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Hot New Perennials for 2008!
PINK SHUTTLES DOUBLE CONEFLOWER
If you love pink, you'll want to be among the first to grow this exciting coneflower. Its prominent cone is made up of tiny, dark pink individual flowers that contrast with the lighter pink outer petals.
Buy Now! $14.95
To see all perennials, check web site www.e-news.dutchgardens.com
Below are a few top perennials for 2008:
TWILIGHT PRAIREBLUES BAPTISIA
Striking bicolor blooms. A superb hybrid developed by the Chicago Botanic Garden. Buy Now! $18.95
LEMON SORBET VERBASCUM
Exciting color breakthrough. Brilliant yellow flowers are like a ray of sunshine-even on cloudy days.
Buy Now! $17.95
JAPANESE JACK IN THE PULPIT
Opt for something totally different with this strikingly beautiful-and highly visible-perennial. Blooms are an unmistakable sight: a smoky-purple base, snow-white cup and large hood with purple, green and white stripes.
Buy Now! $34.95
DOUBLE ORIENTAL LILY MIXTURE
Wow! These showy, double blossoms have four tiers of shapely petals and measure a full 6" across. The exclusive mix features light and dark pink, white with yellow and white with green-all with a soft, sweet fragrance.
Buy Now! $29.95, 6 bulbs
To place your order by phone, call 1-888-821-0448 and mention code KKA7009A. Or write to Dutch Gardens, 144 Intervale Road, Burlington, VT 05401
Container plants offer gardeners a great way to save space in the yard. They also provide wonderful decoration for a sunny porch or deck. Ideal for first-time gardeners, container plants can be mixed together in larger pots to create mini-gardens. This fall, Park Seed is offering eleven container classics that are sure to spice up the fall garden.
Princess Lilies®
Absolutely the top container plants of the season, these miniature Peruvian Lilies cover themselves with blooms for over two long seasons. Best in dappled sun in most climates, they need no special care to flower continuously for 4 months or more.
Princess Oxana -Burgundy flowers highlighted with a yellow center
Princess Isabella -Rich golden-orange blooms
Princess Fabiana -A narrow band of white edges each dark green leaf, complimenting the white blooms that are striped and streaked with soft yellow
Princess Paola -Rosy-pink stripes decorate the center of each white petal, finished with a cluster of streaked red and yellow in the center
Other Fall Container Plants:
Dwarf Oriental Lily Garden Party
A dwarf selection perfect for containers as well as the front of the Lily display, this ultra-fragrant variety sets clean white blooms with red freckles and a narrow central band that shades from gold at the base to maroon at the tip.
Hardy Japanese Banana
Now northern gardeners can grow a Banana tree without fear of harsh winter weather. Very showy and easy to grow, it asks only for protection from strong wind and wet, boggy soils. Fruit is not edible.
Gaura Bijou Butterflies
The new growth is a beautiful bright rose that matures to green with pink and white edges; when the bright pink blooms come in summer, they combine with foliage to create a truly memorable sight in your garden. If you cut them back after the first full bloom, you’ll have a repeat performance in fall.
Stokes’s Aster Purple Pixie
The full-sized flowers appear heavily in early summer, then repeat at season’s end, on neat little plants that never get rangy or open-centered. Perfect for hot humid climates where other perennials suffer.
Hollyhock Queeny Purple
This plant, unlike the old form of Hollyhock, gives you huge flowers on plants so compact and dense you can use them as a hedge. Rich purple blooms come early and stay late.
Dwarf Mallow Barnsley Baby
Merry 3-inch blooms starred with rosy eyes arise for several weeks on this first-ever dwarf Tree Mallow. This little powerhouse covers itself in blooms from midsummer through fall.
Phlox Grenadine Dream
Each bloom is studded with brilliant ruby-red flowers, held straight up on strong, vigorous plants. Very mildew-resistant, this is the best red phlox we’ve ever seen.
The Park Seed Company is a privately held business and encompasses Park Seed, Wayside Gardens, Park’s Gardens, Park’s Landscapes, and Park Seed Wholesale. The Park Seed/Wayside Gardens headquarters is located in Greenwood, South Carolina and boasts 9 acres of trial gardens that are open to the public.
These products can be viewed on www.parkseed.com.
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Park Seed Offers A Giant Bloom with a Ruffled, Starry Look-- the Kingfisher™ Clematis
This plant was developed by Raymond J. Evison, a master Clematarian. Reblooming Clematis are a rare delight, but seldom do you see such a giant-flowered variety repeat . . . with just as many flowers the second time around as the first! Kingfisher™ is a magnificent new Clematis from the master of the Queen of Climbers, Raymond J. Evison. It sets huge 6- to 7-inch blue blooms with thick petals that overlap at the base, creating a ruffled, three-dimensional look before tapering to a point for a starry silhouette. A single flush of these flowers is a treat, but two a year is almost embarrassing!
The flowers arise first in spring on plants 6 to 8 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide. Ideal for cutting, they dwarf the foliage and steal the show in any setting. Then they repeat in late summer to early autumn, followed by large, silvery-white seedheads that impart an airy look to the late-season garden. Whether you grow it up a lamppost, let it thread through a fence, or train it up a trellis, this Clematis is nothing short of stunning.
Content with its roots shady and cool while its tops (aboveground growth) are sunny and warm, Kingfisher™ thrives in well-mulched soil in full sun in all but the hottest climates. It is in Pruning Group II, so needs a hard pruning in late winter. Very vigorous and floriferous, it is an outstanding climber for any garden or large container. Zones 4-9.
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For more information or to order, contact Park Seed Company, 1 Parkton Ave , Greenwood, SC 29647; 800-213-0076 or check web site www.parkseed.com
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Raspberry Caroline - New and Luscious
Nothing compares to delicious, juicy-sweet fruit ripened to perfection in your own home garden. With Park's premium fruit plants, you'll be harvesting loads of your favorite treats in no time!
New easy-to-grow Raspberry Caroline is one of the heaviest-yielding everbearing red Raspberries of all, producing large, juicy red berries with a full-bodied, intense flavor that's perfect for eating fresh or using in desserts. An ultra-dependable delicacy that no garden should be without, it demonstrates terrific disease resistance and is highly adaptable to various soils and climates across the country.
Fill your garden — and belly — with sweet delight this summer by ordering today for spring shipping!
For more information, contact Park Seed Co.,1 Parkton Ave. | Greenwood, SC 29647
800-213-0076 www.parkseed.com; info@parkscs.com
Order Veggies Online
There's nothing more convenient than ordering your vegetable plants online and having them shipped straight to your front door. Park sends only the biggest and strongest of the bunch to ensure your success and get your vegetable garden started off right. Simply plant them, water them in, and watch them take off. It's that simple!
The company's original Whopper has been a classic variety for decades, and now they've improved it for bigger harvests and even meatier flavor. 'Park's Whopper CR Improved VFFNT' Hybrid Tomato offers greater disease resistance, a longer season, and more succulent tomato flavor in every slice.
Add garden accessories like Tomato AlgoFlash to your order, and you'll have earlier and bigger harvests of fresh sun-ripe veggies. And don't forget - you still have time to start vegetable seeds. Choose from hundreds of different vegetable varieties for the tastiest, most productive crops ever!
Tomato 'Park's Beefy Boy'
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Pepper Sweet Rainbow
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Pepper 'Park's Whopper Improved'
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Park's Tomato Trio
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2 plants each of Cherry Sweet Baby Girl,
Beefy Boy, and Park's Whopper.
1 collection of 6 plants for only $14.95
Whopping Big Vegetable Collection
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2 plants each of Tomato Park's Whopper,
Tomato Beefy Boy, and Pepper Park's Whopper.
1 collection of 6 plants for only $12.95
Plants and bulbs will be
shipped at the proper planting time for your area.
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Or contact Park Seed Co., 1 Parkton Ave., Greenwood, SC 29647, 800-213-0076 web site www.parkseed.com; E-Mail info@parkscs.com
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Clematis has long been hailed as the Queen of the Climbers, and Wayside's selections prove exactly why. With extravagant blooms, lush foliage, and a versatility in color and form that is seen in no other vine, they'll weave adaptable, hardy beauty into your landscape for a lifetime of outstanding garden performance.
Award-winning Clematis 'Broughton Star' offers thousands of semi-double blooms over a long season. Its new spring foliage emerges in bright bronzy tones and remains as flowers begin to appear, creating a stunning display! This popular vine never needs pruning and is a favorite for clambering over walls, through open-habit shrubs, and alongside climbing roses.
For details and information on Wayside's new contest, check out Wayside Gardens: America's Premier Source of Choice Plants and Bulbsm Garden Lane, Hodges, SC 29695-0001 | 800-213-0379; info@waysidecs.com
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Far from ordinary, today's Hostas stand out as the perfect shade perennial for hardy, low-maintenance beauty and an endless variety in shape, color, texture, and size. Whether you need a large, bold specimen to catch attention as a focal point or a ground cover that blends in with other shade dwellers, there's a Hosta to suit every garden's style and growing conditions.
Lakeside Dragonfly is an exceptional new Hosta for Spring 2008 that we're thrilled to offer early for fall planting! Like all of the Lakeside series, it is quick to establish, adaptable to a wide range of climates, and displays substantial texture to keep it lovely despite rough weather. You'll love the way its long, arching leaves lend distinctive personality to your containers and full-shade borders!
To order or for more information, contact Wayside Gardens at 1 Garden Lane, Hodges, SC 29695-0001 | 800-213-0379 or go to web site info@waysidecs.com
SOIL MATES are ideal for moving potting soil from a bag to a pot or planter. Each
of the specially shaped SOIL MATES holds 3-5 times more soil than an average size trowel or a hand. Use them also for any other loose materials such as fertilizers,
bird seeds, etc.
How to Use for Potting:
Very easy, fast and virtually spill-free --- here are some ideas:
• Place plant in the center of the pot.
• Insert the smaller SOIL MATE between the plant and the inside of the
pot or planter and push it against the root ball to create an opening.
• Using the larger SOIL MATE as a scoop, drop potting soil into the space
you created.
SOIL MATES are great with planters which have liners of moss and coconut fibers.
How to Dig a Perfect Hole in Seconds:
• Using one or both SOIL MATES, push them into the ground to define the
size of the hole you want to create (optimum size 5-10").
• Then insert the SOIL MATES, on opposing sides of the area you defined.
• Push the bottoms together and lift the soil out of the ground.
Because of the unique shape of the SOIL MATES, the bottom of the hole will be flat
and ready for planting. Recommended only for soft soil.
Transplanting - Root Ball Stays Intact
In much the same manner as described to dig a hole, work on both sides of the
plant you wish to move. The fairly sharp bottoms of the SOIL MATES make them
ideally suited for breaking up root balls before planting. They are also perfect for
dividing and transplanting small to medium size perennials.
Empty Pots or Planters Fast and Clean:
If you wish to prepare a previously used large pot or planter for a new plant, simply
use the SOIL MATES for quick and spill-free removal of existing soil. It is similar to
digging a hole as shown above. You may either use one or both SOIL MATES.
Scooping up Dirt:
SOIL MATES are perfectly suited for picking up any loose material (dirt, pebbles,
seeds, etc.) from a flat surface such as a table, floor or terrace. Just push the two
SOIL MATES together as shown in the picture and lift them up.
More Uses for SOIL MATES:
• Use them for bird seeds and pet food
• Spread salt to de-ice driveway and walkways
• Remove cold ashes from a fireplace
• Remove snow and ice from a windshield
• Mix concrete
• Scoop up compost
• Stir potting mix when adding water
• Mixing up soil components such as peat moss,
compost, sand etc.
What distinguishes our patented SOIL MATES from other regular trowels or scoops is their flat bottom and slightly curved design. This makes them ideal for potting, transplanting and digging holes. They are made of strong, light-weight nylon, have
colorful PVC foam grips for added comfort and are practically unbreakable. As you can see in the pictures on web site www.innovativegardenproducts.com, they are a
truly multi-purpose tool for house and garden.
Available on-line for $13.95 (set of 2), plus shipping and handling, from INNOVATIVE GARDEN PRODUCTS, INC. 6 Spielman Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004;
973-227-3135 or 973-882-8877, Fax: 973-882-8918 or via E-mail: igpinc@yahoo.com, Attention: Dieter Baars
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