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After a hot and rainy summer in the Shenandoah Valley, it’s the perfect time to shift gears and prepare your garden for a vibrant fall season. In this blog, we share what cool-weather vegetables to plant now, how to refresh your flowerbeds with hardy perennials and mums, why fall is prime time for spring bulbs, and how to wrap up your summer beds for winter success. Whether you're extending your harvest or planning ahead, Milmont has the tools, plants, and local know-how to help you grow into the season.

This blog highlights thoughtful, garden-inspired Mother’s Day gifts available at Milmont Greenhouses, from hanging baskets and rose bushes to custom planters and herbs. It encourages shoppers to choose lasting plants over cut flowers and invites families to spend time together picking out blooms, celebrating both Mom and the joy of spring!

Tips on what to plant for the fall in Virginia

The African Violet has become popular because of its ease of culture, continuous flowering habit and blossom forms, range of colors, and leaf patterns. If there is any magic formula for culture, it is a faithfully followed program of care. Watering, fertilizing, and repotting must be done regularly and faithfully for beautiful flowering plants year around. "Hit-or-miss" attention will give only mediocre results.