Popes' Gardens - www.popesgardens.com
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL 8/11/08
FRUIT TREES - 50% OFF
Choose from Apple, Peach, Nectarine, Pear, Plum & Cherry Trees
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ALL ANNUALS - HALF PRICE
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ALL HANGING BASKETS - BUY 1 GET 1 FREE
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QUANTITY DISCOUNTS
Attention all gardeners &
landscapers. We offer a volume discount on our 1 gallon perennials &
shrubs. Regularly 6.29 each
50 or more - 15% discount
100 or more - 20% discount
Must be purchased and picked up all at one time.
NEW
PERENNIALS FOR 2008
Agastache 'Black Adder'
Heuchera 'Creme Brulee' - Coral Bell
Allium tricocum - Wild Leek
'Prince of Orange'
Aquilegia 'Songbird Cardinal' - Columbine
'Venus'
'Songbird Robin'
Oenothera 'Sunset Boulevard' - Mexican Primrose
Astilbe 'Diamonds & Pearls'
Penstemon 'Elfin Pink'
'Heart
& Soul'
'Garnet'
Bergenia 'Bressingham Ruby'
mexicali 'Minaret Purple'
Campanula 'Blue Waterfall' - Bellflower
Phlox 'Eva Cullum'
Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh
'Flamingo'
Coreopsis rosea 'Heavens Gate' - Tickseed
'Goldmine'
Coreopsis'Zampfir'
'Juliet'
Delphinium 'Delft Blue'
'Natural Feelings'
'Magic Fountain Cherry Blossom'
'Orange Perfection'
'Pacific Giant Black Knight'
'Peppermint Twist'
'Pacific Giant Guinevere'
'Sherbet Cocktail'
Digitalis 'Thapsi Spanish Peaks' - Foxglove
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
Echinacea 'Bright Star' - Coneflower
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
'Doubledecker'
Stylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy
'Fatal Attraction'
Uvularia grandiflora - Merrybells
'Harvest Moon'
Viola pedata - Bird foot violet
'Razzmatazz'
'Ruby Star'
For full description of each new perennial,
Euphorbia 'Excaliber' - Spurge
look under perennial section.
'Martinii Rudolph'
Gaura 'Passionate Rainbow' - Wandflower
'Pink
Fountain'
Gazania 'Colorado Gold'
Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
'Sweet Heidi'
NEW SHRUBS FOR 2008
PW®Proven Winner


EEK, A BUG! 
You may see ladybugs and various other "good bugs" around our nursery. We are an "ALL NATURAL" nursery and greenhouse, meaning we do not spray insecticides. NONE, NOT EVER! We buy "good bugs" to eat our "bad bugs" and we have found that this method works quite well for us. So if you see an insect on our plants, don't be afraid. Chances are that it is a beneficial insect just doing its job.
TO KILL APHIDS:
LADYBUGS - $3.99 package
Such a lovable insect, with a voracious appetite for aphids (which are plant
juice sucking monsters!) Keep refrigerated until ready to release.
TO KILL APHIDS: LACEWINGS - $9.99 package of 1,000 eggs
Lacewings are small green moth-like creatures. Their larvae are the
predators of aphids. Available in ready to hatch egg form. Special
order, very short shelf life.
TO KILL WHITEFLY: ENCARSIA FORMOSA - 10 cards $9.99
A small wasp, which lays eggs directly into whitefly larvae. They come on
small cards as "eggs" ready to hatch.
TO KILL INSECTS: PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES - $4.99 ea.
For control of many insects. Fascinating to watch. Hang egg case in
problem garden area or hatch in brown bag and release in the garden.
TO KILL CATERPILLARS: DIPEL POWDER - $5.99 lb.
A bacteria that will kill caterpillars. Just dust on your plants!
TO PREVENT DISEASE: MYCOSTOP - Biofungicide -
$12.99
A soil bacteria which actually colonizes plant roots before the fungus can get
to them. It increases growth and vegetable yield dramatically.
1 package covers 100 square feet.
TO KILL THRIPS: AMBLYSEIUS CUCUMERIS - $4.99 package of
1,000
A small tan mite (related to crabs) which feed on thrips. Thrips are very
small insects that feed on flower parts and cause the flower to die prematurely,
which is a much larger problem than most people realize.
TO KILL GRUBS: NEMATODES - $14.99 per million
Small worm like creatures that live in soil and consume any insect larvae that
lives in the soil. Great for getting rid of grubs in the lawn. Apply
with a hose-end sprayer.
GARDEN PACK PRICING:
SMALL GARDEN PACK: $39.99
1,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
1 Praying Mantis Egg Case
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
MEDIUM GARDEN PACK: $49.99
2,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
2 Praying Mantis Egg Case
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
1,000 Lacewing Eggs
LARGE GARDEN PACK: $79.99
2,000 Ladybugs
2 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
4 Praying Mantis Egg Cases
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
1,000 Lacewing Eggs
500 Spider-mite Predators (Phytoseiulus persimilis)
HOBBY GREENHOUSE PACK: $74.99
1,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol)
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
500 Spider-mite Predators (Phytoseiulus persimilis)
300 Whitefly Parasites (Encarsia formosa)
1 gram Mycostop
All beneficial insects have a short storage period in the refrigerator, so
please call for inventory on hand. You can also pre-pay your order and
pick them up when they arrive. For orders, call us at (856) 767-3343

COMPANION PLANTING
Don't forget Companion planting. Some plants just naturally repel insects. Marigolds are a well know flower that keep away insects. Here are a few others:
Nasturtiums repel white fly and
squash bugs.
Asparagus planted with tomato,
basil and parsley repel asparagus beetle.
Catnip repels Japanese Beetle
and aphids. Plant near Roses!
Cosmos, Chrysanthemums and
Marigolds repel Mexican bean beetle from beans.
Plant Garlic with strawberries
to repel insect pests.
One clove of garlic planted near
roses helps repel aphids and greenflies. The garlic also exudes
sulfur, which will kill black spot fungus.
"Companion Planting" at its finest!

SOME NATURAL REMEDIES
NATURAL INSECTICIDE Rhubarb leaves are highly poisonous. After you have made strawberry-rhubarb pie with your rhubarb stems, boil 1 pound rhubarb leaves in a quart of water for 30 minutes, strain, then add a dash of liquid soap to make it stick. Spray it on aphids and spider mites to kill them.
Or if you prefer, Liquefy 1 garlic bulb and 1 small onion, add 1 tsp. powered cayenne pepper, and mix with 1 quart water. Let steep 1 hour, strain and add 1 tablespoon liquid soap. Mix well and spray.
GROUNDHOG REMEDY - Evict groundhogs (Also known as Woodchucks) from under your buildings by placing a bowl of cleaning ammonia in the area they are using. The fumes will drive them away almost immediately, and hopefully they won't return.
LADY BUG & BOX-ELDER BUG NATURAL REMEDY Have Lady Bugs or Box Elders invaded your home. Use your vacuum cleaner to get them up. Release them outdoors.
SLUG PROBLEM Slugs are repelled by crushed eggshells spread thickly around plants. Or pour a bit of stale beer into an old jar lid and leave it in the garden. The slugs will drown happy. Or, leave an old board overnight in the garden. Slugs will hid under them, and come morning, squish away.
INVITE BATS INTO YOUR YARD Bats are some of the gardener's best allies in the war on pests. Each bat consumes between a quarter and half of its weight in insects every night; a single Brown Bat can eat more than 500 mosquitoes in an hour. If you are lucky enough to have even a small colony of twenty or so bats on your property, over twenty thousand mosquitoes, or a smaller number of heavier insects like beetles, gnats, moths, or flies, could be consumed by bats in your vicinity every warm summer night.
Jim Working In The Greenhouse

DEER PROBLEMS

White tailed deer are beautiful animals, but very destructive to flower gardens. Certain plants are naturally repulsive to deer. In general, deer avoid eating coarse, fuzzy or spiny plants, or those with strong aromas, especially lemony and minty ones. Although (as you may already know) if they’re hungry enough, deer will eat just about anything. Below is a list of some “rarely eaten” good plants to try when gardening with a deer problem.
ANNUALS
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Ageratum |
Lantana |
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Begonia Wax |
Marigolds |
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Cosmos |
Petunia |
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Dusty Miller |
Salvia |
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Dahlia |
Sunflowers |
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Datura – Angel Trumpet |
Strawflowers |
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Geranium |
Vinca |
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Heliotrope |
Zinnias |
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Lobelia |
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Achillea – Yarrow |
Gallium – Sweet Woodruff |
Berberis - Barberry |
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Aconitum - Monkshood |
Lamiastrum |
Buddleia – Butterfly Bush |
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Allium – Flowering Onion |
Lavender |
Buxus - Boxwood |
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Anemone – Japanese (Fall) |
Leucanthemum Shasta Daisy |
Cedrus - Cedar |
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Artemesia - Wormwood |
Liatris - Gayfeather |
Chaenomeles - Quince |
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Asclepias – Butterfly Weed |
Lychnis – Rose Campion |
Hibiscus – Rose Of Sharon |
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Astilbe |
Lysimachia – Circle Flower |
Hollies |
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Bergenia |
Lonicera – Honeysuckle Vine |
Hydrangea |
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Brunnera |
Monarda - Beebalm |
Hypericum – St. Johns Wort |
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Campanula glomerata - Bellflower |
Mertensia – Va. Bluebells |
Juniperus - Juniper |
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Centaurea – Mt. Bluet |
Myosostis – Forget Me Nots |
Kerria |
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Cimicifuga - Bugbane |
Narcissus - Daffodils |
Kolkwitzia – Beauty Bush |
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Clematis |
Papaver - Poppy |
Peony |
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Convallaria – Lily of Valley |
Physostegia – Obedient Plant |
Philadelphus – Mock Orange |
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Coreopsis - Tickseed |
Potentilla - Cinquefoil |
Picea glauca – White Spruce |
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Chelone - Turtlehead |
Pulmonaria - Lungwort |
Salix - Pussy Willow |
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Crocosmia |
Rudbeckia – Fuzzy leaved |
Sambucus - Elderberry |
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Dicentra – Bleeding Hearts |
Santolina |
Spirea |
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Digitalis - Foxgloves |
Salvia - Sage |
Syringa - Lilacs |
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Delphinium |
Stokesia – Stoke’s Aster |
Weigelia |
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Geranium - Cranesbill |
Verbascum - Mullein |
Yucca |
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Gypsophila – Baby’s Breath |
Veronica |
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Gaillardia – Blanket Flower |
Wisteria |
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Homemade Deer Repellent: Dissolve 2 tsp. beef bouillon and 2 well-beaten eggs in 1 gallon water. Let the mixture sit for a few days (preferable outdoors because it will smell terrible) and spray on plants. Reapply after heavy rain. Since deer are herbivores, the beef and egg mixture repulses them. The eggs, particularly, because of their high sulfur content repulses them greatly.