1. Tim Bate of Skillin's Nursery wants you to know that our rose
 bushes as well as cherry trees and peach trees are on sale through Sunday the 26th for 20% off. 

Also we have just put our 10" flowering hanging plants and geraniums on sale as well! 

 Click HERE for more details and to see what else is ON SALE at Skillin's!  

Rose Bushes--Gorgeous and On Sale!!

2.   This is a GREAT time to plant a crop of lettuce seedlings; plant this crop in a shadier setting (actual shady spot or underneath tomato or pole bean plants that will shade them). The hot summer sun tends to cause our little lettuce friends to wilt--they will grow great and taste better with quite a bit of shade! We have brand new lettuce seedlings now and will have another fresh crop in August!

 

3.  This Saturday June 25 features a Route 100 Open House in Cumberland. Go HERE for more details and please stop by and check out the fine business on the Cumberland Route 100 corridor (including of course Skillin's Cumberland!)

Welcome to Skillin's! (Our Cumberland Store Entrance)

 4.  Yes! Skillin's does site visits and landscape designs for you! Click HERE to find out more about this service. Advice from Chad Skillin can save you lots of time, clear up confusion about your goals in your yard AND save you money and aggravation!

 5.  Paul Parent stops by the Skillin's Garden Log with a great post called "It's Time for a Walk Through the Garden". Paul takes up a number of very current garden topics (hydrangeas, vegetables, tomatoes and clematis to name a few!)  Paul is a very clear writer and I think you will find this post very useful. 

 6.  Mike's Must Have Perennial for the Week is the Cimicifuga Bugbane.  

I love the dark foliage of the Cimicifuga Brunette and the striking creamy white flowers. I have either the Brunette or White Pearl in a shade garden at my house. The plant prefers shade to part sun. This is a very hardy plant and can take up much space. Again the dark chocolate type foliage is a very rich look and the tall spiky flowers really stand out. The plant also has a nice fragrance! (And the varieties with the green foliage give a great look as well!)

This plant is a Must Have for shade gardens and matches well with ligularia, brunnera and Solomon's Seal. All of these plants are very interesting and I would recommend any of them for a shade garden. They really "jazz up" a dark space!

7.  For even more late June gardening tips (including more details about Mike's Must Have Perennial for the Week; attracting butterflies; repelling slugs; driving out woodchucks and  Skillin's Moisture Meter) check out our garden blog--the Skillin's Garden Log!

Our 2011 nursery and perennial catalogs are now ONLINE! Check them out!