Sprainbrook Nursery - Don't neglect watering your plants - August 04, 2006
If anyone has spent time outside in this heat, you know the toll it has takes on the body. The key to survival is keeping the body hydrated. Think of your plants baking in the full sun all day long and begging for an extra drink of water.
Cool weather plants will die and the warm weather plants will need adequate water to survive. Filling dead spots in your flower beds and containers with warm weather plants needs to be done at this time of the year to keep up your floriferous displays. We have the plants and the stock for this replanting phase.
Make sure you give extra water to all your plants and don’t let your evergreens, trees or shrubs die because you neglected to give them water when they desperately needed it. The weather will change and rains will come but in a very short time through neglect you can kill or greatly damage your plants. When the heat comes, you have got to meet the challenge. All other chores in the garden can be put on hold but water is essential to the survival of your plants.
There has been a lot of earlier rain and a lot of leaching due to heavy watering so fertilizing is important. Hanging baskets and containers should be fertilized weekly with Miracle Gro and flower beds, shrubbery, lawns and hedges should be fertilized with organic fertilizers. Lawns continue to be plagued with Chinchbug problems, fungus and the re-infestation of grubs.
In your perennial garden deadheading, cutting back, staking and controlling weeds are important. Selective pruning on branches here and there that have gotten too tall is a good way to keep your plant height in check without eliminating all of next years flower buds. Be on the lookout for insects. Particularly prevalent are Spider mites and scale insects. Discover early and treat immediately.
BEST VALUE :The sale goes on and gets even better in the hot days of August.
All the Nursery stock is on sale at 20% off. We have a tremendous selection of good looking plants out back on sale. Take advantage of this sale and replace your storm damaged plants. Roses are on sale at $9 .75 each. Hanging baskets are buy one get one free or receive 25% off. 4 1/2in. potted material is reduced to an incredible $24.00 a dozen or get 25% off on anything less.
Plants in peat pots are reduced to $7.00 a flat or 25 % off for anything less. Perennials are on sale at 25% off. Outdoor decorative containers, birdbaths, fountains and trellises are 25% off. All sales will end in September. There is still lots of great looking plant material that can be used to fill in. |
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