Dear Friends and Fellow Gardeners,
Welcome to Autumn and to Harlequin’s Gardens 2025 Fall Plant Sale!
Fall is a very good time to plant and establish trees, shrubs and perennials. Planting now gives time for roots to establish while sunlight and heat are decreasing. At this time of year, the energies in plants are being shifted from reproduction and growth, to the roots and to storing energy for the winter. Plants that go into the ground now will be strong and well-rooted by spring, and will be able to take advantage of spring moisture to grow before the weather turns hot and dry.
Fall is also the most important time to fertilize, because plants are directing their energies to their roots and buds. Those buds that will become leaves, flowers and fruits have to form in the winter to be ready by spring.
Our organic fertilizers feed slowly over a long time so plants will grow strong. Organic fertilizers provide not just NPK, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, but also much-needed micronutrients that are missing in chemical fertilizers and that support plant immune systems—so important to reduce pests and diseases without poisons.
Our focus on plants that are well-adapted to Colorado also ensures your success without overuse of water, fertilizers and pest management.
Check out our store, too. Our high quality tools, books and specialty products will make your gardening easier and more successful.
With our help, these methods will train our plants to take care of themselves.
For your success, Harlequin’s Gardens has the right plants, products and information to support your efforts. Our experience, and that of our customers, proves that this boast is not just advertising.
FALL SALE!
Our Members Sale will begin Saturday, August 16th and run through Friday, August 22nd. For your special support, members are rewarded with first pick at 20% off many plants, except fruit trees and house plants; and 25% off books. Membership supports staff, extras like organic and neonic-free plants, display gardens & has benefits throughout the year!
Fall Sale for Everybody: Saturday, August 23rd into October, beginning with 20% off many plants. (Details below.)
Please note: plants with BLUE TAGS are not discounted!
LIVE MUSIC & DEMONSTRATIONS DURING HARLEQUIN’S FALL SALE
For a lively start to our Fall Sale, we’ve invited some of our favorite local musicians to play for us on Saturday, August 23rd! Bop while you shop, or have a seat for a while at our free concerts!
Cora Weise Moore
10:30am – 12:30pm – ‘Tea at Six’ Irish Music Trio, with Cora Wiese Moore on Irish harp, with friends Dylan on guitar and banjo, and Adam on fiddle
Tina Gugelar
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Tina Gugeler – longtime Hammered Dulcimer champion will rock the nursery with spirited Celtic and other dance tunes!
Eve Reshetnik Brawner will offer two FREE DEMONSTRATIONS on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7that 11:00am and 1:00pm
Saving Seeds from your Favorite Tomatoes
Got a favorite open-pollinated or heirloom tomato variety in your garden? Or a fabulous discovery from a friend, farmstand or farmers market? In 15 minutes, you can watch and learn how to successfully save seeds from tomatoes so you can get great germination, grow your own starts and share seeds with others. Great for visual learners!
FALL & WINTER GARDEN CARE
Late August through September is an ideal time to plant and fertilize, because now is when plants are storing food in their roots and when they are making leaf and fruit buds for spring. Giving our plants and trees nutrition at this time of year strengthens their vitality and immunity and supports flowers and fruits for the following season.
Rake up diseased leaves from fire blight, fungal or bacterial diseases, and remove seed heads from aggressive seeders. Leave seeds of desirable plants, and leave seeds for the birds.
You can extend the vegetable season by 1) sowing cool season veggie seeds, choosing varieties with no more than 50 days-to-harvest, 2) using row cover fabric over veggies to add 2-4 weeks more production, 3) using tomato cages over tomatoes and peppers that you can cover to protect from sudden freezing temperatures, 4) mulch root crops to extend the harvest season, and 5) buy garlic and shallots in September to plant mid Oct. to mid Nov.
Winter Watering: Once our irrigation systems are blown out, we should water new plantings, especially the small plants, by hand or sprinkler once or twice a month, or more.
Lawns: September is the best time of year to aerate and fertilize with an organic fertilizer. Fall is also an excellent time to apply Corn Gluten, the organic weed and feed. Its 9% nitrogen provides fall fertilizing and it prevents weed seeds from germinating and lasts 6 months. Do another application in Feb/March.
PRODUCTS
Besides the plants themselves, our local, high-quality composts and organic fertilizer products, our mycorrhizae, and our good advice, all contribute to your gardening success.
Harlequin’s Fertility Mix: organic fertilizer, humate, rock minerals, coral calcium, molasses & mycorrhizae: Our own formulation for vibrant soil health! Use for seed plantings, transplanting planting veggies, perennials, trees, shrubs and houseplants, and as a soil synergist to feed soil biology all year
Richlawn 5-3-2 Lawn Fertilizer: Local Product from composted chicken manure, blood meal, feather meal: great for berries & shrubs (and lawns)
Alpha One Fertilizer: Local Product from alfalfa, cottonseed meal, blood meal, sunflower: veggies, perennials
Yum Yum Mix: cottonseed, rock dust, alfalfa, rock phosphate, kelp: for perennials, shrubs, natives & xeriscapes
Age Old Grow and Bloom, Neptune’s Harvest: great for fall and spring veggie planting and all your late-summer vegetables
11 Different Down To Earth Fertilizers
Mycorrhizae: both Micronized Endo and nutrient rich Big Foot: Root support and survival aid for all transplants–even cacti!
Composts: 3 kinds (including Mushroom Compost), good quality, economical, locally sourced to use local wastes & reduce CO2. NONE of our composts contain biosolids
Compost Tea: We are making compost tea with a biodynamic compost, a mineral concentrate, kelp extract, molasses, etc., and it is being made in a Vortex brewer. Compost tea increases the soil life (beneficial micro-organisms), which can bring more nutrients and water to the plants and make them stronger and better able to cope with stress. It can be used full-strength as a mild organic fertilizer, or it can be diluted in water up to 3 times as a soil or compost pile inoculant
Fine Wood Chip Mulch
Mulches: Fine Wood Chip, Squeegee (fine gravel), Soil Pep (partially composted bark): both feed soil organisms, stay put
Potting Mixes and Soils: Coco Loco and Ocean Forest: nutritious and successful for container-growing; Crump’s Cactus mix; Premium Planters Mix (for raised beds)
Expanded Shale: Local Product – a porous ceramic shale to break up heavy clay, hold air and water; permanent
Worm Castings: a natural, nutrient-rich amendment
Corn Gluten: both a nitrogen fertilizer for turf, and a safe non-toxic weed suppressant for fall and early spring
FALL VEGGIE SEEDS & MORE!
SEEDS: fresh from Botanical Interests and MASA Seed Foundation for cool-season greens, cover crops, sprouting
SEED SALE!
2025 Seeds (still viable!)-50% off
New (2026) seeds – no discount
Organic Garlic and Shallot bulbs (no discount) arriving soon!
Fall & Spring-blooming BULBS, Garlic and Shallots (no discount) Coming soon in late August/early September: many kinds of bulbs and new varieties. Check our website under Plants/Bulbs in the coming weeks for descriptions and photos of this year’s selections. Bulbs are NOT discounted during our fall sale!
PLANTS
Hidcote Lavender
Protecting Pollinators: Our high quality plants are 100% free from bee-killing, nerve-toxin neonicotinoids. Most of our plants are free from all pesticides and fungicides.
ORGANIC HERB STARTS: 3 Lavenders (Grosso, Munstead, Hidcote), many Mints (Apple, Grapefruit, Strawberry, Orange, Peppermint, Spearmint, Chocolate Mint, Kentucky Peppermint), plus Chives, Garlic Chives, Comfrey, Lovage, Watercress, Valerian, Catnip, Oregano, Marjoram, Arp Rosemary and Creeping Rosemary, Clary Sage, French Sorrel, Rue, 2 Savories, Stevia, Tanacetum, several Thyme varieties, Nettles
BERRIES: 4 Raspberries, 3 Currants, 2 Serviceberries, 3 Gooseberries, 7 Grapes, 6 Elderberries, a thornless Blackberry, Nanking Bush Cherries-3 kinds
FRUIT TREES (no discount): the best local selection of Apples, Cherries, Plums and a few Pears. Sorry, we can’t discount these trees. Selected by Mikl for fire blight resistance, and local success – grown organically in our nutrient dense potting soil
VINES: 20 kinds: Clematis-many, Honeysuckles-4 kinds; Silver Lace Vine, Wisteria, Purpleleaf Wintercreeper, Porcelain Vine, Bittersweet, Trumpet vine and many more!
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES: 14 kinds Freshly potted grasses-strong and sure to be successful planted in September: Little Bluestem, Giant Sacaton, Alkali Sacaton, Karl Foerster’s, Fescues, Big Bluestem, Switch Grasses, Blue Avena, Northern Sea Oats
ROSES: our proven, sustainable, own-root roses, including hardy Canadian Roses, the most successful climbing roses, some great Heirlooms and a good variety of Shrub Roses, and a few Austins
TREES: It’s not easy to find container-grown trees in 5 gallon pots. Unlike field-dug ‘ball &
burlap’, our trees have complete root systems ready to grow! We have a very wide selection:
Chinkapin Oak, Gambel Oak, Hawthorns, Wafer Ash (Ptelea), Ohio Buckeye, Hotwings Maple,
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Aspen, Catalpa, Hackberry, Crabapples, Ginnala Maple,
Goldenrain Tree, Linden-resistant to Japanese Beetle, Heptacodium-Seven-son Flower, Tree
Lilac, Sucker Punch Chokecherry, and more!
NON-NATIVE SHRUBS: Potentillas, Spireas, Bluemist Spirea, Viburnums, Aronia, Several Ninebarks, colorful Elderberries, 4 different Siberian Peashrubs, many lilacs, Cheyenne Privet, 3 Cotoneasters, Butterfly Bush, Hibiscus
NATIVE SHRUBS: the best selection: Mountain Mahogany-3 kinds, Fernbush, 3 Sumacs, 3 Rabbitbrush, Big Sage, Apache Plume, Serviceberries, Mockorange, Snowberry, Yuccas, Jamesia, Mt. Ninebark, Chokecherry, Wild Plum, Gambel Oak, Wavyleaf Oak, Gila Monster Oak, Turbinella Oak, Rocky Mt. Maple, Big Tooth Maple, Ptelea, Netleaf Hackberry
PERENNIALS: HUNDREDS of Neonic-free, Colorado-adapted selections –
NATIVES: Agastache rupestris, Sunset Hyssop; Agastache foeniculum, Anise Hyssop; Allium cernuum, Native Nodding Onion; Artemisia frigida, Fringed Sage; Artemisia ludoviciana, White Sage; Asclepias incarnata, Pink Milkweed; Berlanderia lyrata, Chocolate Flower; Brickellia grandiflora; Coreopsis lanceolata, Lance-leaf Tickseed; Engelmannia peristenia, Engelmann’s Daisy; Gaillardia artistata, Blanketflower/Firewheel;Hymenoxys hoopesii, Owl’s Claws/Orange Sneezeweed; Ipomoea leptophylla, Bush Morning Glory;Linum lewisii, Native Blue Flax; Monarda fistulosa, Native Bee Balm; Oenethera macrocarpa, Missouri Evening Primrose;Ratibida columnifera, Yellow Prairie Coneflower; Ratibida columnifera, Red Prairie Coneflower; Ratibida pinnata, Gray-Headed Coneflower; Salvia azurea var. grandiflora, Blue Sage; Scutellaria resinosa, Smoky Hills Skullcap; Solidago rigida, Stiff Goldenrod; Vernonia lettermanii, Ironweed
POLLINATORS: Agastache – Blue Fortune; Symphyotrichum (Aster) oblongifolius, Raydon’s Favorite; Centranthus ruber, Red Valerian/Jupiter’s Beard; Nepeta x faassenii – Faassen’s Catmint, Six Hills Giant, Walker’s Low; Origanum laevigatum, Herrenhausen’s Oregano; Phlox paniculata – Bright Eyes, Nicky, Laura, Red Riding Hood; Prunella laciniata, Cutleaf Self-Heal; Rudbeckia triloba, Blackjack Gold; Salvia nemorosa – Caradonna Sage, Ostfriesland, Rose Marvel, Sensation Deep Blue, May Night; Scabiosa columbaria – Flutter Pure White and Blue Pincushion Flower; Scabiosa lucida, Dwarf Blue Pincushion Flower
WATER-WISE: Catananche caerulea, Cupid’s Dart; Centaurea montana, Mountain Bluet/Perennial Cornflower; Dianthus, Blue Hills Pinks; Dianthus petraeus v. neoanus – Jasmine Dianthus; Diascia integerrima – Coral Canyon Twinspur; Draba rigida; Eryngium creticum, Field Eryngium; Ruta graveolens – Rue; Stachys byzantina, Silver Carpet Lamb’s Ear, Helen von Stein Lamb’s Ear; Zauschneria garrettii, Orange Carpet/Hummingbird Trumpet
Please note: Plants with BLUE TAGS are not discounted.
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FALL CALENDAR & SALE DETAILS
FALL SALE
MEMBERS SALE: Saturday August 16th-Friday August 22nd –for your special support, you are rewarded with 20% off plants, except Fruit Trees, Roses and house plants; 25% off books
FALL SALE begins for EVERYBODY: Saturday August 23-Friday Aug 29th: 20% off most plants except veggies, fruit trees and houseplants. LIVE music to lift our spirits on Saturday August 23!
Aug 30-Sept 5: 20% off most plants, plus 10% off houseplants, Deep Discount Area Opens
Sept 6-12: 25% off most plants, plus 10% off compost tea, 10% off houseplants
Sept 13-19: 25% off most plants, plus ongoing Deep Discount on Trees and Shrubs
Sept 20-26: 30% off most plants, 25% off Eco-Compost
Sept 27 through Oct: 30% off most plants, plus special deals
Autumn is harvest time.
Whatever bounty you have, share some of it.
You’ll be glad you did.
14th ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET
*Closed on Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 20th – Sunday, December 21st
We invite you to visit our 14th annual Holiday Gift Market, featuring the best local artisan creations, for your holiday shopping! Escape the frenzy of the malls and big box stores to browse in a charming, relaxed atmosphere and discover a unique, affordable selection of high-quality gifts that you won’t find anywhere else, including many ‘stocking stuffers’.
Every year we search out wonderful new artisans to add to our exciting collection of carefully curated, locally crafted, unique, affordable crafts, art, specialty foods and useful sustainable goods. You’ll find thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list, including delicious handmade fruit jams, gluten-free shortbread cookies, original jewelry, handmade clothing and accessories, kitchen and table wares, ceramics, glass and woodwork, books, CDs, organic body-care, beeswax candles, cards, puzzles, handmade holiday ornaments and wreaths, holiday flower bulbs (Amaryllis, etc.), houseplants, fun science tools and a lot more! Bring your friends!
Join us for our Holiday Open House on Saturday 11/22 and Sunday 11/23, featuring Beautiful Live Music from local artists, Delicious Homemade Refreshments, and all our Great Gifts!
DOOR PRIZES! Every day of our Holiday Gift Market all customers making a purchase can enter to win one of two $20 Gift Certificates drawn each week, for use during our 2026 gardening season! You don’t need to be present to win – we will contact the lucky winners!
Watch our E-Newsletters and Website for Details!
FALL AND WINTER HOURS:
OPEN this Winter: Jan 2 through February; Thursday, Fri and Sat 10-4 for houseplants, seeds, seed-starting supplies, fertilizers, garden consultations and some gift items.
September and October: 9-5, Tuesday through Sunday
November 20-December 21: 10 – 5, Thursday thru Sunday for Holiday Gift Market
Closed on Thanksgiving Day
Closed December 22-January 1
January and February: 10-4 Friday, Saturday, Sunday: for houseplants, seed-starting supplies, fertilizers, some gifts, honey, Winter Classes and who knows what?