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Hours: Monday
- Saturday - 7 am to 5 pm
Sunday
- 9 am to 4 pm
Closed
on all major holidays.
for July
Set out those summer flowers, herbs and vegetables today! It's not too late to plant favorites like peppers, corn, and tomatoes. We still have a nice selection of heirloom tomatoes, and of course, lots of other vegetables in pony packs, 4" pots, and seeds. You can also continue planting roses, trees, berries, etc.
As the days get hotter, increase your watering, especially for container plants. Mulch around trees, shrubs, roses, and annuals is an important way to conserve water. We have wood chips and a wonderful product call Forest Humus that does a great job.
We have everything you need for your summer landscape projects and, we are open longer every day, so come on down.
Maintenance
Check your irrigation system for leaks and clogs. Repair as needed.
Continue to deadhead (cut off spent blossoms) roses and all blooming plants.
Water early in the morning to be sure your plants get most of the water.
Stop watering established native plants.
Two weeks before fruits ripen, put netting over trees to keep birds from devouring your crop. Harvest fruit on trees.
Continue applying snail and slug bait.
Cut back hydrangeas.
Pinch chrysanthemums for bushy growth and more flowers.
Spray for aphids, scale, whitefly, rust and powdery mildew.
Plant Now
Plant tropicals - bananas, hibiscus, succulents, papayas, palms.
Plant summer color - petunias, marigolds, daisies, strawflowers, cosmos..
Plant vegetables: cucumbers, eggplants, corn, melons, peppers, tomatoes, corn, beans, pumpkins, squash.
Plant canna, ginger, hibiscus, heliconia.
Sow seeds or plant seedlings of summer vegetables and flowers.
Plant heirloom tomatoes - we have at least 10 varieties!
Plant summer color - cosmos, marigolds, zinnias, asters, impatiens, lisianthus, lobelia, petunia, alyssum, verbena.
Buy seeds for summer flowers and vegetables to start indoors or outdoors now.
Fertilize
Fertilize everything that's actively growing: roses, fuchsias, cymbidiums, tropicals, annuals, vegetables and lawns.
Fertilize everything in the vegetable garden..
All
gardeners live in beautiful places because they make
them so. Joseph Joubert
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