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Speaking of lush, you can create the feel of a tropical paradise in a corner of your garden with our new mist maker. Come in and see it. Just place it in a CLEAN water-gardening pot and plug it in. Add a few hostas and ferns. You'll think you're in the Amazon rainforest. In the evening, the tiny white lights make the mist glow.
Deadhead those perennials that are finished blooming. This creates bushier plant and will often force a second flush of flowers. Cut them off down to the main mass of foliage.
Need a small evergreen for a wet spot? Ilex glabra compacta is perfect. Looks like a boxwood, grows 4 ft. high and likes swampy areas as much as ordinary garden soil. It can grow in sun or shade and it has evergreen leaves. We have some cute little ones just begging to be planted in a soggy area of your garden.
Got a hot dry spot? Look for plants with silver foliage (That's their natural protection for conserving water). Russian Sage, Lavender, Lambs Ears, Artemesia, Yarrow. Ask us for our new info sheet on Xeriscaping (gardening to conserve water). This will be especially helpful to those of you who live in dune soil.
What's the difference between rose types? Confused? Hybrid Tea-large flower, one per stem. Grandiflora-large flower, clustered on a branch. Floribunda-small flower, clustered on a branch. All these are prone to black spot and usuallyu need spraying. All these roses are heavy feeders and heavy drinkers. Fertilize every 6 weeks with rose food until August 1. Shrub Rose-Easy care. Rugosa roses are the easiest-very hardy, spreads wide by suckers.
Make a quick and easy water garden to sit on the patio. Fill up an old wash tub, plop in a water lily. Add a Mosquito Dunk to prevent mosquito larvae and a little recirculating pump. For less than $10 just get a couple Water Hyacinths or Water Lettuce to float, a mosquito dunk and your cookin'. The birds will love it.
Protect yourself from the sun and heat. Wear loose cotton clothes, hat, sunblock and drink plenty of water. Try our FOR THE GARDENER Lipbalm(SPF 30 & Vitamin E). Soothe rough, dry hands with JAN'S favorite, SURGEON'S SKIN SECRET. CINDY'S favorite BITE BLOCKER all natural insect repellant really works! Mosquitoes will run the other way. PAUL'S method for controlling mosquitoes - install a BAT HOUSE.
A new tree is like a child. It needs to be nurtured in order to grow up properly. Don't expect instant results. Patience will pay off in a long term beautiful specimen. It takes a tree 3 years to become established. It takes that long for it to grow enough roots to sustain itself through dry times. Be sure to keep watering a newly planted tree through this period. Because it is busy growing roots, it may not flower for a couple years. This is normal. Be patient!
Don't mound up bark against a tree trunk. Pull it back away from the trunk so the bark stays dry and firm. Otherwise, bugs and fungus could invade.
PAUL'S quote of the year: "A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOB FOREVER"
CARMEN'S quote of the year: "LEARN TO LOVE THE WEEDS"
Come see our incredible evergreens. From dwarf to very large, there's one to fit your yard. Here's just a small tidbit of our selection from Small to large: Bird's Nest Spruce, Dwarf Hemlock, Variegated Boxwood, Falsecypress, Juniper Skyrocket, Weeping White Pine, Weeping Red Pine, Norway Spruce, White Spruce, Colorado Spruce. Makes a great backdrop for annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs.
Mow your grass high to prevent stress to your lawn. Don't fertilize when it's hot and dry.
Think liberal rather than conservative when watering trees and shrubs. Water is not perfume, and the rule "less is more" does not apply here. Soak plants thoroughly after planting through into the fall. During the hot summer, water by letting it slowly trickle out of the hose placed next to your tree for a couple hours, twice a week. A sprinkler system set to water your lawn IS NOT ADEQUATE for plants with deeper roots.
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