Johnsons's Garden Centers Text File document - copyright 2002
PDF file available at http://www.johnsonsgarden.com/newsletter/gardentips.html

Garden Tips
March 2002
Marty Johnson, President, Johnson's Garden Centers 
   and Kansas Certified Nurseryman

TIME TO JUMP IN!
    If you have ever thought about installing a water garden, it's now
easier than ever, with an Aquascape pond kit. These kits have everything
you need (except rocks, plants, fish and water) to complete your
project. If you want to learn how to install one from start to finish,
plan to attend our "Build a Pond in a Day" seminar on June 8.

RHODODENDRONS
    If you have a protected spot on the north or east side of your
house, be sure to try an azalea or rhododendron. These spring-blooming
plants are gorgeous when planted out of the hot summer sun with Cotton
Boll Compost and encouraged to grow with ferti-lome Acid Loving Plant
Food. These purple, red, pink, white and yellow flowering shrubs will
surely be traffic stoppers.

FRUITS & VEGETABLES
    In the vegetable garden, plant seeds of beets, lettuce, peas,
radishes, spinach and turnips. It's also time to put out cabbage,
broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, garlic, rhubarb, potatoes and onions.

    Now's the time to plant strawberries, too. Other delicious fruits
that will be available at Johnson's this spring are blackberry,
blueberry, gooseberry, grape and raspberry.

SOIL PREP
    For healthy plants and higher yields, amend your garden soil with
Johnson's Soil Recipe which includes Cotton Boll Compost, Bone Meal,
ferti-lome Gardener's Special, Gypsum and Weed and Grass Stopper.
    
FREE PLANT GUIDE
    Stop by the Johnson's nearest you to pick up your 2002 Plant Guide.
It's 128 pages filled with lots of valuable lawn and garden information
that will help you spruce up your landscape this year!

"PLANT OF THE WEEK"
    Each week this spring, we'll feature one new or very reliable "Plant
of the Week."  Stop by each week to see what's new in the plant world at
Johnson's Garden Centers.

    "Plant of the Week" varieties in mid March through mid April include
PJM Rhododendron, Prairifire Crabapple, Huecheras and Coral Flower
Carpet Rose.

COLD HARDY PANSIES
    Chase away the winter blues by  planting pansies in your garden.
Pansies don't mind cold temperatures and will continue to bloom
throughout the spring months.