sounds like a great nuisance to pick all those tiny leaves off, but actually the stems are quite soft and succulent, so that you can chop up the sprigs, stems and all. The delicate flavor tends to wash out in long cooking, so add the leaves at the end or use them raw.
CLICK here to read more.
STOP BY PAYNE’S NORTH TO SEE WHAT VARIETIES WE HAVE IN STOCK!
Did You Know that Payne’s Organic Soil Yard (POSY) is the largest and oldest composting company in Northern New Mexico? We are almost as old as dirt!
NEW SPRING HOURS
Mon – Fri from 7 am to 4:40 pm
Sat from 9 am to 1 pm
PAYNE’S WEEKLY GARDENING HUMOR!
Copyright Nate Fakes
PAYNE’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK!
HIBISCUS FROM PAYNE’S TROPICALS
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ZODIAC SIGNS AND GARDENING? HERE’S THIS CYCLES PROFILE.
by The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Here’s THIS MONTHS ZODIAC SIGN PROFILE AND HOW IT CAN HELP YOU GARDEN:
GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 20)
Gemini finishes the spring, but the sense that a change of seasons is near keeps you light and airy. Plants that mimic your style, such as dill, calendula, caraway, and parsley, are easy for you to grow and make your heart dance. Wild carrots and dandelions—whose airborne seeds swirl and twirl in the wind—bring joy and contentment. You find yellow flowers particularly captivating, and dashes of this color can be found liberally in your yard. Salads grace your evening meals (the quickness of “wash and eat” is indescribably tantalizing). Toss some calendula blossoms right in the bowl for an added dash of pizzazz and panache.