Raintree Nursery

Now is the time of year for gardening catalogs to start arriving in your mailbox: seed catalogs, flower and plant catalogs, and tree and shrub catalogs. Over the next few months, I will be highlighting some of the various catalogs and presenting to you the items each catalog seems to specialize in. This week will be the Raintree Nursery:

By going to their website - http://www.raintreenursery.com - or with making a mail order, each customer can take $10 off their next order over $75.

This week the Raintree horticulturist has some important tips for care of your fruit garden. The topics are listed below:

• The Gift Certificate that helps sustain your family, friends and the planet: In celebration of Christmas or Chanukah and New Year's consider giving your loved ones their choice of edible plants.
• Fruit and Nut trees can provide healthy food for the next hundred years or more. It's a gift that is also a legacy.
• Contribute to locally grown, healthy food. It's a wonderful experience to plant an edible tree because as its planted thoughts are not just of the little tree but what it will become and provide in the future.

Remember, you order by phone at 800 - 391 - 8892 and their friendly staff will be happy to help you.

Raintree Nursery now has a complete Plant Care blog available, click on the link to take a look.
http://www.raintreenursery.com/plantcare/

GROWING TIPS FOR DECEMBER
By Raintree Horticulturist Theresa Knutsen
Here's the list of the December Growing tips. Click to see the whole thing.
http://www.raintreenursery.com/december.html

Advertisement

, Lexington Gardening Examiner

Bobbi Rightmyer is a wife and mother of three daughters. Her family and friends call her Mrs. Greenhands because she has the knack for growing all kinds of plants. She has been gardening since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, following her grandparents through the corn fields. She currently...

Today's top buzz...