Does your garden have room?

Whether it's peaceful waters you long to hear or the mesmerizing view of water trickling, a fountain can enhance your outdoor living areas immensely and it doesn't have to be huge. This lovely fountain featuring a pair of Shachikhoko creatures is easily tucked into a corner. A Japanese equivalent to the gargoyle, the tiger headed carp was often believed to cause the rain to fall and would protect a castle from fire.


Another ancient symbol, the Green Man has recently arrived in the garden center along with many other beautiful garden art pieces.


Whether your tastes run Asian, Classical or Contemporary, our self-contained fountains can add a focal point or soothing addition to your relaxing oasis. Stop by and browse our lovely circle of fountains and statuary pieces. Easily maintained, a pump is included with every fountain. Delivery and installation is available by Palmer's expert install team.

Or shop online at Campania or Al's garden art web catalogs. Just send us the item # for priority ordering! Both companies offer a variety of stains & finishes to choose from and new products regularly.

This week's Green Light Special!

Buy 2 Pentas, Get 1 Free!

Whether it's two of our pink, purple, red, white or lavender 4" pentas, we'll give you a free one with every two that you purchase this week! Pentas are one of the best butterfly perennials here in Florida and bloom almost continuously through out the year! Offer good through Tuesday June 9, 2009

Growing together,

The Palmer's Team

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Red, White & Blue or Perhaps Pink...

Today: Planning ahead, Hydrangeas, money saving tips & more!

You still have time to order Red White & Blue color bowls
with guaranteed delivery before Memorial Day! Bring us your pots, dishes, bowls, baskets, or any special containers you'd like planted or staged with the perfect plants for your light and watering conditions. Last day to order Sun May 17th.

Pots or urns too big to carry? We offer planting services at your home or business too!


1 FREE four inch flower when you buy 10 four inch of equal value ~ GREEN LIGHT SPECIAL!
Good through Monday May 18, 2009 And check out our new hours on the weekends!

PREFER BLUE HYDRAGENEAS?
Years ago, gardeners would hammer a rusty iron nail into the root ball of a hydrangea to reach the deepest most beautiful blue colors. Today, we recommend a 1/2 c of Aluminum Sulfate per established plant to reach true blue blossoms.

OR PINK, OR WHITE?
If you prefer pink flowers you can just add Hydrated Lime or Dolomite. And shocking white is attained with 1/2 c of Magnesium Sulfate or Epson Salts.
more ~ http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/colorchange.html

SAVE TIME & GAS!
Are you looking around for certain plants, keeping an eye out for something special that you'd like to see in your garden? Let us know the plant, whether one or twenty, we'll look for you and save you time, money and gas. We order every Monday morning so let us know what you need and we'll have it by Friday if it's available locally.

For Monrovia & Campania products, shop their online catalog and send us the item # for priority ordering!

EDIBLE GARDENERS ~ Farmers Almanac ~ May 2009

Sat-Mon 16-18 Kill plant pests on these barren days.

Tue-Wed 19-20 Favorable days for planting root crops. Also good for vine crops that can be planted now. Set strawberry plants.

Thu-Fri 21-22 Poor planting, fine for cultivating or spraying.

Sat-Sun 23-24 First day good for planting root crops. Second day favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other above ground crops.

more May ideas ~ http://palmersgarden.com/newsletter.aspx

www.palmersgarden.com
407 896-5951
jeff@palmersgarden.com

2610 Corrine Drive~ Orlando, FL 32803

May Days at Palmers

GREEN LIGHT Special!
The beautiful white Magnolia flowers in bloom on this Little Gem are as wide as a pen and give a stately appearance to any landscape. You can save 30% on all Magnolia trees in stock at Palmers Garden through Sunday 5/10. We offer delivery and installation including soil and fertilizer priced according to tree size and your location.



Plan Ahead
Memorial Day is only a few weeks away. Have you picked out your Red White & Blue flowers for your gardens or containers? You can order red, white and blue color pots now for guaranteed holiday delivery. Or bring your containers in to the center and we'll help you pick out the right plants and flowers for your light and watering conditions. We also offer potting services so you can leave them with us and usually pick them up within 48 hours.


This Week's Farmers Almanac* May 2009

Thu-Fri 7-8 Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other above ground crops. Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers.

Sat-Mon 9-11 Plant carrots, beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops at this time. Cabbage, lettuce, and other leafy vegetables will do well. Plant seed beds.

Tue-Wed 12-13 Do no planting.

Thu-Fri 14-15 Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.


www.palmersgarden.com
407 896-5951
jeff@palmersgarden.com

2610 Corrine Drive~ Orlando, FL 32803

*source: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home_garden/gardening

May Day Baskets!

May Day ~ May 1st

Gathering flowers and branches has long been a tradition and "bringing in the May" is a popular activity on May 1. Today baskets are often filled with flowers and then placed on people's doorsteps or tied to the door handle, as they ring the doorbell and dash away before they are caught. You can keep the May Day spirit alive yourself by making a special May Day basket or using any small basket to fill with flowers to give to a friend.

Delightful and fun, you can purchase small pots of flowers at Palmers to fill your baskets this year! Tie a bow or ribbon streamers onto the handle if you wish to fasten it to the door handle of a friend. These are great to place on a desk and cheer up the work place as well.

Plan Ahead

Memorial Day is only a few weeks away. Have you picked out your Red White & Blue flowers for your gardens or containers? You can order red, white and blue color pots now for guaranteed holiday delivery. Or bring your containers in to the center and we'll help you pick out the right plants and flowers for your light and watering conditions. We also offer potting services so you can leave them with us and usually pick them up within 48 hours.

Farmers Almanac May 2009

1 Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other above ground crops. Plant seed beds and flower gardens.

2-6 A barren period. Favorable for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.

7-8 Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other above ground crops. Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers.

9-11 Plant carrots, beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops at this time. Cabbage, lettuce, and other leafy vegetables will do well. Plant seed beds.

12-13 Do no planting.

14-15 Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.

16-18 Kill plant pests on these barren days.

19-20 Favorable days for planting root crops. Also good for vine crops that can be planted now. Set strawberry plants.

21-22 Poor planting, fine for cultivating or spraying.

23-24 First day good for planting root crops. Second day favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other above ground crops.

25-26 Any seed started now will tend to rot.

27-28 Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other above ground crops. Plant seed beds and flower gardens.

29-31 A barren period. Good for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.

source: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home_garden/gardening

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