Choosing the right type of soil for your garden can be tricky. There are many different types of soils available on the market, and it’s hard to know which one is best suited to meet your needs. In this post, we will explore some popular choices as well as what you should look for in a good quality soil that will work well with your plants! Every spring we get a lot of customers asking for garden soil, many of them may not know the specific kind of soil or compost they will need. Choosing the right one will depend on whether you are starting a new garden or have an existing one. If you have a ..read more

Top 5 Trees For The Boise Area: 1. Autumn Blaze Maple 2. Shademaster Honey Locust 3. Canada Red Chokecherry 4. Sensation Maple 5. River Birch A lot of the soils in the Boise area are clay based. Choosing a tree that grows well here will require it to be hardy and tolerant of all soil conditions. It also needs to withstand the big temperature differences we have. The following trees all grow well in the Boise area and are available for purchase from Victory Greens. Autumn Blaze Maple This is a fast growing tree that’s popular in the Treasure Valley. It is a hybrid tree that is a cross between ..read more

In the 20+ years that we’ve been in business here in Meridian we have had the ability to sort out only the best available garden and landscape products to have for sale. Our premium topsoil is no exception. Many years ago we used to get our topsoil from various suppliers around the valley. At one point in time we kept getting complaints from our customers that nothing would grow in the topsoil we had been selling at that time. Not wanting this to keep being an issue we set out to find the problem. After quite a bit of investigative work we finally learned that the topsoil we were getting from ..read more

Victory Greens has been the Boise area’s best source of landscaping rock for nearly 30 years. Our Meridian stone yard has over 35 types of bulk rock available by the yard. Our decorative rock has a huge variety of uses whether you want to dress up your plant beds, create a driveway or path, or give a custom look to different areas of your yard. Unlike other types of ground cover materials, decorative rock will maintain it’s appearance indefinitely. If a proper weed barrier is used it will remain weed free and low maintenance for many years. It is extremely durable and won’t break down or need ..read more

Fall isn’t just the best time to winterize your grass and landscape plants. Your garden can also benefit from having compost, raw organic matter, and organic nutrients added to it. As you harvest and clear out your crops you will want to loosen up the soil and mix in a layer of compost. Before the ground freezes the nutrients in the compost will help microbes and other beneficial organisms to grow. Your worn out end of the season soil will be prepped and ready for planting in the spring. Just harvesting your garden plants and leaving the soil as is for the winter can cause you to have low amo ..read more

Have you ever wondered how some people still have green grass in the middle of winter? Or how they always seem to be the first ones with lush green lawns in spring time? The answer is that they properly winterize their lawns with the correct kinds of fertilizer. Fall is a critical time for most kinds of grass. As the temperature begins to change and the days get shorter, grass will begin to store nutrients for the winter. It starts to shift food reserves from the leaves to the roots. Applying a good fertilizer mix will provide your lawn with plenty of food to get through the winter. It will al ..read more

Once you are ready to plant your new tree… Dig a hole that is respectfully wider than the root ball. *Note, that some areas restrict the size of the hole you can dig so make sure to have measurements ready when purchasing a tree or any other plant material. A wider hole will allow the roots to easily penetrate the surrounding soils and establish themselves. Try not to dig the hole any deeper than the root ball. It is usually best to set the root ball on undisturbed soil (see adjacent diagram). Your tree should be planted 1 to 3 inches above ground level rather than too deep. This insures your ..read more