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Magnolia Gift & Garden Newsletter
May 2011
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Happy Mother's Day!
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'Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~Marcel Proust |
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Mark Your Calendar!
June Sale
Mark your calendar- Magnolia's Summer Sale is approaching! One of three sales held each year, the first week of June you will see steep discounts on select pottery and fabulous plant material in the nursery. Watch for details on Facebook and in our next newsletter... |
A Touch of the Orient
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Among the loveliest landscape specimens in old town Chico, the Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) has become an iconic Oriental accent. With slow, hardy growth and lacy foliage, this diverse species ranges from stooped, gnarled pondside specimens to upright trees perfectly scaled to the urban backyard. Long-lived, these are also invaluable in containers and shaded corners, requiring little pruning and providing a striking architectural element in the winter garden. While most of the cultivars available need some shelter from the summer sun in the North Valley, there are several new varieties which tolerate longer exposure.
Since its inception, Magnolia has offered an extensive and unusual selection of Japanese Maples. One major division may be made between the many varieties that come through the nursery in a year. Laceleaf-type maples generally exhibit the distinctive mounding, trailing form as they age, and remain fairly small.
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Mosquito Fish
Well, it's that time of year again! The Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control has supplied the nursery with Mosquito fish. The fish are free, but you must bring your own container to take them home. You only need to take 3-4 fish--this is usually plenty to control Mosquito Larva. |
Free Gardening Classes
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Horticultural Manager Jim Belles will be giving FREE Gardening classes
May 13 at 5:30 PM Getting to Know Your Garden Class
Topics include good pruning, planting and fertilizing practice. Also, the basics needed to know for a healthy and successful garden/landscape.
May 22 at 1:00 PM Working in Your Organic Garden Class
Topics include indentifying pests and diseases and how to control them. Also, Jim will give some tips about composting in your backyard.
Come on out, it's free! Hope to see you there! |
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Featured color of the Month
Aqua Drip
Available in the "Pot With Lip" style and the Ribbed Pot, as shown. The cerulean blues, soft greens and muted purple-bronze undertones in this unique glaze are a striking addition to Mediterranean landscapes and poolsides, Xeriscapes or non-traditional Asian gardens. Pair with earth-toned foliage in silvery greens, blues, bronze, caramel, dark red or purple, like Bloodgood Japanese Maple, Dusky Chief New Zealand Flax or Purple Eyed Rockrose. |
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"Simon Says"
 | | Pug Words of Wisdom |
May To Do List
-If you have sprinklers they may need to be adjusted soon with the warmer temps approaching
-If you have not already, fertilize veggies and fruit trees with EB Stone Organics fertilizer
-Catch those pests early! Usually pests such as aphids which are very active this time of year can be easily controlled with a blast from the hose water! Really!
-Prune and deadhead perennials
(Simon is one of Chris and Courtney's three dogs. He loves dishing out wisdom he has picked up while spending time in the garden.) |
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Endless Summer Hydrangea
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Mother's Day is Sunday, May 8th, and if you're still racking your brain over a gift that shows mom how much you love her, consider an Endless Summer™ Hydrangea. Just arrived, we have a huge inventory of these beauties in their prime, and ready to put on a show for the special day.
Endless Summer™ thrives in partially shaded locations, and makes a spectacular container specimen as well as a long-lived landscape plant. Reaching three to six feet high and wide at maturity depending on the cultivar, this rounded shrub blooms continuously from late Spring through early Fall in Chico and much of the Northstate, producing massive flower clusters on both the old and new wood each year. Provide rich, well-drained soil and regular water, and this vigorous performer will become the focal point of the yard or patio. And with a record like that, who's to say you shouldn't buy one for yourself too? |
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Would you please take a moment to do this quick survey? It would be much appreciated!
Magnolia Survey
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"Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity."
~Lindley Karstens
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Hit the Bottle
Already a top-shelf destination for gorgeous imported pottery, Magnolia has been expanding its selection of container trimmings. Bottles-decorative mulches made from 100% recycled, tumbled bottle glass, that is.
An eye-catching display on the nursery grounds featuring a river of azure and turquoise glass winding through a xeriscape of sedum was such a favorite with customers last year that our modest offering of colors and sizes was outstripped by demand. The nursery soon made full-fledged foray into decorative mulches, and now offers 15 different recycled glass options, 12 kinds of gravel and rock, and several unique choices of glazed pottery shards to add resilient, year-around color to any container garden or planting bed.
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"Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun" ~George Scialabra
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Sincerely,
Magnolia Gift & Garden
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