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Spring 2013Volume 13, Issue 1

Inside this Issue

1 New Tools For A BetterLawn

1 Stakes Alive!

2 NEW Plants for 2013!

2 BACK BY POPULARDEMAND!‘Tax Free FRIDAYS’

3 More New Items…

3 Keytag Partners ProgramGrows

4 Preferred GardenerSpecials

New Tools For ABetter LawnLast year’s drought may mean that yourlawn could need some help this spring.Grobe’s has some new tools to assistyou in renovating and improving yourexisting turf. Firstly, for many yearsnow Grobe’s has used an exclusive cus-tom blended grass seed to overseed andimprove client lawns, butit’s never been available insmaller quantities. Our FastThickening Grass Seed is aquick germinating blend ofthree top quality and durablevarieties that are proven togrow and fill in those barepatches fast, and it’s nowavailable in smaller 1-kg bags. To seehow to overseed properly, check out thevideo on our website.

This year we are also introducing ourbest 5-Step Perfect Lawn Programever. Unlike many other ‘packagedfertilizer deals’, this is a completebalanced program with valuablemicronutrients that also incorporatesthe latest technology in nutrient deliveryand sustainability. The stabilizednitrogen is more eco-friendly as itincludes enzymes to prevent nutrientloss to the soil or atmosphere (it meansthe grass plant uses all the food), and itfeeds even when there is minimal mois-ture present. The program has lots of

iron to make the lawn a deep darkgreen, it’s simple to do, ‘goof-proof’(you won’t burn the lawn even if youapply the summer feeding during thehighest heat of summer) and it is rich insustainable organic matter for improvedturf drought tolerance.

Finally, all new grass seed requiresmoisture to germinate. With new TurfStarter RTU you will be able to gentlywater and feed the new grass with aperfect seed starter fertilizer (7-12-3formula) in every moistening with aconvenient and easy to use hose endattach and spray applicator.

Stakes Alive!It’s important for new trees to havesome sort of support to keep them

straight until the roots fromthe root ball have rooted in-to the adjacent soil. Thisusually takes about a year,and perhaps a bit longer ifthe soil is really heavy.What is more important isto remember to ‘un-stake’these trees after that time toensure that the tree does not

become dependent on the stake for sup-port. Some movement of the tree en-sures that the trunk becomes strong andable to hold the tree upright duringstronger winds as it gets older. And, it’simportant too to ensure that no wire ortree collar is left on the tree to causefuture girdling injury (as shown).

New Plants in 2013!Here is a brief summary of just some ofthe exciting new plants available atGrobe’s this year, each certain to bringbeauty to your yard. A more extensivelisting with colour images can also befound now in the plant galleries sectionof our website.

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simply showing your PreferredGardener’s Keytag while making anypurchase with us in a 2-year period.

Early Spring 2013

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TREES

Planting a unique tree species not onlydifferentiates your garden, it contributesto a genetically diverse urban tree cano-py. This helps to prevent against thepotential large-scale loss of trees due topests or diseases (like we’ve seen withtrees like native Elm or Ash). To plantsmart – plant something different!Some ‘different’ species this year in-clude the compact and brightly seededRuby Slip-pers AmurMaple, state-ly EuropeanBeech, newRedbudsRising Sun(shown) andRuby Falls with unique very golden or-ange or deep ruby red new foliage, aswell as a limited number of very rarenative Kentucky Coffee Trees. Fornarrower spaces there is the highly di-sease resistant white Adirondack ordeep red/pinkRoyal Rain-drops Crab-apples, prettyand fruitlessHilleri Pyrami-dal Ornamen-tal Cherry , fra-grant and nar-rower Boulevard Japanese Lilac, andthe very narrow new Kindred SpiritPyramidal Oak. Finally, we arepleased to be one of the few Ontariogarden centres to offer the new MarianJarvie Ornamental Peach (shown), ahardy stunner without fruitnamed after a prominentOntario Master Gardener,that blooms pink like Flow-ering Almond in spring.

ROSES

The newest variety to ourcollection of 18 ‘no spray’disease resistant Easy Elegance Rosesis beguiling ‘Calypso’ (peach pinkshown). Other new hybrid varieties

include peachy ‘Easy Does It’, longlasting red ‘Timeless’ and from thesame folks who brought you Explorerroses, a new bicoloured Artist seriesshrub rose called ‘Campfire’ . New alsoare Drift series roses – hardy dwarfhybrids of mini-roses crossed withhardy shrub roses, with distinctive anddelicate mini-rose blossoms.

SHRUBS

This year’s highlights include whitebridal bouquet reminiscent SnowDay Surprise Pearl Bush and newSummer Ice Daphne (similar to thepopular Carol Mackie Daphne, butwith fragrant all season blossoms).You can now place a bright yellowspring flowering forsythia anywhere inthe yard with the ultra dwarf Show OffSugar Baby, and the new everbloomingSonic Weigelas will delight with their

showy blooms that continue toappear all season long. Summer islooking even morecolourful and flowerywith new bronze-orange leaved ‘Am-ber Jubilee’ Nine-bark and floriferousHydrangeas like red-

pink reblooming Tuff Stuff and dwarfBobo (with white flowers so thick you

can barely see the plant) as well as withhuge flowering Fiji Rose of Sharontoo. Finally, you can add colour with thefruit of shrubs too, as shown with newRed Balloon Viburnum and stunningpink Candy Sensations Snowberry.For Japanese Maple lovers, two tonedred/purple ‘Purple Ghost’ and ultraskinny-leafed ‘Red Pygmy’ are rareadditions to the 20 beautiful varietiesavailable this year.

ANNUALS,PERENNIALS& FRUIT

Last year thebig story in theUnited States

was the emergence of impatiens downymildew, a lethal disease of impatiensthat can also affect future plantings. Toensure this doesn’t become a problem inyour garden, Grobe’s this year offers theDivine series of mildew resistant impa-

tiens. Our Pot Paradise haseven more styles and types ofcontainers than ever, inclu-ding the new large ‘UrbanVeggie Garden’ planter witha built in moisture reservoirto make keeping up with wa-

tering easier. This should help thosewanting to relish this year’s new vari-

HELD OVER FOR 2013!HELD OVER FOR 2013!HELD OVER FOR 2013!HELD OVER FOR 2013!GROBE’S PREFERRED GARDENER

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Present your Preferred Gardener keytag prior to purchaseon any FRIDAY from April 19 th until May 10 th, 2013

and almost every item in our store that you purchase will be discounted 13%,with special pricing also on many sale items!

Conditions: You must identify yourself PRIOR to scanning yourpurchase (with your keytag) to qualify for this pro gram . Discount isapplicable only if purchased in store ON FRIDAY. Discounts are not retroactively applied.There are no holds or layaways. Discount does not apply to labour, deliveries, gift certificates,selected sale items, or contract work. High Five Discount does not apply to these purchases.We reserve the right to cancel this or any other discount program or offer at any time for anyreason. Discount is applied prior to taxes being calculated – actual savings is likely greater than13%. On bagged goods the best quantity break price applies regardless of quantity.

Grobe Garden News

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eties of Gourmet Tomatoes (Bran-dysweet Plum, Woodle Orange,Ultrasweet and more) and any otherpatio vegetables you like.

Our own select line of larger thanaverage ‘Simply Better’ annuals inconvenient 6 plant carrypacks has been expandedyet again, and you willalso see the newest hotcolours from Proven Winnersincluding Supertunia Picasso inPink, Blue My Mind DwarfMorning Glory (shown), andcool yellow Superbells Lemon Slice.

New perennials for this year includedeep red Anna’s Red Hellebore(shown here), newConeflowers pinkButterfly Kisses andDouble Scoop Or-angeberry, two-toned tall Tutti-Frut-ti Lupins , hot redFire Alarm CoralBells and 2013 Hostaof the Year dwarf golden RainforestSunrise Plantain Lily.

Home fruit production continues togrow in popularity, so we’ve securedmore popular 4 or 5 in 1 fruit trees, anew disease free apple called Freedom,a hardy sweet yellow plum called LaCrescent, uniquely tart CompassCherry-Plums and Cupid Prairiecherries, hardykiwi vines, andeven more superanti-oxidant Has-kap berries thanlast year.

EVERGREENS

Featured this yearare a couple of very durable Bald Cy-presses – narrow ‘Peve’s Minaret’ andweeping ‘Cascade Falls’. Both are‘larch-like’ conifers with unusual formsthat shed their needles in fall but alsotolerate wet soils. Other unusual plantsare Pingii Juniper (it looks like a cy-

press, but tougher),pretty floweringBog Andromedaand rare white nee-dled SilberlockeFir (shown here).

MoreNew Items …

We have addedsome interestingnew ‘non-plant’items as well inclu-ding new organicfungicides derivedfrom milk protein to

help control common fungal diseaseson fruit and roses, durable outdoorcement and metal sun-faces with a‘warm clay-like glow’, rough rusticwooden trellises, a new line of metaltrellises, obelisks, benches and gar-den ornaments, fancy twig-likeblack decorativebaskets that will

not rot enhanced withnew dark brown orblack liners for themor your existing me-tal baskets, an evenwider array of lovely wall or fence art,an exclusive line of beautiful and affor-dable fashion scarves, and if you likedthem at Christmas, wait until you seethe lovely custom decorated pots andinserts from our in house designerHeidi Craig!

Keytag PartnersProgram GrowsFor those of you who are new to thePreferred Gardener’s Club you mightnot be aware that your membership alsooffers you something more. SEVENother reputable local businesses havepartnered with us to help enhance youroverall gardening lifestyle, plus offering‘a little something extra’ for workingwith them as well as with us. We know

many of you love your pets as oneof the family, so we are pleased toadd three local Global Pet Foodslocations (under the ownership ofDoberman loving Doug Kennedy)to help you ensure that your petenjoys a long healthy and happylife with you. Another new addition

is the baker’s experts at Ayres BakingSupplies in Waterloo. Long-time Pre-ferred Gardeners themselves, Bob andNancy Doede have a tremendousamount of baking knowledge, supplies,bulk foods and hard to find dietary pro-ducts to help you transform the ‘fruits ofyour labours’ into something even moredelicious! Of course, delicious is alsoeasy to come to mind with the award-winning foods (27 and counting) asprovided by the entire Stemmler familyat Stemmler’s Fine Foods in Heidel-berg. A pioneer in the ‘grow local’movement, the Stemmler’s have thetastiest locally sourced burgers, steaks,ribs and sausages that you will ever find

plus a huge selection of foods forthose with dietary constraints(gluten etc.) too. If you want thenatural sound of water in the gar-den, Jason Faist at ClearviewWater and Gardenscapes canensure that your existing water

feature is in tip top condition. Just be-cause spring is a little late, it’s not toolate for Bob and Diane Hobden andtheir mechanical wizards at Hobden’sSmall Engines to quickly and expertlyput your garden equipment back to use,or find you an excellent deal on a topquality Toro, Stihl, and Lawn Boy re-placement. Les Sulpher and his patiopros at The Woodburner Leisure Cen-tre will have you ‘sitting pretty’ withtheir specially selected top quality patiofurniture, sun umbrellas,and barbecuesto provide the finishing touches to youroutdoor spaces. And finally, what betterway to enjoy that space than with agreat read or gardening guide as sug-gested by David Worsley and MandyBrouse at Uptown Waterloo’s WordsWorth Books.

Early Spring 2013

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