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MR. ED’S TIPS:
Selecting roses by petal count
The flowers on rose bushes may have petal numbers ranging from 5 to 80. Some of you from the East and Mid-West may remember ‘Cabbage Roses’ with 60 to 65 petals. Unfortunately, those roses often fail to open well in our climate and may just form a ball and then decay or mold. The rose Society has recommended that roses with petal numbers of about 35 or fewer are best for this area. The buds on those roses can be depended upon to open well and maintain a floriferous display. Enjoy a Fragrant Cloud, Double Delight, Sally Holmes or Oklahoma. These have blossoms in the right size range and have a delicious fragrance.
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Contact Information:
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Telephone:
(650) 368-5908
Address:
492 Woodside Road
Redwood City, CA 94061
Hours:
Mon-Sat
7 am to 6 pm
Sunday
8 am to 5 pm
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FEATURED QUOTE :
"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden."
~ Ruth Stout
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Sunday’s with Mr. Ed Continues this Sunday!
This Week’s Topic: Mid-Season Rose Care
Join Mr. Ed as he continues his series of informal seminars on Sunday mornings at 10am in the nursery this Sunday, May 17. Have questions on how to best care for your roses to keep them blooming beautiful all through the season? This week is for you, Mr. Ed will discuss fertilizing, dead heading, disease control and other Mid-Season Rose Care tips and topics.
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 Captivating Containers
From hanging baskets to colorful containers and garden beds, the plants we choose are a reflection of our personal style. The outdoor living space surrounding our homes has become a haven in the fast-paced life we live on the Peninsula. The trends in container gardening are ever changing, and at Wegman’s we have an amazing selection of pottery and containers to suit every lifestyle with an amazing selection of bedding plants to put in them.
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 All Kinds of Color
Mixing annuals, perennials, herbs and shrubs gives container gardens a unique look. From traditional annuals such as geraniums and petunias, to unique choices like coleus and cannas, we have all the color you need in flowers and foliage to suit any style.
Create high impact by planting one type of plant in a beautiful container where the pot and plant showcase each other. |
 Hot Container Combos
A note about these combinations--These combinations contain both shade and sun plants. The will look great during the summer and will need to be replaced for the fall.
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Plants that like: R --Full Sun Ö Shade
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Pretty in Pink
Geraniums R
Creeping Wirevine Ö
Diascia Blush R
White Petunia R
Dracaena R
Fuchsia Ö
Red Hot
Curly Parsley Ö
Ipomoea R
Euphorbia Diamond Frost R
Geranium Red R
Calibrachoa Dark Red R
Cimicifuga-Bugbane R
Circle of Life
Miscanthus R
Argyranthemum Red R
Dracaena R
Wave Petunia Double Blue R
Lobelia Waterfall Blue R
Verbena Bright Eye R
Bacopa White Abunda Ö
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Sunset
Violet Petunia R
Leather Leaf Sedge R
Orange Osteospermum R
Coleus Ö
Heuchera Ö
Coleus Kiwi Fern Ö
Anagallis Orange R
Tropicana
Sanvitalia R
Coleus Kingswood Torch Ö
Canna Lily Ö
Argyranthemum Butterfly R
Verbena Scarlet R
Calibrachoa Yellow R
Urban Oasis
Fuchsia Genii Ö
New Guinea Impatiens Ö
Creeping Jenny Gold Ö
Fern Ö
New Zealand Flax R
Centradenia R
Impatiens White Ö
Vinca minor Ö
Vinca Rose
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Just at the height of the blooming season Wegman’s offers you outstanding values on first quality plants. There is a huge selection of varieties and colors of roses. There is a rainbow of rhodies in bloom to choose from, too.
Hybrid Tea Roses
Hybrid tea rose, a cross between hybrid perpetuals and old fashioned tea roses, are rose royalty. They are the most popular rose in the world, the National Flower of the United States, and perhaps the most popular flower. Hybrid teas have all the virtues you look for in a flower: beauty, fragrance and easy care.
What Makes Hybrid Tea Roses Different from Other Roses?
Hybrid teas generally produce only one blossom at the end of the stem, rather than clusters of flowers. They have an open rather than bushy habit. Virtually all are repeat bloomers throughout the growing season and offer some degree of fragrance.
The flowers on hybrid tea roses may have over 60 petals and be as large as 5 inches across. A signature of hybrid teas is the long, pointed buds that open by slowly unfurling. Plants will grow anywhere from 3-6 feet tall, depending on the variety and the growing conditions. The long, strong stems make them great cut flowers. Hybrid teas have been cultivated in almost every color except blue, with many extraordinary bi-colors to choose from.
The 2009 AARS Winner, Pink Promise, is a Hybrid Tea and is available at Wegman’s along with dozens of other Hybrid Teas. See all of our roses by clicking the Rose Gallery in the sidebar.
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The ground is warming up and so are the days and nights so it’s a perfect time to get those tomatoes and veggies in your garden. In April, the air is warming but the ground is still a bit cool for tomatoes and they tend to sit dormant. With the May warmth the tomato plants are ready to grow!
Gardens are a great project for your kids during the summer. Being able to see the growing process from planting to cooking and eating the harvest is fun and educational. Wegman’s has a large variety of tomatoes in both 4 inch starts and 1-gallon cans. You could start a truck garden from all of the varieties of different vegetables and herbs Wegman’s offers. Come in a plant a garden today!
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Master Nursery Master Green Weed & Feed controls a wide range of lawn weeds just in time to enjoy BBQ’s and other lawn parties. Weed & Feed controls dandelion, spurge, and oxalis while a 25-3-8 fertilizer provides plant nutrients for a beautiful lawn.
A 16 pound bag ($24.99) covers 5,000 square feet of lawn.
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Trivia
Question: What am I?
I am a fruit the size of a large orange. My leathery reddish-pink skin shelters the membranous walls and bitter tissue that house compartments or sacs filled with hundreds of seeds. A translucent red pulp that has a slightly sweet and tart taste surrounds these seeds. I am grown in California and throughout Asia and the Mediterranean countries.
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Question, answer, and winner from April 30th
edition:
Question: People in northern Germany believed that fewer than seven spots on the backs of ladybugs meant what?
Answer: In past centuries, ladybugs figured in superstitions.
People in northern Germany believed that fewer than seven spots on the
backs of ladybugs meant a big harvest; people in central Europe
believed that if an unmarried young woman caught a ladybug and it
crawled across the back of her hand, she'd be married within the year.
This week's winner: Toni Tomacci
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Ingredients:
- 1 large russet potato, peeled and quartered
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and quartered
- 1 cup corn
- 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon-style mustard
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cucumber, halved lengthwise and chopped
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup finely chopped peanuts
Directions:
- Place the russet potato pieces into a large saucepan, and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, turn the heat down, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the sweet potato, and cook about 15 minutes more. Remove a piece of each potato, and cut it in half to see if it is cooked enough.
- Once the potatoes are tender, add corn kernels; cook another 30 seconds. Drain through a colander.
- Fill the saucepan with cold water, and drop vegetables into water. Cool for 5 minutes, and drain.
- In a large bowl, whisk together mustard, lime juice, cilantro, and garlic. Slowly whisk in oil. Mix in salt and black pepper.
- Cut cooled potatoes into 1 inch cubes, and add to dressing along with cucumber and red onion. Toss well.
- Serve at room temperature or chilled.
- Toss the peanuts in just before serving.
Yield: 5 servings
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