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Add colour to your gardens, front porch or decks with Fall Mums
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Are now on sale
NOW
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30%
Luna Hibiscus and fall products excluded |
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 Our entire
Nursery
is now on sale. New stock arriving weekly
Save 30%
The Nursery is full of colour and all on sale.
Don't forget to keep your receipts for nursery purchases to use with the renovation tax credit. |
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September 3, 2009
(Membership Reward sales run Wednesdays to the following Thursdays each week) |
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Dear
As I am sure, many of you have had a busy week getting ready for back to school or maybe the last holiday trip for the summer. Whatever it may be I hope you enjoy the fantastic weather.
So next week when the dust settles you'll have to come out and pick up some of the fall mums to decorate with this fall. They are some of the best we've grown. I'm sure you'll love them as much as the customers have that have purchased some already. Hey and best of all they are grown right here and not shipped in from other areas. At only $4 each when you buy 5 or more they're a great deal and will do a great job decorating.
By the way, we will be open on Monday from 10:00am until 4:00pm.
Oh and one more thing; present your MEMBER REWARD CARD at the cash and save an additional 10% on Nursery Stock during the month of September. If you don't have a Member Reward Card, just ask at the cash.
Take care and have a terrific weekend.
Rob Gemmell
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THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREENER In fact sometimes the most interesting grasses come in many shades other than green! These are a great way to jazz up you planters in late summer, fill in that empty spot and add some textural interest and begin to move your planter's look into the next season. Here are some different varieties available here at the garden centre:  CAREX 'Toffee Twist' interesting mop top sedge grass in a brownish rust colour that looks excellent in mixed containers or makes a bold statement all on its own.
 ORNAMENTAL MILLET this unique foliage plant changes from chartreuse to burgundy as it matures creating a multicoloured effect. Burgundy flower spikes add interest in fall. Striking in large containers at the centre of a mixed planter. Looks great with fall mums.
 GREY HAIR GRASS has attractive tufts of blue-grey grass that is an excellent filler at the edge of containers. Tolerates drought and is a wonderful contrast to burgundy.
 PENNISETUM 'Red Riding Hood' upright arching, rich burgundy fountain grass does wonders for any container garden. Attractive pinkish plumes in late summer. Great fall thriller!
 FEATHER GRASS 'Ponytails' Graceful wispy foliage adds a soft touch to containers. Light green turning brown in fall adds motion to plantings. The great thing about any of these grasses is not only their effectiveness as fillers but their longevity; they last right into the fall. Once the rest of your containers start to fade you can add sedums, fall mums, and asters for a total fall look!
It's a great time to plant especially with the Home Tax Credit offered by the government this year; be sure to keep all your receipts! |
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Just a quick reminder that we are currently taking orders for fall nematodes. Those of you not familiar with nematodes, they are a natural predator to grubs and are an eco-friendly choice for pest control in your lawn, especially now with the pesticide ban in Ontario. Grubs have a spring/fall life cycle. Fall applications provide a very high kill rate as the grubs are usually smaller and closer to the surface. We order these on a customer request basis only, so be sure to call and get your name on the list if you are looking to apply them this September.
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ECO SEED |
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September is also a great time to overseed your lawn. We carry a full line of grass seed choices here at Gemmell's for full sun to shade. Our newest introduction is Eco Lawn which is mainly a fescue based mix. It is very drought tolerant and grub resistant because fescue is a deeper rooted grass so it can withstand more stress than the bluegrass varieties. For those of you in love with a golf course lawn then our Estate Mix is a great choice with 60% bluegrass. |
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Feeding your lawn is an important aspect of keeping it strong and healthy and therefore less susceptible to weeds and pests. Apply fall fertilizer in September to help feed the roots and strengthen the grass as it enters its winter dormancy period. For those of you that have used our 3 step feeding program from Fafard, the third step is available now to apply any time in September. If you haven't fed your lawn all season then you may want to consider doing it now, as well as overseeding, for better results in spring. |
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Many of our gardeners have been in this summer with woes of the dreaded Lily Leaf Beetles. These pests can defoliate a lily in a matter of hours. For those lily lovers out there they are a real pain in the ......garden!
Dealing with these pests is not as simple as spraying them with insecticidal soap, nothing seems to kill these guys except one of 2 methods.
1. Squish every single one of them by hand (I know, I know...yuck!) It is truly labour intensive but it works!
2. Neem Oil. which is a natural product derived from the Neem Tree, is another effective method of attack. Here at Gemmell's we have found that only the Neem Oil Concentrate is effective in controlling Lily Beetles. Mixed at a rate of 30ml (the instructions say 10ml) to 1 litre of water with 2 drops of dish soap as an emulsifier is the recommended rate. Be sure to coat the undersides of the leaves in order to kill all eggs and larvae and repeat every 3 weeks. Note: this method is most effective on the egg and larvae stages so be proactive and check your lilies weekly.
There is an excellent garden link from Phil Reilly at Reilly's Country Gardens that is very in-depth and informative about the Lily Leaf Beetle if you are interested in reading more. We were first given this website by one of our customers here at Gemmell's (thank you!)
Here's the link www.rcgardens.ca/factsheets/factsheets/neem.html
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Return all Horticultural  plastic pots to us
during business hours to be either re-used (if they came from us) or returned to the manufacturer to be made into new pots, if they didn't. Pots & flats Made in Canada or the USA, with recycling number symbols 2, 5 or 6 will be recycled. Styrofoam is not recyclable and cannot be accepted. |
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 Member Rewards have now been put on your MEMBER REWARD CARD. You can now come in to make a purchases anytime through November 30th 2009 to use these rewards.
If by chance you have lost your MEMBER REWARD CARD, you can still redeem the rewards by replacing the card at the cash before making a purchase. |
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