This month in the garden at Sloat Garden Center: JULY

Gardener's TO DO LIST

PLANT
• Summer flowers abound! Fill your garden with color that will carry you through until fall such as cosmos, snapdragons, salvias, lisianthus, vinca rosea and zinnias.

FERTILIZE
• Feed vegetables, perennials, containers, hanging baskets with a water-soluble fertilizer such as E.B. Stone Fish Emulsion or Maxsea All Purpose Fertilizer. Avoid feeding during the heat of day.
• Fertilize camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons with E.B. Stone Organics Azalea, Camellia and Gardenia Food.

PRUNE/MAINTAIN
• Cut or pinch off spent flowers to promote more blooms. Finish pruning all spring-flowering shrubs.
• Spray evergreens & shrubs with Bonide Wilt Stop or CloudCover to reduce drought stress.
• Mulch all garden beds with Sloat’s Forest Mulch Plus to protect from summer heat and keep garden maintenance down

 

Our Pottery Color of the Month: Antransit!

This silvery black pottery will sizzle in the warm months with bright pink, red and yellow flowers and foliage of any color. We love Antransit because it look fabulous on a table, patio or front door. Very versatile! Not sure how to combine Antransit with your favorite plant textures? We have pre-planted container designs at all of our stores. Stop by and check them out!

SLOAT GARDEN CENTER NEWS

Mark your calendar for ...
July 19, 20, 21 – Pottery Sample Sale (Kentfield location only). Save 20% on one-of-a-kind 2010 Factory Sample Pottery. Never seen before pots in trendsetting styles & colors.

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