The Online Garden Gossip
July 2008/Issue #25

1011 North Woodlawn, Kirkwood, MO 63122             www.sugarcreekgardens.com                   314-965-3070
  

 

 
Karen's
gardening calendar

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What's new?

ÞContinue recycling those plastic pots.  Look here for a list of locations.

ÞInsectivorous plant lovers -- check out the Sarracenia 'Doodle Bug,' or pitcher plant.  It eats flies, mosquitoes and other small insects. Ewww, gross!  But we love it...

ÞWe still have lots of stepables in stock.  If you have a spot in your yard or around stone pavers that gets foot traffic, but could use some greening up, check out these plants you can walk on.

ÞDid you attend our Solstice with the Stars fundraiser party last month?  Look here for some pics.

ÞClick here to see the coolest plant in the nursery today.

Casino Night Garden Party
Thursday, July 17, 5-7:30 p.m.

If you haven't been to one of our garden parties, this is an especially fun one to attend.  You get to pick a poker chip to determine your savings -- 20%, 40%, 50%, 75% -- OR you can win your entire purchase free!  You also get a chance to spin the wheel of prizes.  Games, yummy refreshments, and prizes.  See you there...

   Dwarf hardy hibiscus --
How can you resist?
Pinot Noir

You can enjoy the tropical beauty of hibiscus in a perennial form, and you don't need a large yard to do it.  We have two dwarf hibiscus, 'Luna Pink Swirl' and 'Pinot Noir,' that love the St. Louis heat and humidity and feature huge, 10-inch blooms.  Both reach about 2 feet in height and width.  'Luna Pink' is $14.99 and 'Pinot Noir' is $19.99.  Full sun and lots of water.
 

Perennial and roses blowout

It's your lucky day!  Check out these sale specials.  Prices good through Thursday, July 17.  Shop early for best selection.

$3 bucks
Goatsbeard 'Misty Lace' -- Aruncus
Select lilies
Select ferns
Select hostas
Select clematis
Select ornamental grasses
 

$2 bucks
Candytuft -- Iberis sempervirens
Red hot poker -- Kniphofia
Select veronicas
Bleeding hearts -- Dicentra
Select ornamental grasses, including 'Hameln'
Select daisies -- Leucanthemum
Feverfew -- Tanacetum
Select foxglove -- Digitalis

$5 bucks
All roses, except Knock Outs and carpet roses.  Many great roses to choose from.

Why we love shasta daisy 'Broadway Lights'
Before

After

No, don't adjust your screen -- this is a daisy that really delivers.  The first image is a quart-sized 'Broadway Lights.'  The second image is from Peggy's own garden -- a second year plant.  WOW.  In addition, 'Broadway Lights' presents a kaleidoscope of color -- flowers open a lemony yellow color and petals fade to pure white as they age.  You end up with a mixture of yellows, whites, and everything in-between on one plant at any given time.  Deadhead flowers for more blooms later in the season.  And this plant is a friendly 18-24 inches tall.  Likes full to part sun in well-drained soil.   Enjoy -- we sure are...


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Holes in your containers?  Need more color in your garden?  Check out our
always-blooming annuals.
Petunias

Vinca -- deer and bunny resistant

Pentas -- the butterflies love it!