TOP SHOP FINALIST
We entered the TOP SHOP competition again this year and have come up trumps in the Large Format Category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
YOU ARE A CHRISTCHURCH TOP SHOP® RETAIL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
FINALIST!
Come in and see why we have achieved this recognition again
GARDEN TIPS FOR JULY
For the month of July, we are giving away a FREE bag of seed potatoes – with every other 2 bags of potatoes you buy. So why not try a new variety. Just mention our WEB Special to get your FREE potatoes.
Lovely to have the frosty starts to the day. It usually follows with sunshine which means you can get out into the garden.
Excellent idea for the month
Why not try planting garlic bulbs amongst your roses. Not only does this keeps bugs away but it also intensifies the fragrance of your roses! Read more
Christchurch HOME SHOW 25, 26, 27 June 2010
Catch up with our TEAM at the Christchurch Home Show this weekend.
Stands 108 & 109, CBS Canterbury Arena We have displays and information on Landscape Design and our landscape architect will be there to answer your questions regarding design and landscaping options.
We will have FREE tasting on natural winter remedies (use plants from your garden) and FREE recipies too
As you wander around the Show, we hope you enjoy the displays of trees and shrubs from Evergreen Nursery – over 450 specimens
Garden Tips for MAY – Free MOTHERS DAY Gift
We have a FREE gift for you or your mum when you make a purchase over $30.00 and mention the WEB Special.
Autumn is well on it’s way with the Oaks, Acers, Cornus, Ash and Elms all looking amazing with their bright cheerful colours. May is the month to finish up with the garden cleanups before the cold weather sets in. With frosts on the way this is something to be grateful for…as this is natures way of controlling undesirable bugs.
Edible Garden
- You still have time to plant winter vegetables: broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbages, cauli, silverbeet plus winter lettuces
- You should have finished digging up your potatoes – make sure they are stored away from any light to prevent them going green and bitter
- Autumn is a time to watch out for slugs/snails. Blitzem to control these pests
- Plant berry fruit such as strawberries/blueberries/raspberries also get ready to prune/tying raspberries now to encourage good fruiting season in summer.
- Dig in your green crops if they have grown, you need to do this before they flower
- Fruit Trees – Once leaves fall spray with Champ DP Copper Fungicide” This will protect leaf scars from fungal and bacterial infection
- Protect citrus from frosts – either move potted citrus under eves of house or cover with frost cloth
Flowers/Colour
- Mothers Day gift Idea: Fill a hanging basket with potting mix and potted colour… but as a surprise – beneath the potted colour, plant some bulbs that will come up later for mum to enjoy – fragrant Hyacinth are a lovely idea – or plant with her favorite colour/variety of potted colour
- Bulbs: Feed existing bulb areas with ‘Fiesta bulb plant food’ also use when planting new bulbs – plant in circles – this makes it easier to thin them later
- Plant potted colour e.g. Polyanthus, Pansies in your garden to brighten up front gardens or entranceways
- Peonies, Japanese Iris and Watsonias – It is now time to divide these
- Protect your geranium and succulents for winter
Roses
- Carpet roses can be pruned hard – this is most easily done with hedge shears
- Other roses – don’t prune too hard as they may grow too big, Peace is one that needs only a light prune.
Garden Clean up
- Place fresh pea-straw to help keep garden weed free
Lawns
- Fertilise lawns to keep green – If any bare patches sprinkle a little topsoil and grass seed, water in if the autumn rains don’t come
- Autumn is the very best time to form a new lawn/revamp existing one – Ask at Evergreen Garden Centre for tips on creating a new lawn
- Still watch out for grass grubs as these will still be chewing on grass root system.
- Now is the time to keep weeds in the lawn under control – use broadleaf killer e.g. Turfix
Trees/shrubs
- Fertilise fertilise, fertilise….To promote autumn growth of shrubs, trees, potted plants
- Best time for planting trees and shrubs – While soil is still warm, this encourages root establishment
- Pruning of trees/shrubs should be finished by first frosts
- Wrenching of deciduous tree now is the time to dig around shrubs or trees you want to move in winter
- Prepare your garden for your new winter stock
GARDEN TIPS for APRIL plus FREE Gift
Get ready for work in the Garden – With all the inspiration from The International Ellerslie Show you can begin creating…from the Incredible Edibles to Organics, to your own corner of paradise in your garden. This is the time we roll up our sleeves and do a great effort in the whole garden from veges to flowers to trees to bulbs
Enjoy the work out! - Plus FREE Bulbs – See below
Edible Garden
- Perfect time for planting winter veges beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbages, cauli, silverbeet plus winter lettuces
- Dig out/bag up all of your potatoes/onion now. Harvest pumpkins store in cool dry place
- Autumn is a time to watch out for slugs/snails. An organic option is to sprinkle rotted sawdust around slug loving plants. Blitzem is another option to control these pests.
- Plant citrus, blueberries/raspberries also get ready to prune/tying raspberries now to encourage good fruiting season in summer.
- Sow green crops in cleared areas
- Fruit Trees – Once leaves fall spray with Champ DP Copper Fungicide” This will protect leaf scars from fungal and bacterial infection
Flowers/Colour
SPECIAL for WEB READERS – Mention you have read the “Garden Tips for April” and you will receive a FREE bag of bulbs for every 3 bags of bulbs you have purchased. Read more
