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FILL IT WITH SOIL & PLANTS, WATER IT,
WATCH IT GROW! Just pour in any one of our Gardner & Bloome potting soils (11.5
cubic feet per kit), mix in a Gardner & Bloome starter fertilizer,
choose your plants, and get growing!
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY! Kits are 100% recycled—each panel keeps as
many as 8 one gallon milk jugs out of landfills. That’s up to 48 milk
jugs recycled in just one 6–panel raised garden!
Hours for The Garden Shop Nursery
Hours of
operation are:
Monday - Thursday 8:00am to 6:00pm
Friday 8:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday 8:00am to 6:00pm
Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Come into
the nursery and have a look at our newly named home décor
center; Whitby’s at Home, located in the green house.
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Great Mothers Day Gift
Whitby’s at Home
Bloem Box Habitat Garden Seeds
 Peek
inside the box and you will find three 5’ biodegradable, plantable tissue paper
seed ribbons, one of each nectar-rich variety with planting instructions. Gift
tag reads, "Happiness held is a seed. Happiness shared is the flower" and
includes a poetic reference to the garden. Orange Cosmos, Cosmos sulphureus,
Dahlia Flowered Yellow Zinnia, Zinnia elegans and Red Annual Phlox,
Phlox drummondii
FREE Mother’s Day gift, from Whitby’s at Home
The first 100 customers to visit our newly named home décor and gift store
will receive a free sample of Archipelago Pomegranate hand crème. Whitby’s at
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Exclusive to the Garden Shop
Nursery
The Garden Shop Nursery is pleased to offer gardeners a complete
line of products to choose from. We have everything you need to feed and care
for your plants. Here are a few items that we know will benefit your garden.
Come in and have a look at our great plant selection, and complete line of
gardening products. Our helpful and friendly staff is ready to make sure you
find the right product for your planting project.
Acid loving plant
fertilizers and planting mix
Growing Blueberries, Rhodies
and Azaleas can be done here in our unique growing region; you just need to
change the pH of your soil. It’s easy with the use of acid loving plant
fertilizers and planting mix. We have organic products that will ensure that
this group of plants will not only survive, but they will produce flowers and
fruit.
Master
Nursery Organic planting mix for Acid loving plants
Gardner
& Bloome Organic Fertilizer for acid loving plants
Weeks Roses are HERE!
Just in time for Mothers Day
we have brought in Weeks Roses. The selection is complete including; Climbers,
Floribunda’s and Grandiflora roses. These roses are in bud and ready to be
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May
in the Garden
The dedicated gardener knows that a garden is never finished. That is
why the Garden Shop Nursery wants to help you keep up with all those
never-ending chores. Each month we will provide you with a checklist
that will help you successfully maintain a beautiful and productive
garden from start to finish.
HARDENING-OFF YOUR SEEDLINGS – Seedlings that have been grown in
your house, a greenhouse or cold frame must be hardened-off before
they are planted in the garden. “Hardening-off” means that you are
going to introduce your plants to the conditions they will be
growing in when you plant them in your garden. There are a few
things to remember when hardening- off your plants: hardening-off
should be done for at least seven to ten days before you plant your
seedlings; only expose the plants to dappled sun light and moderate
wind for a few hours during the first few days, increasing their
exposure an hour or two each day; water as needed, and fertilize
once during this stage. The temperature can be ten to fifteen
degrees lower in the spot where you are hardening-off your seedlings
but it must remain above freezing. Always, always bring them in at
night. If our weather permits, for the last few hardening-off days
you can leave the plants out day and night, exposing them to direct
sunlight for about four hours each day.
Cautions - small containers and peat pots dry out very rapidly
in sun and wind. Make sure you check your plants every day for signs
of wilting, sunburn and adequate water. High winds can easily snap
the tender stems of tall plants, such as beans.
Hardening-off is a necessary step for growing seedlings in our area.
You can avoid the disappointment of losing those much-loved
seedlings by taking the time to introduce them slowly to the harsh
conditions of our area.
MULCH YOUR VEGETABLES AND PERENNIALS – Mulch can be as simple as
spreading some kind of cover over the top of your soil. In our area,
it can work to improve soil structure, insulate plant roots, prevent
erosion, hold moisture, and eliminate weed problems. Timing is
important when applying mulch around vegetables and flowers. If the
soil has not completely warmed up, applying a mulch could delay
growth by keeping the soil cool. The best time to apply a protective
mulch to your perennials is after the last hard frost. Remember, in
our State, the last hard frost can be as late as mid-May.
The choice of mulch is usually based on personal preferences,
including appearance, availability and cost. Never assume that if a
little mulch is good, a lot more is better. By applying that
extra-thick layer of mulch you can easily smother tiny seedlings and
prevent water from getting through to the soil. The Garden Shop is
well-stocked with Black Forest and Bumper Crop, two good
multi-purpose mulch products by Gardner Bloome.
TIME TO TURN ON YOUR WATERING SYSTEM – A good spring practice is
to make a visual check of your sprinkler system when you first turn
on your water. During the winter, sprinkler heads and emitters can
become clogged or be popped off by foot traffic or critters. This is
also a good time to manually adjust those sprinkler heads in order
to insure that you have water distributed equally over your
landscape from each sprinkler head. Drip irrigation must be kept
several inches from root crowns and should be moved further from
tree trunks each year. This could be a good time to check your drip
irrigation for proper placement and efficiency. Infrequent, deep
soakings are best for our dry climate. This watering practice will
encourage the production of deeper roots which will survive hot
weather better and produce a more drought tolerant plant. In spring
and fall, water once a week. In the summer, two or three times a
week watering on your watering days will be sufficient. Truckee
Meadows Water Authority now offers customers the flexibility of
watering up to three assigned days per week. Here is the new
schedule:
If the last number of your home or business address
is:
even (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8), water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
odd (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9), water only on Wednesdays, Fridays and
Sundays.
No watering on Mondays and no watering between noon and 6 p.m. from
Memorial Day through Labor Day.
May Plant picks,
sun and shade loving varieties
by Jan Loverin
Sun plant pick
Peonies
 May
is gardening month and in our climate, May is when many shrubs and
perennials are in full bloom. Choosing my favorite made me really pause
to think. And I realized that of course, it has to be the magnificent
peonies. These herbaceous perennials produce the most spectacular
flowers in the traditional shades of whites, pinks, reds, and now
growers have crossed hybrids to create yellow peonies. The flowers are
multi-petalled and range in size from 3-5” across! Peonies are
adaptable to a wide variety of soils, but they don’t like to be planted
too deep – keep the eyes of the plant exposed when planting. One of my
favorite peonies is Big Ben, it is a rich burgundy color and the blooms
are stunningly beautiful. Unfortunately the plant blooms for just a few
weeks, usually near the end of May, and don’t bloom again until the
following year. But oh, when they bloom, it is a spectacular show of
rich color.
Shade plant pick
Witch Hazel
Witch hazel (Hamamelis)
is a really neat shrub. It’s not a showstopper, but it is striking
in a different and unusual manner. The “flowers” are described like
shredded coconut or fluffy mop heads with their loose dangly petals. I
really like mine, as these unusual flowers creates some unique visual
charm and textural interest in the garden. They can be a bit tricky to
grow, as they require a fair amount of water. They like rich, organic,
acid soil so most people must amend their planting area to be successful
with this plant. But it is worth it, as in the fall, witch hazel turns
the most magnificent shades of pink, gold and auburn red – depending
upon which cultivar you get. Do read the plant labels, as the fall
color varies; e.g. ‘Jelena’ produces fiery red leaves and coppery orange
flowers, while others will be less showy with a yellow fall color. But
it certainly is a shrub worth considering to enhance your landscape.
 May Guests for the Impatient
Gardener Radio Show
Important: Staring May 15th, the "impatient Gardener Radio Show will air one hour earlier from 8:00am to 9:00am
May 8th - Jeff Knight from the State of Nevada and
Ryan Sharrer from Garden Shop Nursery will join me for a healthy talk
about bugs.
May 15th - LIVE REMOTE at the Garden Shop Nursery
at our new time 8:00am.
May 22nd -
Living with Fire; with Ed Smith Western area Natural
Resources Specialist.
May 29th - Tomatoes, and all about them with Mike
Bailey from Greenteam Growers.
 Marnie
can also be seen on Channel 4 most 2nd and 4th Friday mornings.
For Garden Coach segments focusing on timely topics and
gardening tips, go to
www.MyNews4.com search for "Garden Coach" for archived
videos.
May/June
Seminar Schedule
All seminars at the Garden Shop Nursery are held
at 3636 Mayberry Drive. Seminars will begin at 10:30am and last
for an hour. Classes are taught by the Garden Shop Nursery team
and special guest speakers from the gardening community.
May
1st
We will have a hanging basket seminar. Yes, these are the same hanging
baskets that you see all around the downtown area. Dianne Stortz-Lintz,
City of Reno Horticulturist, will be teaching us how to put these
baskets together. The Garden Shop Nursery will have the supplies you
need to make one yourself. Please call and make a reservation so we will
have enough supplies for everyone.
May
8th
Help with garden bugs. This may seem like a creepy topic but we assure
you it is quite important. Knowing which bugs are on the beneficial
list, and which ones need to be controlled will help you achieve that
organic and safe garden. Ryan Sharrer, our resident bug expert will help
Marnie Brennan with all you bug issues.
May
15th
Kellogg Garden Product Day! Join Gisele Schoniger, Organic Educator, and
Mike McLain from Kellogg garden products for a free container planting
day. Bring in up to 3 containers, no larger that 20 inches in diameter
and have the experts help you plant them. We provide the soil; you
provide the container and plants. The Garden Shop Nursery will have a
complete selection of plants to choose from here at our NEW location.
Doug Bookey, giant pumpkin grower will be holding a pumpkin growing
seminar on the same day starting at 10:30am. In addition to all of
this great gardening information, join Marnie Brennan at 9:00am for a
live remote broadcast of The Impatient Gardener Radio Show on 1270 The
Buzz.
May
22nd
How to live with fire. Ed Smith, Western Area Natural Resources
Specialist, will be here to talk about living with fire.
This will be a great seminar for new homeowners who are just
beginning to plan their yards or for people who are in the process of
changing their landscape. Ed will also provide you with a list of plants
that are considered to be good choices for Nevada’s high fire hazard
areas.
May
29th
Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables to grow. Mike Bailey
will be here from Greenteam Growers. Mike is a tomato grower from
Fallon, Nevada and he will be at the Garden Shop Nursery to share all
the information he has on how to become a successful tomato grower.
June 5th -
Summer Containers
Join Marnie Brennan and learn
how to fill those empty containers with beautiful annuals and perennials
for fabulous summer color.
June 12th -
Growing and Showing your Roses and
Flowers
If you have ever wanted to learn how to
grow your roses and/or flowers for show, then this is the seminar for
you. Anne Marie Harris, President of the Reno Rose Society, will be at
the Garden Shop Nursery to talk about growing roses. She will also
discuss how to prepare your roses and flowers for show. That’s not all
-- Anne Marie will provide our gardeners with information on which
plants can be used for winter color.
June 19th -
Greenhouse and Hoop House management
Tom Blount, from Nevada Naturals, will
be here to talk about your options for extending the growing season in
your back yard. He will discuss the advantages of extending your growing
season and address any concerns you may have.
June 26th - Permaculture
Permaculture expert, Neil Bertrando, will be here
to answer any questions you might have about growing plants. He will
talk about plant selection and also provide information on how to
increase yields in your vegetable gardens. There are many edible plants
that you may not be aware of, and Neil will address how you can
incorporate those plants into your gardens.
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