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"How late can I plant bulbs?"

Check out the answer below.   

As you do your fall and post-Sandy clean-ups, think of Planters' Choice as a place to bring your load of wood chips. Pull in during hours and we'll direct you where to go. Need a place after hours? Head to the gate near the corner of Brushy Hill and Huntingtown Rds. in Newtown. The gate will be open with a sign "Dump Chips Here"! 

When getting paid to do anything that can be construed as improving or maintaining the health of a tree, you need an arborist license in the State of Connecticut.

What: 6 classes help you prepare for the  CT Arborist Licensing Exam 

Where: 140 Huntingtown Rd. Newtown, CT  (our sales office) 

When: Wednesdays, Jan. 9th - Feb. 13th, 2 pm

Cost: $175 (non-refundable)

If you are thinking about getting your Arborist License consider signing up for this 6 session class to help you prepare for it. Call and talk to Mark Kokinchak with any questions or to sign up. 203-426-4037

Learn more about the license here. 

 "How late can I plant spring bulbs?"

Narcissus 'Salome' (mid-season bloomer with a pink cup) and many other selections still available including Allium, Crocus, Hyacinths, Muscari, Scilla and others!

Answer: You'll be surprised how late you can plant them - right up until you can't work the ground! Read this from a Canadian site up in Zone 4:

"Across Canada, organized gardeners have likely planted their spring bulbs by now. Then there are those who, like me, invariably find themselves with the cold, uncomfortable chore of trying to plant bulbs in winter. You'd be surprised at how late you can leave this task and still enjoy bountiful blooms in the spring. 

I once received some bulbs in mid-November. The ground was completely frozen in my Zone 4 garden, and it was impossible to dig down even a few centimetres. But then I had a brainstorm: When snow blankets the ground, it acts as an insulator. Could the warmth from deep down in the earth thaw out the soil under the snow? I decided to wait and see.

By January, there was about a metre of snow on the ground, so I dug down and, sure enough, the ground beneath it had thawed. It was muddy but diggable. I planted the bulbs and piled the snow over them again. They bloomed right on cue."

So stop by and THINK SPRING!

Hope you all enjoyed the Question of the Week this year as much as we did. This will be the last one for this season.  Look for it again next spring and start thinking about your questions! Have other ideas for articles? PLEASE let me know as we plan ahead for 2013!  sbarbier@planterschoice.com

We have a modest selection of specialty evergreens in both yards, at a great savings of 50%. Choose from 'Skylands' Spruce, 'Horstman's Silberlocke' Korean Fir and more

There is still a nice selection of Arborvitae 'Green Giant' and 'Emerald Green', Colorado and Norway Spruce, White Pine, Hemlock and others for your screening needs.  

 

And for those of you that are still planting perennials and ground cover - swing by either location, the houses may be covered, but the doors are always open!  

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