Finally Fall!

Autumn in the Midwest is the best. It is a wonderful time to get outside, enjoy the crisp cool weather and colorful changing foliage. It is a great time to refresh those heat worn containers with some bright new color.

A great new annual to try this fall is the brand new Plentifall Trailing Pansy. Plant them in your window box or hanging basket for long lasting color.

Our staff always strives to make your experience at Garden Heights fun with fresh ideas and new products.

Hats off to all of our customers for making our first 15 years so wonderful. Please let us know how we can continue to inspire your gardening passion.

Be sure to mark your calendar for our Holiday Open House Weekend. Stop by and join us on Friday, December 2nd for a glass of wine and Saturday or Sunday for a visit with Santa.

Enjoy the season!

Louu

Cool Crops Bring Healthy Eating Back to the Table
  It’s the same story in the vegetable garden this year— record high temperatures and lack of adequate rainfall made it a very challenging summer in the garden. Good News it’s FALL!. There is still plenty of time to harvest fresh garden greens like spinach, radishes, beets, broccoli and cabbages. If you love Swiss chard, arugula, baby carrots and sugar snap peas, this season is for you!

Clear out those tired summer crops, layer in some fresh worm castings and plant your
cool season vegetables. If you are going organic we have the Insect Mesh Grow Tunnel to keep cabbage worms away. When temperatures start to dip you can easily cover the same tunnel with a Harvest Guard Frost Blanket and extend the growing season.

Garden Heights has fresh garden seed dated for 2012 and new vegetable starts ready for planting. It’s never too late to get herbs going in containers because you can always bring them inside and harvest in late fall. Check out our fall seed display and window sill herb garden kits.

what works?
problem	solutions
I watered my lawn even in the heat but it still has brown patches. What can I do?	Keeping soil moist can create a perfect environment for lawn fungus disease. Actinovate is a great organic solution to many common lawn fungus problems. Reseed the area and apply.
What can I do in a very shady spot , nothing but moss seems to grow?	Take a hint from Mother Nature and start a moss garden with Moss Milkshake. No mowing, no chemicals and no watering, what could be better? One carton covers 20 sq ft. It is safe for you and the environment, and is beautiful.
None of my plants are happy this year, am I watering too much or too little ?	Take the guess work out of watering with an Instant Digital Moisture Meter. It checks the soil moisture at the root level and helps prevent over and under watering.
Every fall I plant cabbage and broccoli and the worms get to it before I can harvest. I want organic solutions to this problem.	Use the Insect Mesh Grow Tunnel to keep the adult moth from laying eggs near your plants. Thuricide which contains the naturally occurring bacteria Baccillus Thuringiensis (BT) controls cabbage worms and other leaf eating caterpillars.
What can I do to light an outdoor area that is windy?	Windflame Outdoor Candles won’t blow out! These luminaries burn for 5 hours and are citronella scented to repel insect pests. They come in sets with stakes for pathways or in pots with lids for tabletop use.
I am so confused about what to feed my orchids and other blooming houseplants. Please simplify this!	We are proud to say that a St. Louis tropical and orchid specialist developed Throw & Grow that is formulated to be a once a year fertilizer for orchids, African violets and many other houseplants.

Plant a Tree This Fall!
Trees are the main stay of our landscape. They provide cost saving shade in summer and prevent soil erosion from rain water. They even play an important role in reducing the CO2 in the atmosphere providing a better environment in which to live. Homeowners should plant trees suitable to their sites and the surrounding landscape. Many deciduous trees are best planted in the fall when warm soil temperatures will encourage root growth and the cooler and shorter days are less stressful. The stronger root system provides more nutrients for trees that bloom in the spring. Establishing healthy trees and shrubs is a lot easier with Myke® Tree and Shrub growth supplement. Buy and use Myke® according to the instructions and receive a 5 year warranty on your trees and shrubs.

If you are looking for outstanding fall color, plant Japanese Maples, Dogwoods, Persian Ironwood or Serviceberries.
They will make the landscape glow with their brilliant foliage. Evergreens bring color to the garden all winter. There are some wonderful blue and gold conifers that add colorful foliage in the otherwise dead landscape. Conifers are ideally planted in early fall so they can experience dropping temperatures and start to harden off before winter.

Starting Labor Day Garden Heights is offering a 15% savings on all trees. Plant a tree in your garden now!