After our 59th Anniversary Sale is over, Yamagami's Nursery offers free garden events as another way of thanking our loyal customers for their continued support. Each event lasts between 1 and 2 hours, with limited seating available. Enjoy these garden experts and thank you for shopping at Yamagami's Nursery.

Sunday, October 14 and Sunday, October 28 at 11AM. Free Gardening Class: Pruning and Shaping Japanese Maples with Alan Tagami.  Learn how to bring out the beauty of your Japanese Maples. Space is limited, so come early for a good seat.

Saturday, October 20, at 10 AM. FREE Gardening Class: Gardening with Native Plants of Australia and California with Mike Craib of Suncrest Nursery. Mike will show and discuss good garden candidates for residential gardens. Space is limited, so come early for a good seat.

Saturday, October 27, 10 AM. FREE Garden Talk: Gardening with Bambi: Deer Resistant Plants with America's Happy Gardener, author and radio host, Bob Tanem. Free “Deer Resistant Planting” booklets by Bob Tanem for the first 50 attendees. Space is limited, come early to get a seat.

Container gardens are getting bigger and more dramatic every year. Whether they hold citrus trees or colorful foliage and flowers, they represent your personal style of landscape in the space of a single pot. Container gardens can be formal and trimmed or wild and tropical, whatever suits your taste. Containers are also one way to get around our heavy clay soil to provide perfect drainage for plants with fussy root systems. We have found two new helpers to make container gardening, especially on a larger scale, even easier.

Potlifters are designed to make moving around container gardens (up to 200 lbs) easily manageable for 2 people. They are a clever combination of straps and strong, yet comfortable, grips that both hold the pot securely and distribute the weight evenly for ease of movement. Potlifters make it easy to move plants under the eaves for frost protection or on and off the patio as they come into and out of their prime. We use them in the nursery to move pots and statuary. They actually have many other uses in and around the garden. Use them to move garden boulders, bales of mulch, firewood and even your barbecue/smoker. Once you discover how easy they are to use, you'll find dozens of uses for the Potlifter.

Ups-A-Daisy® are planter inserts that provide a false bottom for extra deep pots. This means you need to use less soil, reducing the weight and cost of your container gardens. This is especially helpful when planting annuals and shallow rooted perennials in those stylish tall pots. For indoor plants, they keep roots safely above any water in the saucer, so any remaining water will evaporate up into the plant without damage to its roots. Indoors or out, Ups-A-Daisy® inserts still allow for perfect drainage and can reduce root rot incidents. They have handy finger holds making them easy to use, plus they are reusable year after year. If you love the high style of the tall pots, Ups-A-Daisy® are right for you.

Come in to see these handy container garden helpers and our selection of beautiful pottery. Let our friendly staff help you with your own container creations. We are here to help you succeed...the first time.

Fall bulbs are here and there is something wonderful for every garden, whether it's just for a pot or to blend into an existing landscape. If you have an established garden that you'd like to enhance with some low maintenance yet spectacular spring zing, plant bulbs that will go native (naturalize). Use them as punctuation between existing shrubs, around existing trees and in perennial borders without having to replant every year.

Daffodils and Narcissus are prime examples of bulbs that naturalize. Not only are they faithful rebloomers, but they are also pretty much gopher and deer proof too! Plant them in drifts along borders by tossing them over an area and planting them where they land. This gives a natural, meadow effect that just gets showier every year. You can even plant them in untended areas since they need little care once established. Choose from white, yellow and even some pink shades for your spring show.

Other, smaller bulbs that naturalize well include Crocus, Grape Hyacinths, Iris, Scilla and the delightfully fragrant Freesias.  Most of these are also deer resistant too! These smaller bulbs are perfect for tucking into existing container gardens or incorporating into newly planted ones. Since they store what they need in their bulbs, they co-exist well and don't offer much root competition to the other  container residents.

Although we are recommending these as bulbs that can be planted to naturalize, all of these will perform beautifully in containers or flowerbeds, and many can even be “forced” for indoor color. Pick up copies of our free planting guides for planting instructions. Take advantage of our U-Plant-A-Pot table and our expert guidance to plant a container garden here. We have an amazing selection of pottery from large to small to use. There is no charge for potting soil and we even offer gloves to protect your hands.  We offer all the supplies you'll need to succeed with Fall Bulbs at home too. Let us help you plant a spectacular spring!

Don Gillogly Avocado is back in stock! Never have we seen a fruit so hyped as the Don Gillogly Avocado. There are some pretty wild claims online and I must admit to some skepticism. What I do know from tasting the fruit, is that it is very creamy with a mild flavor. The flesh slips right out of the skin, the seed is relatively small and it comes out easily. We did have one tree over-winter here last year and it came through looking better than any other avocado. We have only a limited supply in stock, so guacamole your way in for a Don Gillogly Avocado of your own!