Pansies are still available! There's a nice selection of flats and 10" pots. Your customers will enjoy them for weeks! 

More hardy annuals will soon arrive after Easter, and  the widest selection will be here in time for Mother's Day. Please email Corrine if you have any special requests ASAP! Cedgar@planterschoice.com 

Mark's Turf Tip: Crabgrass Control - It's Not Too Late   

In this area crabgrass seed germinates around the middle of the last week of April in areas that get good sun. Typically these areas are along the edges of asphalt curbing, walkways, driveways, patios, Belgian block and the like. These materials absorb a great deal of heat, warming the adjacent soil.

Despite the recent warm spell we had the other week it was not enough to provide the consistent soil temperature, day AND night, of about 55 degrees for 4 to 5 days to allow crabgrass to germinate.

So you still have time apply products like:

• Team Pro with 22-0-6 fertilizer especially on lawns that did not receive fall fertilizer
• Barricade with 16-0-8 for lawns that typically have problems with late season crabgrass germination.
• Dimension with 18-0-5 - This product does not stain and because it works as an early post emergent and pre emergent it can also be used AFTER crabgrass germinates extending your window of application.
• Confront plus Dimension plus fertilizer - This keeps growing in popularity, giving the added benefit of controlling broadleaf weeds (clover, dandelion etc) and on new spring seedings this product can be applied 2 weeks after  new lawn seed germination. 

"Do you know where to obtain a good soil mix for a residential putting green?"

Submitted by Sharon at Blossoms Gardens 

Answer:

Submit your landscaping question via email to sbarbier@planterschoice.com and you'll be entered in a monthly drawing to receive 10% OFF your next purchase (pick up only, does not apply to deliveries). Please use "Question of the Week" in the subject line and let me know if you want your name and business mentioned. 

The beautiful red new growth is up and growing fast. We have an incredible selection of herbaceous peonies that would fit into any color palette. Single or double flowering in whites, pinks and reds in 2 gallon containers. They are an old fashioned, deer-resistant plant that's full of nostalgia for many of us. Plant in groups for big splashes of color! Look in our catalog for varieties or stop by!  

We suggest you keep the heavy flowers up, clean and visible with our peony rings, stakes and Twist'ems!    

Astilbes in full bloom last summer

Special of the Week:

Astilbe

(False Spiraea)

10% off 10
and up*
2 gallon

On SPECIAL this week are all the Astilbe. Buy 10 or more and receive 10% off! Go ahead, mix or match colors. Choose from 'Visions in White', 'Fanal' which is a dark carmine-red or from the many shades of pink like 'Bressingham Beauty'.  

Astilbes are an easy to grow perennial for part to full shade. Large sweeps make a long-lasting colorful statement. Seedheads provide winter interest. Deer-resistant? YES!  

Stop by either yard and mention that you saw the special in the Weekly Picks!

Valid: April 7th - April 13th 2012 

*Price is net. No further discount applies. 

Here's a list of perennials - in stock and in good supply - ready for your next job!  

'Dragon's Blood' Sedum

Penstemon digitalis 'Huster's Red' (Beard Tongue) 

Phlox divaricata 'Drummond's Pink' (Woodland Phlox)

P. stolonifera 'Home Fires' Bright pink (Creeping Phlox)

Lavandula x 'Grosso' (Lavender)

Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'

Coming on strong and fast - Pennesetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' (Dwarf Fountain Grass)

'Murasaki Kiyohime' Japanese Maple

Deciduous Trees
Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple) 'Murasaki Kiyohime' also known as a "table-top" variety because of their dwarf and wide habit; 'Orido Nishiki' is upright and variegated, 'Sango Kaku' (Coral Bark Maple), 'Shaina' very small and compact, non-weeping with red leaves;
Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura)
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)

Q. rubra (Red Oak)
Stewartia pseudocamelia (Japanese Stewartia)
Zelkova serrata 'Green Vase' (Zelkova)

Deciduous Shrubs
Rosa (Roses) 'Knockout' 'Series, Drift Roses and Flower Carpets - please call for colors
Syringa x 'Bloomerang' (Reblooming Lilac)

Viburnum plicatum 'Newport' 

Fresh off the truck - B&B Rhododendron 'English Roseum'

Broadleaf and Specimen Evergreens
Abies (Arizona compact Fir)
Buxus (Boxwood) 'Graham Blandy', 'Green Mountain', 'Tide Hill', 'Winter Gem' and Common
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides', 'Gracilis' (Hinoki cypress)

Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' (Japanese Cedar)
Ilex x (Hybrid Holly) 'Blue Maid', 'Blue Prince', 'Blue Princess', 'China Boy', 'China Girl', 'Nellie Stevens'
Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon Grape Holly) 
Picea mariana 'Aureo variegata'

P. omorika 'Pendula' (Weeping Serbian Spruce)

P.pungens 'Moerheim' (Blue Spruce) slightly smaller than species
Pinus aristata (Bristlecone Pine)
Pinus parviflora 'Glauca' (Japanese White Pine)

Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 'Otto Lyuken', 'Schipkaensis'
Rhododendron 'English Roseum' 3/4'

Evergreens for Screening
Picea pungens (Colorado Spruce)
Thuja nigra (Dark American Arborvitae)
Tsuga canadensis (Canadian Hemlock) 

Weeping Katsura

Specimen Trees 

Cedrus lebani 'Pendula'

(Weeping Cedar of Lebanon) 14/16'

Cercidyphyllum japonicum  'Pendula'

(Weeping Katsura) 3.5-4" caliper  

Cedrus atlantica 'glauca Pendula' (Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar) 5-6" caliper

Cedrus deodara 'Karl Fuchs' (Deodar Cedar) 12/14' 

Hardgoods
DEER FENCING is here! 8' Ask your salesperson!
Pesticide signs are here too! These should be posted when applying...MARK!!! 

Perennials

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