Sargent's Nursery

08/24/2026

08/24/2026

Perennial Sale — 25% Off
Late summer is quietly one of the best times to plant perennials, ornamental grasses, and native plants. Roots get a head start while the soil’s still warm and there’s still good selection in the garden center!
Coneflowers, native asters, little bluestem, black-eyed Susan — whatever’s calling your name, now’s the time!
25% off perennials, grasses, and native perennials, now through August 31st. Stop in!

08/22/2026

Sales to go crazy over! 25% off all perennials—including native perennials and grasses!
Through August 31.

Sargent’s Nursery | Red Wing, MN

08/21/2026

Basically—you need more plants.

Stop in and shop Monday-Saturday 8AM-6PM and Sundays 10AM-5PM

Lots of amazing sales on now!

08/21/2026

We are so excited to introduce North Spore mushroom grow kits, ready to fruit right on your counter!
Three varieties in stock:
Blue Oyster — velvety, savory, and mild, this is North Spore’s most reliable kit for first-timers.
Pink Oyster — a denser, meatier texture that holds up well as a meat substitute in cooking.
Lion’s Mane — cooked texture is often compared to fresh crab meat.
Each kit is USDA-certified organic and about as hands-off as growing gets: cut an X in the bag, mist it 2–3 times a day, and you’ll see your first mushrooms forming within about a week, with a full flush not long after. Most kits produce more than one harvest.

They also make a genuinely good gift for the person on your list who’s impossible to shop for.
Come pick one out at Sargent’s — all three are here now, while supplies last

08/21/2026

It's dry out there — and your plants are struggling.

We've had a lot of folks stopping in recently telling us about wilted, crispy, stressed-out plants, and the story's almost always the same: it's been hot and dry for too long, and normal watering just isn't cutting it anymore. If your landscape is struggling, you're not alone — but it does mean it's time to change your routine, not just keep doing what you were doing in June.

Water more often than you think you need to. In a stretch like this, "normal" watering isn't enough. If you've been watering twice a week, bump to every other day. Containers and newly planted trees and shrubs need daily attention until this breaks. We know, you're busy and it feels like a part time job to water that often, but the ground is drying out faster than it's replenishing, and plants can only pull from what's actually there. It's not forever, we will get through it!

A quick sprinkle--thirty seconds with the hose--wets the surface and the water stops there, or just evaporates. The roots below stay bone dry. Set the hose down at the base, turn it to a slow trickle, and set a timer on your phone rather than guessing.

Newly planted trees need a long, slow soak — 20 to 25 minutes at the base, maybe daily in this heat. They are building roots right now and this is genuinely life or death for a new planting in weather like this.

New shrubs and perennials need the same attention, just less volume. A 2-gallon watering can, emptied slowly at the base, once a day — more if leaves are wilting by afternoon and the ground is parched again.

Containers and hanging baskets likely need water every single day, maybe twice a day. Small volume of soil, full sun, high heat — pots dry out fast. Water until it runs out the bottom every time, so the whole root ball gets soaked, not just the surface.

If the soil has gone truly dry, water it twice. A light first pass to soften the surface, then a deeper soak a few minutes later once the water can actually soak in instead of running off.

Aim at the base, not over the top of the plant. Wet leaves--especially in the evening--invite disease on top of everything else.

A tree watering bag is one of the best tools you can buy right now. Fill it, and it slowly releases water over several hours — a deep soak without you standing there with a hose. This makes the most of your precious time, too!

If your plants are struggling and you're not sure what to do, bring us photos or stop in for solutions!

08/20/2026

Some plants ask you to slow down and walk the whole circle. Diamond Rouge hydrangea is one of them — white from the front this week, blushing raspberry from the side, deepening toward wine red out back where the evenings hit it first.
🌿 Full sun to part shade
🌿 Blooms July into fall
🌿 Hydrangea paniculata
🌿 White → pink → raspberry → wine red
🌿 Color deepens as fall nights cool
🌿 3–4’ wide, 4–5’ tall
Walk around this one. It’s not the same flower twice!

08/20/2026

Cool mornings, rustling leaves, and a blank pot waiting to be filled — head to the greenhouse for our Fall Porch Planter Workshop. In this hands-on class you'll build a custom autumn container with the season's best texture and color, no gardening experience required. We supply the soil, tools, and guidance; you pick the plants.

Two Saturdays, two sessions each: September 12 and September 19, 9am or 11am.

Spots fill fast this time of year — grab your ticket and let's get your porch ready for fall.

Workshop ticket: $20, covers instruction, tools, and soil for one container up to 20". Plants, picks, and pots priced separately and totaled after class. One ticket covers one container — plant it solo, with a friend, or as a family project. Building more than one? No extra ticket needed, just pay for the additional plants and materials.

https://sargentsnursery.com/events-classes

08/20/2026

Nights are getting cooler and shorter and we are starting to lean into those first little glimpses of fall. Check out the gift market if you’re looking for fall vibes and warmth in your decor!