Time for Fall Planting!

Keeping Your Perennial Garden Glorious into Fall with Fall Plants and Flowers
The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. Each season has its stars and fall flowering perennials have some of the best. Fall flowers have all season to grow, so many of them are tall and stately. Fall bloomers also tend to blossom in the jewel tones of the season, deep purples, rusts, scarlet and gold. For fall bloomers to be hardy in your garden, you need to plant and establish them earlier in the season.

How To Care For Fall Mums - easy planting with gorgeous results year after year - show stopper bordersor perfect for berm planting.
Mums should be planted on moist and fertile soils that are rich in organic matter. Although they like moist soils, care should be taken to ensure it is not soggy. Additionally, they should be watered every other day and fed using a general purpose fertilizer every month. Mums should also be pinched in spring so as to encourage new growth.

Hats off to the class of 2012!

" The world is run by those who show up..... not those waiting to be asked"

Congratulations to the graduates of 2012 - persevere and follow your dreams!


Show your love and support with a beautiful bouquet of colorful fresh flowers
to the graduate in your family!

Mother's Day - Sunday May 13th

Don't forget mom and grandma Sunday May 13th!  It’s important to remember that husbands
and children) cannot read minds without a few subtle hints. Many moms don’t care what the day brings as long as her family remembers. Others may have a very specific idea in mind. It’s important you remember and show your sentiment for mom. Floral gifts are a great soft spot for moms and grandma's, as are outdoor patio planters for the deck and yard.  Show mom how much she means to you and show her your love and appreciation for always being there.

TOP OF THE MORNING!

All Irish eyes are smiling on St. Patricks Day March 17th! Green carnations and and shamrock plants are wildy popular for the Irish festivities and celebrations.
The original Irish plant, the shamrock, is a native to Ireland. A vigorous stem-rooting perennial, this popular plant has trifoliate leaves. Occasionally a fourth leaf will appear, making a "four-leaf clover," said to bring good luck to the person who has it. Stop in with our on line coupon and
get $3.00 off your purchase of your lucky shamrock plant!

HAPPY 2012!

Start the new year right by freshening up with our beautiful tropical house plants. Green plants give off life sustaining oxygen while taking in carbon dioxide and other pollutants. It would serve us well to remember that without plants and trees we wouldn’t have oxygen. Tropical plants grown in our homes are similar to little air purifiers. Silk greenery can’t do that.

Pick up some green today at any one of our 3 locations!

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Fresh Christmas Tree or Artifical?

Struggle between getting a fresh christmas tree or artifical?
Here are a few tips that may help with your decision.

Fresh VS Artificial

Pros of having a fresh tree

Fresh scent
Takes in carbon dioxide and other harmful greenhouse gases
and release fresh oxygen into the air.
Christmas tree farms help sustain the rural economy and provide jobs
Another tree is planted for each one harvested to ensure a steady supply year after year

Pros of having artificial
More cost-effective
Flame retardant
No mess from needles
Comes Pre lit –saves time! or pack away totally assembled.
Comes in choice of colors!

Cons of having a fresh tree
Sheds needles
Can become a fire risk if not correctly maintained
Can only be left up for a limited time and less economical
Transporting the tree and disposing of it after use can be difficult

Cons of having artificial
Can look phony and synthetic
There is no advantage to the home economy,
most fake trees are made abroad
Time required to assemble the tree
Requires storage space in the home