Didn’t get as much gardening done as you’d intended this year? Looking to enjoy some garden time without the searing heat? Fear not, you haven’t missed out yet! The Rock Pile carries seeds for both late-season vegetables and root crops

A truly graceful and artistic tree that is overwhelming in overall attractiveness. Its heart shaped leaves emerge in spring a beautiful reddish purple gradually changing to bluish green in summer and in autumn, all the splendor that is fall, its leaves turn to shades of orange, apricot and yellow. It grows to a height of [...]

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What’s so awesome about shopping at The Rock Pile? We don’t just carry the “must-haves” when it comes to plants, we look for the “hardly-can-finds”.

After time, mulch will settle and pack down and it can actually become impervious to water and air.

A treetop hunter of deciduous forests and suburban areas, the Great Crested Flycatcher is easier to hear than to see. The call of the Great Crested Flycatcher is a a strong rising “wee-eep.”

The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, is the most abundant and important landscape pest in Ohio. The adults can be controlled by spraying susceptible plants with insecticides. There are several over-the-counter pesticides available at The Rock Pile.

There are several Deer Repellents on the market that are effective in deterring deer and we’ll be highlighting a few of them here over the next few days. To start out, let’s look at Milorganite.

A plain brown bird with an effervescent voice, the House Wren is a common backyard bird over nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. Listen for its rush-and-jumble song in summer and you’ll find this species zipping through shrubs and low tree branches, snatching at insects. The House Wren has one of the largest ranges of any songbird in the New World.

GardenSoxx® can help you Simplify Your Love of Gardening™ by eliminating your fight with the unwanted intruders in your otherwise heavenly garden! GardenSoxx® is one of the most simple and unique gardening systems you’ll find, allowing you to put a garden anywhere.

Spring is here at The Rock Pile Garden Center!

Hummingbirds are the only birds that consistently hover in flight. The unique anatomy of the bones and muscles of the wing and its attachment at the shoulder joint allow hummingbirds to fly even backward. While hovering, a hummingbird beats its wings at a rate of around 55 times per second. That rate increases to at [...]