Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Is it too early to think spring plant sale



Save $7.00 off first plant flat/tray or bulk unit of bare root plants, plus lots of individual plant specials too!
For $7.00 Coupon code - NoSnow must be entered at check out.

Promotion ends February 15, 2011. Offer valid online only, cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice. Shipment date may be subject to availability, and quantities are limited.

Website choices include:

achillea, aconitum, actinidia, adenophora, aegopodium, agastache, ajuga, alcea, alchemilla, allium, alstroemeria, ampelopsis, amsonia, anemone, anthemis, aquilegia, arabis, ardisia, arenaria, aristolochia, armeria, artemisia, aruncus, asarum, asclepias, aster, astilbe, aubrieta, aurinia, baptisia, belamcanda, bergenia, boltonia, brunnera, buddleia, campanula, campsi, caryopteris, catananche, centaurea, centranthus, cerastium, ceratostigma, chelone, chrysogonum, cimicifuga, clematis, convallaria, coreopsis, corydalis, crocosmia, delosperma, delphinium, dianthus, dicentra, dictamnus, digitalis, doronicum, echinacea, echinops, epimedium, erigeron, euonymus, eupatorium, euphorbia, fallopia, ferns, ficus p. creeping fig, filipendula, fragaria, gaillardia, galium, gaura, geranium, geum, gypsophila, hedera, helianthus, heliopsis, helleborus, heuchera, heucherella, hibiscus, houttuynia, humulus l. ureus, hypericum, iberis, iris, kniphofia, lamiastrum, lamium, lantana, lathyrus latifolius, laurentia f., lavandula, leucanthemum, lewisia, liatris, ligularia, limonium, linum, liriope, lobelia, lupinus, lychnis, lysimachia, macleaya, malva, mazus, molinia, monarda, myosotis, nepeta, oenothera, origanum, pachysandra, paeonia, papaver, parthenocissus, penstemon, perovskia, persicaria, phlox, physostegia, platycodon, polemonium, polygonatumo, polygonum aubertii, potentilla, primula, pulmonaria, pulsatilla, ranunculus, rodgersia, rubus calycinoides, rudbeckia, sagina, salvia, saponaria, scabiosa, schizophagma, sedum, sempervivum, sidalcea, sisyrinchium, stachys, stokesia, tanacetum, teucrium, thalictrum, thymus, tiarella, trachelospermum asiaticum, tradescantia, tricyrtis, trollius, verbena, veronica, vinca, viola, yucca, or

Ornamental grasses including acorus, arrhenatherum, calamagrostis, carex, chasmanthium, cortaderia, erianthus, festuca, glyceria, hakonechloa, helictotrichon, miscanthus, ophiopogon, panicum, pennisetum, phalaris, schizachyrium, or

from hundreds of hemerocallis and hosta.


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Save $10 on orders of $50+ in our CafePress shop during the Friends & Family Sale November 20-23 http://www.cafepress.com/bloomindesigns when you use code: Friend10.
* Save $10 off orders of $50 or more on http://www.cafepress.com/bloomindesigns, excluding shipping charges, gift wrap charges and applicable sales tax. Excludes Gift Certificates, Flip products, SIGG bottles, CafePress Groups purchases and bulk orders. Coupon code FRIEND10 must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on November 20, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on November 23, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (PST). All orders must be from the CafePress. Offer valid online at http://www.cafepress.com/bloomindesigns only, cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Add sand to loosen heavy, clay soil?

The worst remedy for a clay soil is to add sand. This practice turns the clay soil into a rock-hard, mortarlike substance. Instead, use organic matter, like compost, to loosen heavy soils because it is light in composition and also improves nutrient quality. Sand can improve a clay soil, but it must be added until it constitutes most of the mineral composition of the soil. At that point, it’s not really clay soil any longer; it is sandy soil.