Easter Plants

Spring is in the air! Check in with us about a week before Easter for spring bulb plants including Lilies, Tulips, Daffodils and Hyacinths. Start of the growing season right and get your hands on some blooming spring flowers. Beautifying the community, as we service area Churches and Organizations who wish to place orders to celebrate the Easter Season. You can get yours too! If this is something that you are interested in, please call or email us for more information and order deadline dates. Our service includes delivery of the plants, with a minimum order, locally up to the day before Easter!

Spring

Ready, set, grow! If you are looking for annuals, perennials, herbs, and vegetables, look no further! Barbott’s is here to please! Ever heard of Proven Winners or Proven Selections? These are plants that have been selected to be the best of the best in color, longevity, bloom time, and the ease of growing for our customers. Try ‘em we think you’ll like ‘em! We offer many name brand plants like Proven Winners, Proven Selections, Proven Winner Color Choice Shrubs, and Wave Petunias. Get on board, ride the Wave Rave! We are growing many colors and many sizes of Wave Petunias from 4.5” pots up to 10” baskets. Oldies but Goodies! Geraniums are still a hot seller with even more color to choose from. We also have a wide variety of sun and shade perennials that will add to your home and garden year after year. Make sure to check them out as we add new varieties throughout our growing season.

Vegetables There is nothing better than going out to the garden and picking a plump, juicy, purple tomato. That’s right…PURPLE! We offer a line of specialty heirloom vegetables, including Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Black Prince, and Mr. Stripy. Along with the traditional assortments, we have heirloom tomatoes and bell peppers in colors that are hard to find. This line is exclusive to Barbott Farms, and it also offers plants that are hard to find such as Okra, Italian Eggplant, and many others. These are plants we are proud to see in our gardens and now we are sending them from our farm fresh garden to yours. Pick farm fresh vegetables in your own backyard! We have many varieties of tomatoes, from a patio to a cherry, even to a beef steak with many in between. Spice up your life! We have red, yellow, and green bell peppers and an assortment of hot peppers. There are also strawberries, squashes, eggplant, cabbage, broccoli, watermelon, cantaloupe, and beans, to name a few. If you are looking for something specific please contact us by phone, email, or the best way to know our vegetable selection is to stop out and see for yourself!

Planters Spring is a busy time of year. So, if you don't have time to plant, we have a selection of planters full and ready to add splashes of color all around your home. Big or small we plant them all! We carry many different styles of planter from Thermolites to Stainless Steel and in many sizes too! If you have a planter that needs to be filled, bring it in! Let us take care of you! All you do is pick out the plants and we'll put it together for you! We are offering you a professional and convenient way to have your containers planted when time runs low over the summer. So, you like to get your hands dirty, but just not sure what looks good? We will help you decide what plants work best for you in your pots and beds and then we’ll leave the planting up to you! Let your green thumbs shine! For a great selection of planter ideas and container recipes visit www.provenwinners.com!

The more you know, the better you’ll grow! It is our goal as your Hometown Garden Center to provide accurate information and advice to those who love to garden. Proven Winners has created a certification program for Garden Centers and their employees to add to their profile. We passed the test! We are Proven Winner Certified and we know our plants. Proven Winners are a combination of the most colorful, fastest growing, versatile plants in the world. And we back them up with the strongest retail support in the business. With Proven Winners, everybody wins. If you have any questions pertaining to your plants or gardens give us a call, shoot us an email, or better yet come in and tell us about it. We'll be glad to help you with any problems you might have. We wish you success!

Gardening expert P. Allen Smith knows plants, so when he makes a recommendation you know it will be a winner in the garden. He recently chose the Proven Winners varieties shown here as his favorites. These plants have been selected for their visual impact, vibrant color, superior performance, and low maintenance. Guess what… we carry all of the favorite varieties pictured below!!!

HOT PICKS FOR 2009!



Jumpstarting the season! As your Hometown Garden Center we always plan to be open the last Weekend in April for retail sales. Our spring hours are Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Don’t forget that after the 4th of July we send our stock to the roadside market, which is located in front of the greenhouse! Check out the summer page for news and events for the Summer Season! Don’t forget we are always here and always growing!

Quick Tips

We are here to help our customers achieve their garden goals! Here are some helpful hints and tips to keep you on the right path to garden bliss.

What is the difference between an annual and a perennial? Annuals are planted annually while perennials are planted once and last from year to year. Most perennials aren't in full bloom from May through August so it is very common to plant annuals in with perennials to add color through the spring and summer months. Patience is a virtue! Remember that if you buy a perennial it takes a little time for it to grow to its full potential. They take a year to sleep, a year to creep, and a year to leap to full size.

What is the difference between a seed and zonal geranium? The difference between a seed and zonal geranium is that a seed geranium is grown from a seed while a zonal geranium is made form a cutting. That is why zonal geraniums are hardier than seed, because they have already been growing for a year or two.

What about frost? Be careful if you plant your flowers too early in the season. Many people get the urge to start planting early but sometimes a late frost may damage your annuals. There is nothing wrong with purchasing your plants before the crowd, but you might want to keep them in the garage until after the last frost has past, or if you do plant them, put a sheet over the planted beds at night. This protects the plants from the cool night air.

Helpful Gardening Products

Slow Release Fertilizer To keep your plants looking as perky as the day you took them home, we recommend using the Slow Release Fertilizer from Proven Winners. It is a small granular that can be added to the surface of a pre-existing basket or planter, or it can be mixed into the soil both in the pots and in the beds before you plant. These granules release fertilizer every time you water, how’s that for easy! Fertilizer increases blooms, urges plant growth and benefits the overall appearance of the plants!



Moisture Crystals Ever wonder why as the season progresses, your plants seem to need more and more water? Well, not only is it due to the warmer temperatures, but your plants are growing! The stems are elongating and the water has to travel farther to reach the entire plant. Also, the roots are getting longer, establishing the plant, and are increasing in mass, which requires more water as well. Moisture crystals can be mixed into the soil in containers and beds. It starts off as a crystal, but when the crystals become moist they increase in size from absorbing the water. Then as the soil dries out, the crystals release the water. Gardening can be easy, let us help!