Knapp Garden Center Products

Knapp Garden Center Products

Knapp Garden Center is the best place for locally sourced plants and other growables, located right behind City Market in Eagle. Here is an overview of some of the products we offer.

Learn more about what we do and why we do it.
Annuals
A range of colors, shapes, and sizes will provide interest to your garden, patio containers, or window boxes. An annual plant grows from spring until fall and needs to be replanted every year.
Perrennial
We strive to offer mountain-friendly and drought-tolerant perennials to create the alpine garden of your dreams. We suggest flowers that attract pollinators for the success of your garden year after year and provide value to your landscape.
Veggie Starters & Herbs
Imagine harvesting your very own veggies and herbs right from your garden! Get a jump on the short summer gardening season by choosing from a variety of veggie and herb starters.
Trees & Shrubs
No landscape is complete without the addition of trees and shrubs. Choose from trees that can produce edible fruit, beauty, and shade and shrubs that complement your garden by creating foliage, and hedges.
Seeds
Enjoy every stage of plant growth by starting from seeds. We carry heirloom, organic, non-GMO vegetable seeds, and pollinator-friendly wildflower seeds. The best time to plant seeds in our valley is before the end of May or in the fall before the snow.
Soil Amendments
Soil is the foundation and the most important component for healthy plant growth. We carry everything from potting soil, compost, soil pep, and garden soil, all organic or non-organic to fit your gardening needs.
Garden Essentials
We offer basic gardening tools, gloves, pots and planters, fertilizers, compost tea, and organic weed and pest control to help maintain a healthy garden.

FAQs

To garden at high altitudes, you must pay close attention to climate, growing seasons, pest control, moisture control, soil conditions, plant and vegetable selection, and timing.

Eagle Valley has many microclimates resulting in plant zones ranging from 3 – 5. 

Eagle/ Gypsum – Planting Zone: 3 – 5  
Avon – East Vail – Planting Zone: 3 – 4  

Planting zones help gardeners know which plants will thrive in a specific area

The main difference between annual and perennial plants is their life cycle.  

 An annual plant grows from spring until fall and needs to be replanted every year. Annual plants provide color sooner than perennials. 

 A perennial plant grows back year after year, they are a good long-term investment.

Garden soil – use in the area that you will be planting to produce food. 

Topsoil – use to fill holes, level out an area, and when planting trees or shrubs.

The richer and more diverse your garden soil or topsoil is, the healthier and more robust your plants will be. Feed your soils in spring and fall with compost teas and compost.

Pollinator-friendly plants help support bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. When choosing pollinator-friendly plants, make sure to stay away from hybrid and non-native plants as native pollinators avoid them. 

Below are 7 of our favorites: 

  1. Coneflower – echinaces
  2. Cosmos
  3. Bee Balm – monarda
  4. Lavender  
  5. Veronica 
  6. Penstemon 
  7. Liatris Ligulistylis

We have a short summer season in the mountains, so choosing starters will help your veggie garden thrive through the unpredictable weather, and will give you a 6-week head start.  

When you are still on the mountain skiing, we are already growing veggie starters in our heated greenhouse. When the mountain closes and planting season arrives, our starters will be ready for you to plant!