The Philadelphia Garden Guide: It’s time to Plant!! (Photos)

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The garden gates are swinging wide open; and this upcoming weekend and next weekend will be the busiest among garden retailers in Philadelphia and the entire Southeastern region of Pennsylvania. Garden centers, as well as, grocery and hardware stores are anticipating the official start of the 2012 gardening season. Next Tuesday, May 15 is considered the “safe date” to plant vegetables, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees here in Philadelphia without the threat of frost; although with the extreme weather patterns that Philadelphia has been experiencing over the last 6 months, anything could happen.

At the garden center, you’ll find hanging baskets, flats of annuals, pots of blooming perennials, summer blooming bulbs, shrubs, trees, fertilizers, weed killers, mulch, and much more. It’s time to clean out the garden beds, if you haven’t already, and hang the hanging pots, plant those seedlings you’ve started indoors, fill the garden with annuals, divide your perennials, prune spring-flowering shrubs, sow vegetable seeds directly into the soil, and don’t forget the lawn care.

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The biggest weekend for Garden Retailers
The biggest weekend for Garden Retailers
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Joanne Taylor

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Gardening is more important than ever these days. Whether it’s growing a small herb garden, starting a vegetable garden, planting flowers and shrubs, or just adding one tree to the property, it’s all about giving back to the earth. A garden is a breathing and living masterpiece, a one-of-a-kind extension of the gardener themselves; can you dig it?

Hop on the garden wagon; get your garden growing this year! It’s time to get your garden growing here in Philadelphia and the entire Northeast; and here’ s everything you need to grow! American’s are returning back to the garden; and sustainable living by way of vegetable gardening is the one of the hottest gardening trends to hit the landscape. The Philadelphia Gardening Examiner column is where you'll find all the information you need to vegetable or flower garden. You can begin a new garden or l garden, or improve the garden you have. For beginners, this column gives practical and easy to understand information on everything from planting annuals to pulling weeds, along with slideshows. For avid and professional gardeners, this column gives valuable information on sustainability, roof gardening, garden design ideas, new hybrid plants, garden perennial combinations, koi ponds, texture in the garden, how to deter or attract wildlife, urban, container gardening, Philadelphia gardening events, and much more. Click the subscribe box located above, it’s free; and I’ll take you through the entire year with up-to-date gardening news, plant information, and gardening “to do’s,” all in “real time” gardening for every month of the year.

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Joanne is a gardener by trade for 23 years. She's won Blue and Red Ribbon Awards in gardening competitions held by Philadelphia's Horticulture Society, has judged their City Gardens Contest, and also taught at the Philadelphia Flower Show. She is the author of "A Down to Earth Bible Study." www...

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