Friday, August 28, 2009

Dayton "Dirt" August 28, 2009

By now, many of you that are Garden Club members have received a post card via snail mail about our upcoming fall sale.

The sale is open to everyone after the expiration date on the postcard but is open only to garden club members first so that our members get first choice of the plants they may like to buy during the sale.

Be sure to check our online inventory for what we have in stock and what is on sale.

Inventory changes so rapidly during the fall sale that we advise you to call ahead before traveling a long distance as the online inventory is not perpetual.

We will gladly deliver and install your plants if you wish but remember that delivery and installation charges are not discounted from our normal rates.

Also good to remember is that we’ll be happy to help you with design questions or do a quick sketch for you free of charge in order that you may take fuller advantage of our plant sale.

Our Holland flower bulbs are just about ready to arrive from the Netherlands.

Its best to browse the selection or purchase them during September in order to get the best selection and then to plant them in October through November when the ground is cooler.

You must plant these types of bulbs (tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth) in fall as the cooler temperatures cause root growth and a chemical change in the bulbs after a 13 week cold period to “tell” the bulb to “wake up”, grow and then bloom in spring.

If you get busy, you still can plant bulbs until about February 15th with good results.

Get busy and prepare your bulb planting beds now!

So long,
Tom

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