The Online Garden Gossip

March 2010/Issue #43

 

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What's new?

Our March hours are 9-5, 7 days a week.

o  Pansies are here!

o  Want a free pack of seeds?  Go to our Facebook page and find the secret word.  Stop in and voilą!  Free seeds.

o Spring is a great time to test your soil -- lawn, flower garden, or vegetable garden.  It's a good investment -- $20 per sample.  We are proud to partner with the University of Missouri Extension.

o  Pre-order your 'Little Annie' coneflower, the world's tiniest coneflower, for only $12.99 (regular $16.99).  Read about the grower, Eric Stahlheber, in a recent edition of GrowerTalks article.

Sugar Creek's Karen Collins' garden was featured in the March issue of St. Louis Homes + Lifestyles Magazine.  Check it out for some true inspiration...

Our annual 50% off gift shop sale STARTS NOW

 

We do it every year -- round up gift shop leftovers and put them on sale.  There's still TONS of cute stuff, but we need to make room for this year's cute inventory (and I do mean cute), so now's your chance to save -- hostess gifts, gardening club gifts, even a little something for yourself!

 

Want a sneak peek?  Look here for photos of the sale sun room.
 

Seeds YAY! Seeds YAY! Seeds YAY! Seeds YAY! Seeds YAY!

We are very excited to be carrying Olds Garden Seeds this spring.  We have a nice selection of vegetables, including lettuce, cucumbers, pumpkins -- all sizes, radishes, kohlrabi, watermelon, beans, peas, corn, and more.

 

We're also carrying Fix-N-Grow Granular Legume Inoculant, a bacterial product that fixes nitrogen for beans, cowpeas, peas and soybeans. Each 2.3-oz. Fix-N-Grow packet contains about 2 billion spores neatly suspended in peat granules to be sprinkled down a 40-ft. furrow. Only $2.99.
 

We still have room in our "Success with Seeds" class this Saturday, March 6, at 1 p.m. -- call for reservations.


"When Can I Plant??"

Good question!  Our rule of thumb: If the ground is not frozen or wet, you can plant a perennial, tree, or shrub anytime.  For annuals and tropicals, it's best to wait until the last average frost date, which in St. Louis, is about April 15.
 

Back by popular demand: Free We Plan You Plant Garden Consultations

Once again, we're scheduling appointments for free 45-minute, in-nursery garden consultations for anyone interested in starting or revamping a perennial bed, addressing problem areas in the yard, or just brainstorming ways to freshen up your yard for the coming year.  Call 314-965-3070 for an appointment.  In-home garden consultations are available for a fee, as well.



V.I.G. Very Important Gardener specials for March are 10% off compost and lawn fertilizer, and DOUBLE pansy dollars. And remember -- senior V.I.G. members (60 years or older) save 10% off every purchase the first Tuesday of the month.
 

NEW PLANTS for 2010

You can check out our new plant page for descriptions of some of our most exciting new plants for the coming year.  Kim has also been busy taking pictures of "babies" in our little greenhouse -- here are a few highlights to get your gardening juices flowing...


Take a look at new gift shop inventory

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