Now Scheduling Winter Consultations for Your DIY Landscape Project

58 days until Spring!

Anyone with a “do-it-yourself” landscape project in mind, we are now scheduling winter consultations. Have us come out before the spring rush to give our professional advice, guidance and recommendations to make your DIY project successful! Give Karen a call at 443-955-1454.

https://kingsdene.com/landscaping/

Our January Gift Card Promotion

Don’t delay, get to Kingsdene today! Our January gift card promotion is going on now!

Purchase a $100 gift card for only $80! Get a $1000 gift card for only $800. No limit to the number of gift cards you can purchase. Treat yourself or a friend. What a great way to save on Spring

gardening projects.

The fine print:

Gift cards must be purchased in increments of $100. Promotional gift cards may be redeemed for retail purchases after March 1, 2023. Promotional gift cards MAY NOT be used for landscaping services. Offer good until 1/21/2023.

Kingsdene Wishes Everyone a Happy New Year!

We have now closed our gates for the last time in 2022 and everyone is headed home to celebrate the New Year.

The gang here at Kingsdene wishes all of our gardening friends good health, good friends and a fine new garden season ahead. We would like to take a moment to extend a heartfelt

thank you for your support. As a small Maryland business, our customers are truly what keeps us going year after year and we are forever grateful. We look forward to continuing to spread the joy of gardening as a way to connect all of us to each other and the earth.

May your 2023 be filled with prolific blooms and void of aphids.

Our Christmas Gift Shop

More pictures of our Christmas Gift Shop featuring ornaments and candleholders handmade in the Ukraine!

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees Now Available in the Nursery

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Kingsdene! The nursery is loaded with beautiful fresh cut “grown in the mountains” of North Carolina Frasiers, sweetly scented Douglas firs, plus wreaths, roping, bundled greens and more. You pick the tree and we do the rest, including trimming the bottom, netting, tie up and loading onto your car. Shop early (and often) for the best selection. Because our trees are fresh and full they sell very quickly so don’t delay.

Our quaint and cozy gift shop is filled with ornaments, gifts, decorated trees, and more. We have Boxwood, Magnolia, Winterberry, swags, decorated wreaths and mantle pieces. Plus a lovely and colorful selection of Poinsettias.

Come see what Santa and his elves have been up to. We are open everyday from 9 to 5. Shop local, shop small, and we will love you forever! HO HO HO

“Kingsdene Nursery & Garden Center – Voted Baltimore’s Best 2022 by Baltimore Magazine”

Our Garden Statuary Available in the Nursery

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me……statuary! Looking for something a little different to give as a Christmas gift? We think a piece of garden statuary might be the answer. Rustic in appearance and made of cast cement the pieces in this collection will add a bit of whimsy and fun to your garden. We have a nice selection to choose from so come take a look. Open 9 – 5 everyday!

Reserve Your Fresh Trees for Christmas Now!

Read it and weep,

, only 47 days till Christmas! That being said if you are thinking this year of purchasing a live tree (ball and burlap for planting after the holidays) please reserve your tree now! Choose and purchase your tree and we will hold it for you until you are ready to pick it up. Now is the perfect time to dig and prepare the hole before it gets down right cold.

We have beautifully shaped Norway Spruce (Picea abies) in the 5 to 6′ range but if you add in the height of the root ball they should be approximately in the 6 to 7′ range once in your home. When planted, the Norway will maintain a nice pyramidal shape, they are low maintenance, sun to part shade, deer resistant and provides habitat for many varieties of birds. A live Christmas tree will be enjoyed for many years to come. Reserve now for the best selection, they tend to sell very quickly!

Our fresh cut trees will be ready for sale Thanksgiving week. First come, first served on fresh trees.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! HO HO HO

Seeing Wheel Bugs in Your Garden? It’s a Good Thing!

You may have seen this around your garden and home and thought “eeewwww”, what is that ugly thing? That, my dear, is a wheel bug and not to be feared unless they bite you. They are a generalist predator and love to feast on the dreaded spotted lantern fly, which is a good thing! Often known as assassin bugs they sport a dagger-like, piercing-sucking beak. They feast on something small like an aphid right up to something the size of a caterpillars. The wheel bug can reach up to 1 1/2 inches in length but don’t mess with them because if they bite you they can pack quite a punch. Avoid using broad-spectrum pesticides because this is one bug you want in your garden. We’ve posted photos of wheel bug eggs compared to the eggs of the spotted lantern fly so you can identify the one to seek out and destroy. Photos courtesy of U. of Md. Entomology Dept.

Our Paperwhite and Amaryllis Bulbs

They’re back! Paperwhite and Amaryllis bulbs are in. Great gift item if you have a “non-gardener” (is there such a thing?) in your life. Add a pretty container and voila’, you have a gift that won’t break the bank. Enjoy the beauty of the Amaryllis, 3 to 4 stems with 4 to 6 blooms on each, and with proper care they should be repeat bloomers. The Kingsdene elves have been VERY busy so come on in and see what those little rascals have been up to.

Leaves Are Changing on the Flame Thrower Redbuds in the Nursery

Isn’t this pretty? Leaves changing on one of the Flame Thrower Redbuds (Cercis canadensis) in the nursery. Native, with light pink spring flowers with an ever-changing display of colorful foliage that continues all the way to fall. New foliage emerges burgundy, fades to yellow, and matures to green. A fantastic and stunning landscape specimen. Deciduous, likes full to part sun, generally matures at 10 years with a spread of 15 feet and a height of 15 to 20 feet.

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