We have been growing pretty things for you all season.

Springtime is one of our favorite times; with the color and selection of annuals providing an abundance of color to liven up your house after the winter doldrums. Tagawa's has a huge selection of beautiful annuals grown with the Colorado gardner in mind!

Actually, both Spring and Summer are exciting and hopping times here at Tagawa Gardens, where gardening is much more than just a hobby or a passion. Make the most of the Colorado outdoors by planting annual flowers, vegetable plants, and herbs to enhance your backyard, deck or patio. Put some innovative ideas into your home and garden this year.

Our Spring offerings will continue to delight gardeners all season long as mountains of beautiful annuals explode with color. You'll find tasty gourmet herbs and vegetables, perfect for the avid chef in your home.

Summer at Tagawa's brings the splendor of beautiful new basket varieties, hanging baskets and colorful annuals.

Enjoy over an acre of flowering annuals, vegetables, herbs and container gardens! Thousands of geraniums, hanging baskets and unique annuals, most grown on the premises. You won't want to leave!

No time for planting?

Love the beauty of gorgeous flowering pots filled with beautiful plants, and a busy schedule that leaves you no time to plant? We have the perfect solution for you. We make custom container gardens for people who are busy just like you.

Now you can have the lush patio pots, window boxes, etc., that you just have to have this summer - all planted up and ready for you to place out in your patio or driveway.

Come in browse our aisles, where you will find an array of beautiful plant combinations - perfect for Mother's Day!

Please note: Our inventory changes seasonally, so please call us for availablity before making a special trip for a specific item.

Click here to see some of our Proven Winners®.

You will be amazed at the color, variety and selection of annuals that we carry. We have a large assortment to choose from. We plant our container gardens with the best plants for this climate and our original designs are crafted for lasting color and beauty. The diversity of containers makes our gardens unbeatable!

Our annual department is staffed with a knowledgeable and helpful crew of folks that love to garden and want to share their information and years of gardening experience.

We also carry a large variety of vegetable starts including Heirloom tomatoes. Come early - they sell out fast. For a current update about what is filling our annual greenhouses,  visit our Annuals Galore article in Tagawa Tails on-line!

Click here to see to learn more about simply beautiful garden choices.

Click on the the following links for some helpful and fun information from our Annual's Department. We have included some handouts from some of our popular classes too. These include:

The Best New Annuals for 2008 (please allow download time for this large file)

Cold Crop Vegetables

Forcing Bulbs for  Indoor Color

Planting Fall Bulbs

Herb Class Handout

Lavender Class Handout

Pansy Class Handout

Pampering Herbals for you & your valentine

So You Want to Build a Wormery?

Frequently Asked Questions for our Annuals/Bulbs.

1. What is the difference between Annuals and Perennials?
Annuals live for one season. A perennial comes back the next year.

2. Why are Tagawa's pansies in the Annual Dept. when mine come back every year?
Pansies are capable of re-seeding themselves if the conditions are right. But we can't promise that they will always come back so they should be treated like an annual. With regular food and water, a pansy can be winter-hardy.

3. What is the best tomato for Colorado?
Because we have a shorter growing season with cooler nights it is best to plant an

early producing variety or a mid season producing variety.  Our customer’s favorites are Early Girl, Celebrity, Dona and Parks Whopper.

4. When do I plant Tulips? And which end is "up?"
Bulbs like tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, crocus, alliums are planted in the Fall sometime between mid October and mid December is best for our area.  Most of the time the pointed end of the bulb is up.  Plant bulb, deep, about 4 times the height of the bulb.

5. Do I really have to dig up my dahlias, gladiola, canna lilies and calla lilies?
Yes, if you want to save the bulb for next year planting. (Ask us how to do this) If you do not pull them up they may come back if we were to have a mild winter, but don’t be disappointed if they don’t.

6. What is eating the flower on my Geranium and Petunias?
It is probably Geranium Budworm.  It is easily remedy with a Bacillus thuringiensis, (“Bt”), in the liquid form or in the dust form, Dipel Dust.  As soon as you see the holes in your flower or the tell-tale droppings in your garden, start applying the remedy.  Follow directions on the label.

7. Can I plant annuals outside right after I bring them home from your greenhouse?
They have been grown under greenhouse conditions and have not yet adjusted to the outside environment.  You will need to gradually adjust them to the outdoors by placing them outside during the day and move inside or protected from cold or frost at night.  This “hardening off” process usually will take 3-5 days.

8. What is a Wave™ Petunia?
A patented variety of landscape petunia that performs in our hot dry climate, without deadheading.  Just to be sure to fertilize and you will have color until fall.

Visit here for more information on the Wave™ Petunia.

9. Help! I have this plant and I do not know what it is!
Bring in a stem with leaves of the plant and a flower, if available and we will try to identify it for you.

10. What are the first and last frost dates in our area?
First frost is generally mid September.  Last frost is typically mid to late May.  These dates can vary due to elevation and other factors.

11. Do I really have to fertilize?
The new vegetative annuals are bred to grow big and keep flowering all summer. To do this they need food. Fertilize weekly during the growing season.

12. My Herbs and Vegetables somtimes get buggy. How do I keep them organic?
We have the best luck with a strong stream of water.  Simply hosing most plants off will knock off the bugs and kill them.  We also carry soap formulas that are safe for you and considered “Organic”.

For more information on herbs, click here.

Click here to learn about X-rated,
Xeriscape plants for our semi-arid climate!