Utah nursery helps patrons with pots

LAYTON — It’s a good guess that not too many people are worrying about planting pots of flowers in the recent Utah April weather.

However, one group of ladies spent a recent rainy morning planting pots full of flowers at a class held at The Petal Pusher in Layton. They hope their flowers will be full-grown and ready for their yards come June.

The group’s reason for the early start is because nursery owner, Linda Ashment, will baby and care specifically for their potted plants in her nursery for the next month.

Julie Howard, of Layton, has been planting her own pots at the nursery for the past several years.

“I love having her keep my plants for a month because when I come back, they are full and beautiful. When I set them out, a lot of my other stuff hasn’t bloomed yet and looks a little bare, so these add some color,” Howard said.

Ashment said it’s easy to pot plants and flowers. Her class first went through the nursery and selected the plants they wanted. Ashment advised them along the way as to which ones did well in sun or shade.

Growing things in Utah can get a bit tricky during summer months with the state’s extreme heat, Ashment said. One of the biggest problems is people try to put partial sun plants into the full sun, thinking they will do well.

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