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SEASONAL TIPS

Please see archives September 2002 and September 2003.

Get on the Sprinkler Blowout List now!! Call use at (435) 649-0169.

It is an excellent time to spray for weeds if they are still green and actively growing.

Potentilla and Spirea can be cut back in the fall without damaging next years’ growth.

Buy your high quality, superior Bulbs now to plant in late September and October (depending on the weather). Don’t waste your time planting cheap bulbs, the smaller the bulb, the punier the flower.

Cut back on watering NOW. Hopefully you’ve been conscientious throughout the rainy season and have not been over watering.

It is good to shut down plant growth and allows trees and shrubs time to get in tune with Mother Nature. Be careful not to let them dry out if we have a long, dry Fall. Going into winter with damp roots is ideal.

Hurry and harvest your tomatoes before it frosts! Walls-of-Water may come in handy now on your veggies, the early frosts can be very sneaky.

Keep on planting if you have time. Use only quality, "hardened off" plant material.

Look for bargains on Perennials and Ground Covers – go for plant with a nice mound of growth in the pots!

In late September and October  plant Grasses and Wildflowers for dry land areas that will not receive irrigation next year. Plan to over-seed for several seasons to ensure the best take.

Rose Collars for Tea Roses and grafted Shrub Roses will give you a better start for the following season. A combination of Ranui Live Compost ® and Soil Pep® is best.

When you have a chance between now and late October, add live Compost, Organic Matter and/or Soil Pep® around all trees, shrubs and in flower beds and growing areas.

Fall Color – look around and see what your yard is lacking. Don’t forget about "birdscaping" for winter – berried shrubs and evergreens for winter cover.

Milorganite® and Terrachlor® to dissuade the voles – (Mid-late Fall).

MONTHLY SPECIALS

Watch for OKTOBERFEST SALE ads in the Newspaper!! Fun for the whole family and a great way to get quality plants for a great price. Keep your eyes open.

One free 4# bag of Bone Meal or Bulb Food when you buy 50 bulbs or more. Click to print our coupon. You can print the coupon here. One bag can feed 100 Medium to Large Bulbs!

MONTHLY ARTICLE

Seasons in transition

It's not hot, it's not cold. It could freeze any night now but Mother Nature warms us daily.

We have been blessed with un-seasonal rains and a less daunting fire season than we've had in several years and we may be looking forward to a spectacular fall color show if all goes well!

This Season I'd like to deviate from my usual plant advice and move toward something else that needs nurturing: Ourselves! We are all capable of so much. I have not met one person who didn't have a lesson or something of value to teach me. I am saddened by our incapacity to listen to other people and understand what they are trying to say.

So often we find our own interests much more important than what someone else is saying or feeling. Wouldn't it be great to practice self control and really listen to what another person is expressing?

I think we should all try, in this season of transition, to quiet our own thoughts long enough to understand a moment in someone else's day. And in turn, learn something about ourselves.

"Namaste"

Total Yoga Video: available at Park City Nursery

PLANT OF THE MONTH

American Mountain Ash

Sorbus Americana - Zone 2

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American Mountain Ash grows 15-20 feet tall with a spread of 10-15 feet. It is a small, ornamental tree with lacy, dark green leaves, a pretty white, queen anne's lace-like flower in Spring followed by a red-reddish/orange fruit in late summer and fall when our growing season is long enough. It provides fabulous reddish/orange, Fall Color. It has proven to be hardier than its counterpart the European Mountain Ash, and is more disease resistant .

Best planted in a protected site on the North, East, or Northeast side of the house or amongst other plants. Can be susceptible to some winter die-back it its earlier years but its fall color and ornamental value far outweigh this risk!
 

SYMPTOM: Moles, Voles, Mice eating you out of plants and yard?

COMMENT: (Click here ) to see articles from spring about plants that withstood damage over winter.

SYMPTOM: Missed out on planting bulbs last year, sorry about it this spring?

COMMENT: Get them in the ground, you can plant a bunch or a few and reap the benefits of a little effort with a Spring Flower Show of your own. It is amazing to see something come up right in the snow.

SYMPTOM: Deer Damage last year?

COMMENT: Get your Repellex® Tablets in the ground now, so they have time to be taken up by the roots systemically.

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