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Pansy & Viola Spotlight

Watch this video with Noelle to learn more about one of the first spring annuals available, Pansies & Violas.

Pansy & Viola Spotlight

Did you know large flowering Pansy and small flowering Johnny-Jump-Up Viola are part of the same family? Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about one of the first spring annuals available, Pansies & Violas. While most varieties are considered spring (or fall) seasonal color in Northeast Ohio, there are perennial VIolas available! Perennial Violas tend to exhibit a hardy, clump-forming habit that establishes quickly in the garden producing medium-sized, often fragrant pansy-like flowers. These varieties, such as Celestial™ Northern Lights, Celestial™ Starry Night, and Celestial™ Blue Moon, are heat tolerant and hardier than most pansies but need a cool, shady spot for summer in the garden. Pansies and Violas are frost tolerant and attract early-season pollinators!
Guide to Seeding the Lawn

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist & Manager of Education with Petitti Garden Centers to learn more about seeding new lawns and overseeding established lawns.

Guide to Seeding the Lawn

Out of all 12 calendar months in the year, September is the #1 best time in Northeast Ohio to work on improving your lawn. But April is right on its heels as the #2 best month. Why? Because warming soil temperatures, combined with cool evenings and sufficient watering, help grass seed germinate and take root quickly – without stress. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist & Manager of Education with Petitti Garden Centers to learn more about seeding new lawns and overseeding established lawns.
Forsythia Spotlight | Grow For Spring Color, Deer Resistance & Cut Flowers

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about the benefits of growing Forsythia in your garden.

Forsythia Spotlight | Grow For Spring Color, Deer Resistance & Cut Flowers

Forsythia are an old-fashioned favorite with an attractive, upright spreading form. They are excellent, fast-growing shrubs, ideal for hedge planting, mixed borders, and a great backdrop for flowering shrubs and perennials. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about the benefits of growing Forsythia in your garden. All Forsythia are deer resistant and require very little maintenance but they prefer well-drained soil conditions. Several new varieties are available that grow more compact and are densely covered with flowers from base to tip, including 'Show Off®', 'Show Off Starlett®', and 'Show Off Sugar Baby®'. For your classic look, try 'Lynwood Gold'.
Understanding USDA Hardiness Zones

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers to find out what planting hardiness zone you live in, and how to recognize what zone a plant can handle, and what you can do to ensure your plants make it through our windy winters.

Understanding USDA Hardiness Zones

What USDA Plant Hardiness Zone am I in? Will my new plant survive the winter where I live in Cleveland, Akron-Canton, Youngstown, or the general Northeast Ohio area? These are questions we hear a lot from customers, who want to know how hardy their perennials, trees, and shrubs are, and to what extent they’ll be able to withstand our cold winter temperatures. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers to find out what planting hardiness zone you live in, and how to recognize what zone a plant can handle, and what you can do to ensure your plants make it through our windy winters.
What’s In Store Spring 2022

Plants are here, our selection is growing daily, and there’s so much to explore! Noelle takes you inside the garden center as trucks are arriving and filling us up with trees, shrubs, evergreens, early spring perennials, lettuce bowls, Easter plants, and so much more!

What’s In Store Spring 2022

As you sip your coffee or tea this morning, enjoy a tour of our garden center and daydream about new blooms for your garden. Plants are here, our selection is growing daily, and there’s so much to explore! Noelle takes you inside the garden center as trucks are arriving and filling us up with trees, shrubs, evergreens, early spring perennials, lettuce bowls, Easter plants, and so much more!
Gardening with Angelo Radio Show

Since the 1980s, Angelo Petitti has enjoyed sharing his unique knowledge of gardening with Northeast Ohio audiences via Cleveland’s radio airwaves. Watch now to see how it all began!

Gardening with Angelo Radio Show

Since the 1980s, Angelo Petitti has enjoyed sharing is unique knowledge of gardening with Northeast Ohio audiences via Cleveland’s radio airwaves. First beginning on WERE AM, and continuing with several stations over the course of four decades, Angelo now delivers his one-hour show from the studios of iHeart Cleveland’s Newsradio WTAM 1100. Watch now to see how it all began, and tune in every Saturday from 8-9am March through October to hear timely lawn & garden advice tailored to the Northeast Ohio experience. As always, listeners are encouraged to call in and have their questions answered live on-air by Angelo! Episodes are also conveniently available on demand on Radio Show page.
How to Grow, Propagate & Take Care of “String of” Plants

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about these plants and how to take care of them.

How to Grow, Propagate & Take Care of “String of” Plants

There are so many amazing varieties to choose from when it comes to plants with "String of" in their name! Fun fact, a majority of these are succulent-type plants, but not all of them come from the same plant family! Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about these plants and how to take care of them. Most of these plants prefer bright indirect light (String of Turtles can tolerate medium light scenarios) and average household humidity. String of Pearls, String of Dolphins, String of Tear Drops & String of Watermelons all belong to the Senecio family. String of Buttons belongs to the Crassula family and String of Turtles belongs to the Peperomia family.
What’s In Store February 2022

Enjoy as Noelle tours all the fresh indoor plants that await you this weekend! See some of our favorite indoor bloomers along with some fantastic foliage options. Noelle also spotlights some gorgeous new varieties of Dieffenbachia along with some of our flowering favorites!

What’s In Store February 2022

Good Morning! As you sip your coffee or tea on this beautiful, snowy morning, enjoy as Noelle tours all the fresh indoor plants that await you this weekend! See some of our favorite indoor bloomers along with some fantastic foliage options. Noelle also spotlights some gorgeous new varieties of Dieffenbachia along with some of our flowering favorites!
Bonsai Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Bonsai

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to quickly learn basic information on how to be successful with multiple varieties of Bonsai.

Bonsai Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Bonsai

There are so many plant variety options when it comes to growing Bonsai! Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to quickly learn basic information on how to be successful with multiple varieties of Bonsai. Bonsai is an ancient Asian art form used to make certain types of plants miniature and slow-growing. There are three main categories of Bonsai, Exotic, Flowering, and Hardy. Money Trees, ZZ Plants, and Ginseng Ficus are all examples of exotic Bonsai. Some of the most common flowering Bonsai include Gardenias and Azaleas. Junipers make fantastic hardy Bonsai that can tolerate temperatures down to 32 degrees. Remember, the key to being successful with these plants is maintaining a proper watering schedule.
Ficus Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Rubber Plants & Ornamental Figs

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about how to be successful with all different types of Ficus.

Ficus Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Rubber Plants & Ornamental Figs

The Ficus family is one of our favorites for indoor foliage. Not only are they easy to grow, they are also one of the best air-purifying plants you can have in your home or office, AND there are so many varieties to choose from! Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about how to be successful with all different types of Ficus. These plants prefer bright, indirect sunlight but a good number of them will also tolerate medium light. "Medium light" is anywhere in a sunny room, 6-8 ft away from a window OR 12-14 hours of fluorescent lighting. If you prefer Rubber Plants (a.k.a. Ficus Elastica) look for varieties like 'Tineke' or 'Abidjan'. For more leafy, green texture, check out Ficus Benjamina varieties like 'Golden King' or 'Samantha'. Two of the most common varieties when it comes to ficus are 'Audrey' and the ever-popular Fiddle-Leaf Fig.
How to Increase Humidity for Houseplants

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn easy steps you can take to increase humidity around your houseplants and help them thrive.

How to Increase Humidity for Houseplants

One of the best things you can do for your houseplants is to make sure they have the proper humidity. Humidity is very important and it often gets overlooked when we think about houseplants. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn easy steps you can take to increase humidity around your houseplants and help them thrive. Some easy ways to increase humidity around your plants include spray misting and creating humidity trays. Remember, it's key to water or mist your plants in the morning so they can enjoy the humidity while they're actively growing.
Houseplant Lighting Guide

Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn the difference between bright light, medium light, low light, and full sun.

Houseplant Lighting Guide

Ready to start growing your houseplant collection but unsure how to determine what type of light you get? There are four general types of lighting we receive indoors. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn the difference between bright light, medium light, low light, and full sun. Full sun environments are great for plants like Tropical Hibiscus, Citrus & Succulents. Bright, indirect light is great for many common flowering plants like Orchids and Anthurium as well as plants with brightly colored foliage. Plants like Chinese Evergreens and Stromanthe prefer medium light. Remember, the more variegation the foliage has the more light that particular plant needs. Some of our low light loving favorites include Neanthe Bella Palms, Calathea, ZZ Plants & Snake Plants. Fun fact: 12-14 hours of florescent lighting is sufficient for houseplants requiring medium light.

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Pansy & Viola Spotlight

Guide to Seeding the Lawn

Forsythia Spotlight | Grow For Spring Color, Deer Resistance & Cut Flowers

Understanding USDA Hardiness Zones

What’s In Store Spring 2022

Gardening with Angelo Radio Show

How to Grow, Propagate & Take Care of “String of” Plants

What’s In Store February 2022

Bonsai Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Bonsai

Ficus Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Rubber Plants & Ornamental Figs

How to Increase Humidity for Houseplants

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Guide to Seeding the Lawn

Forsythia Spotlight | Grow For Spring Color, Deer Resistance & Cut Flowers

Understanding USDA Hardiness Zones

What’s In Store Spring 2022

Gardening with Angelo Radio Show

How to Grow, Propagate & Take Care of “String of” Plants

What’s In Store February 2022

Bonsai Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Bonsai

Ficus Spotlight | How to Grow & Care for Rubber Plants & Ornamental Figs

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Houseplant Lighting Guide

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