Bountiful Exotics Nursery

10/06/2026

Blink and you'll miss tomorrow's storm.
The real story is a long, mild fall.

NOAA's seasonal outlook leans warm for northern Utah through December. Leans, no promises.

That's good news for late figs. More time on the tree to finish.

Your plants are already getting the right fall message.
Shorter days, weaker light, and cooler nights all say "time for bed."

Fertilizer and extra water say "it's GO time."
That's a spring message. WRONG TIME.
Cut the fertilizer and ease off the water.
If it stays totally dry, we'll chat about that.

Questions about getting your yard ready for winter? Send us a message.

What's still ripening at your place?

Graphics credit:
National Weather Service Salt Lake City
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8–14 Day and Seasonal Temperature Outlooks: NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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10/03/2026

We don't get many tornados in Utah! Thanks to the NWS in SLC they documented the one above Fruit Heights recently. Thank you to the NWS for helping us garden with our crazy weather.
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08/07/2026

Did you see the fall gardening forecast?
(From the NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center)

08/07/2026

I have figs and pomegranates starting to color right now in my yard in Bountiful. Come take a look — visits are by appointment.

Maybe your apricots and peaches need a new yard friend for inspiration.

08/05/2026

Always a wonderful evening at the Botanical Garden!
See you tonight?

07/23/2026

Be wise. It's hot.

07/23/2026

Pioneer Day video drop.

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07/23/2026

Counting down to the 26th. That one is a special edition — Utah's first ever fig tasting.
The Utah Hardy Figs Community are bringing the figs. Utah grown, out of local growers' own backyards. Taste the varieties that actually ripen here and talk to the people growing them. Glad to be doing Fig Night alongside the Botanical Center. It is going to be good.

Taste, Tour & Ta-Dah! is back for August 🎶

Every Wednesday, grab a blanket or your favorite lawn chair and head to the Edible Garden for our free summer concert series. Each week, we'll kick off at 6:30 pm with guided garden tours, then it's on to fresh produce tastings before the music takes over until dusk.

The lineup:
🎸 Aug 05 — Eli and the 2nd Chance Band
🎷 Aug 12 — Northview Jazz Band
🎤 Aug 19 — Lars Yorgason Singers Jazz Ensemble
🌬️ Aug 26 — Harmonic Winds of Utah & Fig Night

It's FREE, it's family-friendly (leashed pups welcome too!), and picnic-cooler-approved for a relaxing alfresco evening.

📍 USU Botanical Center, Edible Demonstration Garden
🕡 6:30 pm – dusk, every Wednesday in August

Big thanks to our sponsors, Discover Davis and Goldenwest Credit Union, for making this one possible. 💛

06/06/2026

Hot weather advisory from Bountiful Exotics — this weekend is a stress test for new plants.

Today may hit 95 F in Salt Lake, humidity at 9%, winds gusting to 30 mph. Well above normal heat for early June on top of what has already been a dry spring.

If you picked up plants from us recently, here is what we want you to know.

Any plant in the ground less than 6 to 8 weeks still has a compromised root system. It cannot fully anchor and draw water yet. In normal summer heat that is manageable. In conditions like today — extreme wind driving transpiration, near-single-digit humidity, and well-above-normal temps — the demand on those roots exceeds what they can supply. Wilting is the symptom. It is the plant asking for help. Even if you just watered.

The National Weather Service has fire weather warnings posted for central and southern Utah through Sunday. Fire danger conditions and plant stress conditions are the same thing — extreme wind, extreme dryness, extreme heat. If you see a fire warning alert on your phone this weekend, think of it as a plant alert too.

Our recommendations for this weekend.

Water deeply early morning — before 8 am if possible. If you see midday wilt, move pots to a sheltered spot out of the sun and wind, but not somewhere that traps heat. A shade cloth or even a bedsheet might seem good, but wind can knock these over onto those babies- Ask me how I know! Do not fertilize until temps drop — no stress additions this weekend. Wilting that does not recover overnight is a warning sign worth acting on.

We watch conditions closely because it matters for the plants we grow and the plants we send home with you.

Questions? Reach out — we are here.