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Garden Talks
1. Tim Bate of Skillin's Nursery wants you to know that our rhododendron bushes are on sale through this weekend for 20% off. We have some beauties here at Skillin's (my personal favorite is the rich red Nova Zembla. I don't own one but that might change soon!). PJM rhodys are fully ablaze in color and soon will be joined by many others. Rhododendrons love growing in Skillin's Country and every landscape should have several!
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Rhododendrons on Sale for 20% Off-Every Landscape Needs Several!! |
Click HERE to see what else is ON SALE at Skillin's!
2. This cold wet weather will bring fungus and mildews to many plants. Use all natural Serenade to protect your plants against many diseases! Keep an eye out for peony wilt and clematis wilt--we recommend all natural copper dust (aka Bordeaux Mixture) as an anti dote for that.
3. Don't like the shape of your flowering forsythia? This is an excellent time to prune your forsythia--while some color still remains. Prune it to somewhat smaller than the shape you want--don't worry it will grow back quickly. Just keep the same proportions so that even growth will result in the shape you want!
4. Mike's Must Have Perennial for the Week is the Creeping Phlox--aka Ground Phlox or Phlox Subulata. Read all about this great plant HERE.
5. This cool weather is an outstanding time to speak to us about planting your patio and pool pots! Container plantings are what we love to do (or certainly help you with if you are a "do it yourselfer")! We know the plants that will bloom all summer and a long, long time into the fall. Pictured below are some awesome plantings we just put together for a customer. Large or small, let us help you out!
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Beautiful Pool and Patio Plantings We Love to Do for You! (Forgive the ground and pallets in our delivery area; Your Patio will look so much better)! |
6. Want easy to follow and effective lawn tips? Go to Lawn Care Program from Skillin's! to see how achievable a good lawn can be for us "average Joes" (although all the Joes I know are way above average)! You CAN grow a nice lawn without a huge investment of time and labor!
7. For even more May gardening tips (including advice about asparagus, rhubarb, and flowering trees) check out our garden blog--the Skillin's Garden Log!
Our 2011 nursery and perennial catalogs are now ONLINE! Check them out!
For more great local gardening tips check out A Garden in Maine. Skillin's friend and associate David K is a Portland ME gardener with great respect for gardening tradition but also an intelligent eye towards new and fun gardening methods! I follow his blog and David is very busy with his garden!
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