| May 2008 | Garden Calendar | What's Coming Up In June |
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Mother’s Day is May
11th. Bring your Mom in to
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Summer flowers in vivid colors, fresh veggies and herbs are arriving almost daily now. |
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We have containers and hanging baskets overflowing with color, ready to go home with you. |
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2 Grow edible |
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| 4 Plant your summer bulbs now. It’s time to set out gladiolas, dahlias, and lilies. |
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6 Culinary herbs add so much to a meal and are drought-tolerant in the garden once established. |
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8 Rhododendrons are showing their color . Choose from creamy yellows & apricots to pinks, purples & reds. |
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10 Showy hydrangeas are here in pink, white and
the very popular blue blooms. |
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12 Tomatoes are here. We have 60
varieties. Plant a tried-and-true winner or try something new. Window Box Roma
is perfect for a small space, Costoluto Genovese is an Italian heirloom, Red and Yellow Currant provides masses of tiny fruit. |
14 Choose one o f our new brightly colored tomato cages to support tomatoes or peonies and other vines. |
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16 Home-grown salad greens, sweet and hot peppers, corn, cukes & beans make memorable summer meals. |  |
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18 Soil Soup those roses, as well as peonies, phlox, and anything that tend to have foliage problems. |
19 Patio furniture is here, just in time for outdoor entertaining. |
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21 Choose a metal bistro set to accent a corner of the deck or garden. |
22 Our handsome cedar furniture comes
in many styles for relaxing in the backyard or seating the family. |
23 New this season: hardy teak chairs,
benches, tables and even a daybed with comfortable weather resistant cushions.
Available in a variety of finishes and fabrics. |
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25 Keep containers happy with slow, steady fertilizers and soil soup. Come in for our handout on container care. |
26 We’re open Memorial Day.  |
27 Get the good bugs to take care of the bad ones for you. We have ladybugs, praying mantises and beneficial nematodes. |
28 Put a few Mosquito Bits in your bird baths to keep the mosquito larvae away . They’re safe for birds & pets. |
29 Join us Sunday, June 15 at 1:00 pm as we welcome special guest Ciscoe Morris! Ciscoe will talk about truly spectacular plants, and how to keep them looking great all summer long.
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Bainbridge Gardens, Inc. 9415 Miller Rd. NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Tel: (206) 842-5888 Fax: (206) 842-7645 |
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