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This blog appears between the Spring planting season and Mother’s Day that is coming up. Jackson and Perkins is offering 10% off any purchase by using a coupon code— JMD — at checkout.

Jackson and Perkins offers some nice Mother’s Day gifts as well as a huge and diverse collection of roses and plants for your Spring plantings.

Go see and use the coupon if you decide to purchase.

It seems like the best time to plant roses is in well-drained soil. You need a PH testing kit available at gardening centers to test the soil. They  are not  very expensive. You want a PH of 5.5 to 7.0

It's safe to plant after any danger of frost is gone.Plant your roses in an area that is well-light in the morning. Roses require a lot of sun light, at least 6 hours. 

When you plant your roses in the ground for the first time, be sure to soak the roots and surrounding soil. Soak the surrounding soil for the new few weeks on a continuous basis. After that every two week the bed should get a good soak. If in a wet climate, water less often; dry climate, more often.

 Place a lot of organic matter surrounding the plants to insulate the soil temperature and prevent evaporation.

Tree shapers have developed their talent into an art style that shapes trees into functional furniture and other artistic designs. Some designs are living growing designs, others are harvested and made into organic furniture pieces.

 http://www.pooktre.com/ displays what a little determination and inspiration can accomplish in the plant world.

Winter blooms add beauty to the landscape  in certain areas. Consider these ornamental shrubs:

Camellia – Hardy to zones 6 or 7.  large winter flowers

Senna (Cassia spp.) -  can be either evergreen or deciduous and most are tropicals and attract a large number of butterflies.

Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) – Hardy to zone 5.  winter flowers are highly attractive to birds and produce fruits but are usually tinier and more bitter than edible quince varieties.

Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) – Hardy to zero degrees. - late winter , the wintersweet blooms on bare branches with aromatic flowers.

Winterhazel (Corylopsis spicata) - sweet scented, bell shaped flowers that appear in dangling clusters

Primrose Jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi) – Zones 8-10. evergreen shrub with beautiful yellow flowers but not fragrant.

Winter Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) – Zones 4-9. winter blooming shrub has highly fragrant flowers that appear as tiny white, or cream colored blooms in late winter.

For more information on these shrubs see http://shrubs.suite101.com/

Fall is the time to collect seeds for next years garden. Remember to dry and store them in a paper type bag so they can dry out naturally.

So now that you have a huge quantity of seed from the few plants you have grown and it's time for … a seed exchange.

Go to http://www.gronsonyou.com/plant/exchanges for finding others to exchange garden seeds with. You'll find a nice variety to choose from. 

If you know of any other fine seed exchanges, drop us a line and we'll post it.

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