Christmas is only days away!
Do you have your decorating done?
Have any last minute shopping?
Season ending Savings at Cobblestone!
Cobblestone’s last day of the season is December 20th….
50% Off All Christmas Decor
*Christmas Centerpieces *Wreaths *Swags *Christmas Trees *Decorations
40% Off Gardeners Gifts
*Garden Stakes *Garden Gloves *Trellisses *Birdbaths *Sandcast Leaves *Bird Feeders and so much more!
FREE Delivery of Firewood*
Don’t be left without warmth this WINTER!!!
*Monday – Friday delievery Only
*Delivery in Bloomington,Mn Only
*Minimum of a Face Cord is required.
$149.00
*No Deliveries from Decemeber 23-January 9th
Holiday store hours
Thursday & Friday 10-7:30
Saturday 10-6:00
Sunday 11-5:00
Monday December 19th 10:00-6:30
Tuesday December 20th 10:00-6:30
Last Day of the Season is December 20th!!
Stock up with some comfort food for the winter at….
Cobblestone Gardens and Market
50% Off
All Soups and Dips
Check out the Wonderful selection of soups and dips great for any Christmas Party!
25% Off
Canned Jelly’s and Jam’s – Salsa’s – Picked Vegetables
Choose from our outstanding selection of Jelly’s, Jam’s or Salsa’s sure enough to satisfy anyones tastes buds this season!
Local Artist’s Handmade Mittens
Check out our selection of handmade mittens! Don’t let your hands get cold this holiday season, choose from an assorment of sizes, and colors!
20% Off
All Remaining Balsam
Firs Check out the remaining selection of Balsam Firs now 20% off! Get them before the Squirrels DO!
Firewood
Don’t be left without warmth this season. Stop in and have one of our employees load your car or deliver it to your front door!
Also available are Gift Certificates or Gift Cards – Use them
now or wait till spring/summer for all your landscaping or planting needs! Ask
one of our employees for more details!
Cobblestone
Gardens and Market
2100 W. Old Shakopee Rd
Bloomington, Mn 55431
952-884-7889
Holiday Store Hours…….
Monday – Friday 10-7:30
Saturday 10-6:00
Sunday 11-5:00
~The Poinsettias are HERE!~
The Poinsettias have arrived at Cobblestone and are
available in a variety of sizes and holiday themed containers!
Christmas Savings!
At Cobblestone this week……..
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50% off
*Indoor/Outdoor
Tabletop Fountains * Planters and Pottery * Statuary *
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Designers hard at Work!
Cobblestone’s unqiue Christmas arrangements being made
everyday….
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Spruce Tip Pots!!
Are your planters bare?
Hurry in to get your spruce tip’s or have a custom pot
made by one of our holiday staff!
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20% Balsam Fir Trees
We still have a great selection of Balsam Fir’s available….
Now 20 % off just in time for Christmas!!
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Cobblestone has freshly cut Trees * Wreaths * Garland * Table Centerpieces * Spruce Tips * Door greeters * Red and Yellow Dogwood * Curly Willow * Birch Branches * Rose Hips * Variety of Evergreen bundles * Decorated and Undecorated Spruce Tip Pots
Coupons
Print out the following coupons for your holiday shopping!
Holiday store hours
Monday – Friday 10-7:30 Saturday 10-6:00
Sunday 11-5:00
Can’t Think of That Perfect Gift?
Pottery ( Now 50% off) * Corinthian Winds Chimes (Now 35% off) * Gift Certificates * Tabletop fountains (Now 50% off) * Canned Jelly’s andJam’s/Salsa’s/Picked Vegetables (Now 25% off)
Also available are Gift Certificates or Gift Cards – Use them now or wait till spring/summer for all your landscaping or planting needs. Ask one of our employees for more details!
Our Locally Grown
Poinsettias are in!
Come get one of our locally grown Red or White Poinsettias Available in a variety of sizes or containers to fit your needs!
Custom Holiday Arrangements
Have one of our holiday designers create a custom arrangement for your home or business. Whether its a spruce tip pot, custom wreath, or a holiday kissing ball, we have all the embellishments for your holiday needs!
15% off Fresh Cut Fraser Fir
Christmas Trees
Join Cobblestone in celebrating the holidays and browse our large selection of fresh cut trees!
Cobblestone has freshly cut Trees * Wreaths * Garland * Table Centerpieces * Spruce Tips * Door greeters * Red and Yellow Dogwood * Curly Willow * Birch Branches * Rose Hips * Variety of Evergreen bundles * Decorated and Undecorated Spruce Tip Pots
Coupons
Print out the following coupons for your holiday shopping!
Holiday store hours
Monday – Friday 10-7:30 Saturday 10-6:00
Sunday 11-5:00
Cobblestone has freshly cut trees, wreaths, garland, table centerpieces, spruce tips, doorgreeters, red and yellow dogwood, curley willow, birch branches, rose hips, variety of evergreen bundles, decorated and undecorated spruce tip pots
15% off Fresh Cut Fraser Fir Christmas Trees
Join Cobblestone in celebrating the
holidays and browse our large selection of fresh cut trees!
Take 15% off all
Fraser Fir trees now until Christmas!
25% off Christmas Decorations
Ornaments, platters, wine toppers and more!
(Sale does not include greenery, live goods or
custom chandeliers)
Firewood
Don’t be left without warmth this season. Stop in and have one of our employees load your car or deliver it to your front door!
Holiday store hours starting after Thanksgiving…
Monday – Friday 10-7:30 Saturday 10-6:00
Sunday 11-5:00
If you have been into Cobblestone Gardens & Market lately, you probably can smell the season in the air. Balsam fir, incense cedar, and juniper scents have filled the building. Decorating for the season is fun, easy and really gets me into the holiday spirit. Let’s talk inside, outside, boughs, and more! Today we will focus on containers.
Spruce Tips. Containers on your doorstep, window boxes on the front of your house or even annual beds in your landscape are great places to showcase spruce tips. Spruce tips come in three sizes, small (1′ tall) - great for window boxes, medium (2′-3′ tall) – perfect for most containers and large (4′-5′ tall) - best used as trees in your landscape or as the center in large containers. In order for spruce tips to stay green it is best to trim their ends and add water to the soil, this way they can take up some moisture and eventually freeze into place (this will happen as soon as the weather turns cold).
Evergreen Boughs. Boughs are probably the most versatile decorating option for the holiday season. You can use a little or a lot and they go a long way. They come in long needles, like Norway or White pine. They are available in short needle like shore pine, or feathery cedar in Port Orford, coned or incense. Don’t forget a touch of salal, oregonia or huck. These leafy options give your decor a different texture.
Branches. Branches come in different heights, diameters, and colors. Birch branches are generally brown and look as though they were plucked from nature (mostly because they were), they give a natural look. Dogwood is mostly found in reds and yellows, both natural but giving your arrangement a pop of color and height. Curly willow is usually green or orange and just like it’s name says, it gives a curly texture. Birch poles are usually large branches with their birch paper making a bold white statement in your decor. Use any of these to add height to your container or centerpiece.
Pine Cones. These too come in many sizes. Sugar cones are the largest, followed by Jeffrey cones, which are about the size of a man’s fist and then there are the ponderosa cones, which are pretty average in size. Pine Cones add another element of design with color and texture. Paint them gold or white for even more options.
Embellishments. Where do I start? There are so many great things you can add to your designs to make them stand-out and to give them personality. Seed pots, hydrangea blooms, balls (used for decorating your Christmas tree), ornaments, berry picks, ribbon, bows and so much more. Use your creativity and add a personal touch.
Tips. It is great to get your containers planted before the soil freezes! Remember if you have glazed pots it is best to put them away during the winter, otherwise the freezing and thawing can crack them. If you soil appears to be frozen solid I would add some HOT water to it and that helps loosen it up. I use a product called Wilt Stop by Bonide to spritz all of my evergreen boughs, spruce tips and other greenery. This keeps them looking fresh all season long.
Fall is a great time to plant but there are things to consider when planting during this season. I am sure you have heard that September was the driest on record and it appears that October might be the same.
Plants need water, whether is is 90 degrees out or 50 degrees out, it is essential for them to take root, grow and survive. A lot of people have had their sprinkler systems blown out for the fall (you never know when we will get a few inches of snow or the temperatures will dip below the 30′s) but that doesn’t mean you should stop watering. Even shrubs, perennials, trees and evergreens you planted earlier in the year, need water. It is good to continue to water your plants until we have a few hard freezes. One inch per week on a slow drip is a good rule of thumb. Keep in mind if you have just planted a shrub or perennial, you may want to water a few times a week since most of the soil is bone dry.
Bulbs. Bulbs can be planted even through a freeze or two. Soil temperature doesn’t get as cold as the air temperature so you have plenty of time to get spring flowering bulbs in the ground now to enjoy next spring. Make sure to water the bulbs when you plant and if you add fertilizer, I like to put the fertilizer in the bottom of the hole scatter some soil on top of the fertilizer and then plant the bulbs. If you have pesky squirrels digging up your tulip bulbs plant a few daffodils with them and they should leave your bulbs alone. They don’t like the taste of daffodils.
Mums. Most mums sold at your local garden center are just seasonal. They are sold to give you a burst of fall color not as perennials. Perennial mums are usually sold all season at your garden center, however most of us don’t really think about mums until fall. Perennial mums can be planted in the fall but they are putting a lot of energy into flower production so it can be stressful on them. It is a good idea to plan ahead and buy your perennial mums earlier in the season, so they can give you a show in the fall.
Decorating Contest. Check out the Bloomington Crow’s Halloween Decorating Contest. You could win a $50 gift card to Cobblestone Gardens & Market.
This time of year we get many compliments on the landscape that lines our iron fence at Cobblestone Gardens and Market. There was a lot of thought that went into designing the landscape, including bloom cycles, texture, flower color, our wants and the designer’s knowledge. This are all things to consider when you are choosing to improve your landscape. I thought I would share some plants that are absolutely striking this time of year.
Tiger Eyes Sumac. This isn’t your grandmother’s sumac. It suckers a lot less than standard sumac and the foliage is almost fern-like. Its feathery leaves go from a charteruse green, to softer lemons, with red interspersed. It gets to be a height of over 6′ with a width of the same. This plant will stand out in any landscape and put on a great fall show.
Star Showers Virginia Creeper, Boston Ivy, Engleman Ivy. I drive down 35E in St. Paul two times a day, on my commute to and from work. Ivy lines the median and the fences and landscape along the freeway. It isn’t always spectacular but right now it is it is stunning! Deep reds radiate from the otherwise nondescript landscape. The Star Showers Virginia Creeper is showy year round due to its variegated foilage in the spring and summer months and now with it’s brillantly colored red leaves.
Burning Bush. The burning bush really only puts on it’s show in the fall but, oh what a show it is! This plant has a robust red that lasts throughout the fall and will make you remember just what you love about fall, which is, the colors, crisp cool weather and starry nights. Burning bushes can be dwarf in size, or large and even come grafted into a tree form. There is a burning bush that would be perfect for your yard.
Ornamental Grasses. I don’t even know where to begin. There are soooooo many to choose from. The most popular amongst landscapers is the Karl Forester Feather Reed Grass, or one of it’s cousins, such as Overdam, or Avalanche. My personal favorite is Shenandoah Switch Grass, it has a wispy feel to it with airy brown panicles in the fall, that comes from its deep burgundy wine fall foliage. Grasses are desired for their showy plumes in the fall, and the Red Silver and Silver Feather grasses are perfect this time of year.
It is too nice to not have a FABULOUS SALE on plants! Starting today all SHRUBS, PERENNIALS, EVERGREENS, TREES, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES AND VINES ARE AN AMAZING 75% off. Hurry in so you can be a part of these awesome deals. Check out our sales page for other awesome deals on statuary, planters and fountains. This heat wave in October has made us CRAZY for SALES! (plants sold at 50% off or greater have no warranty.)
Fall started last week and this week brings us into October, which means it is time to clean up our yards and gardens before the snow flies. I know, I know, how dare I say the “S” word. In Minnesota the snow can sneak up on us, so it is best to take care of your yard maintenance early.
Lawns. Cooler air temperatures and warm soil temperatures make it a good time to over-seed your lawn. The existing lawn will protect the seed during the germination process. Once it gets closer to the end of October applying a fertilizer to your lawn will encourage new root growth and thicken your lawn for the next year.
Perennials. There are several good reasons to divide your perennials. Flower buds can get smaller over time, if you plants get overgrown. The quantity of flower buds your plant produces can also decrease over time, if your plants need dividing. Common perennials that like to be divided in the fall include, bee balm, daylilies, hosta, geranium, garden phlox, yarrow, and coneflowers. It is best to wait at least three years after planting a typical perennial before you divide it. Dig up the plant and with a shovel or sharp tool thin out the plant into smalled clumps. Before you move the plant to a new home, cut back the foliage by half and then replant. If it is a new flower bed, be sure to amend the soil with peat, hummus or manure. This will give your plants nutrients. Watering is important when you transplant or divide perennials. Just because the temperature is cooler doesn’t mean your plants don’t need water. Keep a regular water scheduling even if we get a frost, the soil temperature is still warm.
Seed Collecting. Many gardeners take time in the fall to round up the seeds of plants they want to savor next year. Seed collecting is pretty easy but it can be tedious. It is best to collect once the seed head/pods are dry. Cut off the desired amount and then let the seed head/pod dry in a cool sunny space for a week or two, store in a paper bag. Once the seed pods have been dried it is time to sift through what you have and actually pull out the seed – this varies per plant. Cut open seed pods and remove the seeds, or pull apart the flower bud to shake loose any seeds. Shaking the material through a sieve separates the junk from the seeds. You can do this with annual seeds, coneflowers, grasses, sunflowers and much more.
Shrubs. Generally speaking I don’t do much with my shrubs this time of year. I have a few roses that bolted this summer during the heat, so I will cut off the canes down to match the rest of the shrub. I do most of my shrub trimming in the spring or after the shrub has flowered. It is not a good idea to trim your lilacs or magnolias right now, they have already set their buds for next year. It is alright to trim shrubs if they are lanking or sporadic but you can also do it in the spring to assess any winter damage or die-back.
