Thursday, December 7, 2006

Businesses Get (Garden centers) Earlier Headstart on Christmas

Christian Post - The popular tree is available at local garden centers along with choose and cut (U-Cut) farms. And with consumers largely going on the Internet for their purchases, other tree farms are allowing shoppers to order a fresh cut Christmas tree online.
Daily Southtown - Saunoris has won customers by attempting to affiliate himself with Saunoris Brothers Inc., which operates well-known garden centers in Frankfort and Chicago Ridge. He's claimed to be a relative of the family that owns the business, which isn't the
Detroit News - Available at independent garden centers including Bordine's and on theWeb at www.acehardware.com . Retailing for about $35, replacement lures are also available so the trap is good for years. Jeff Ball, a Metro Detroit free-lance writer, has authored
Nashville Tennessean - Answer: There are "blooming things" that you can purchase from most garden centers and you might want to try one of them. However, there is a trick I use with wisteria around November when they go dormant. I take one tablespoon of Epsom salts and
Herald & Review - You also usually can find them in the fall at farmer's markets, supermarkets, garden centers or even on E-bay. I found several sites in the Internet where people are selling the darn things for as much as $2 each plus shipping. They are hard as a
OregonLive.com - The best hormone concentration for hardwood rooting is 0.8 percent to 1 percent indolebutyric acid, known as IBA and available at some local garden centers. All of these cuttings have done well for me planted in the ground. If you are on a very cold
Knoxville News Sentinel - Their stock is available through quality garden centers nationwide. Mexican limes are frost damaged by temperatures below 30 degrees F. For frost-free climates it makes an excellent bushy small tree for the garden. They bloom over spring and summer
Washington Post - My landscape designer called out a Star Magnolia "Waterlily" cultivar for our front yard, but I've been unable to find it at the local garden centers. Do I have any hope of finding it before the spring, or even then? Vince Adrian Higgins: Unfortunately
Argus Leader - Visit the garden centers and pick out a bevy of houseplants to liven up your indoor environment, says Betty Tarrell, store manager at Landscape Garden Center. "Just making a trip in (to the greenhouse) can relieve some of the winter doldrums."