How to get your plants ready for winter.

Dear Viewer, Repainted, Redecorated, & Ready for the Holiday Season Our showroom has had some improvements and changes done and it looks awesome!  Make sure to shop by and see the cool new faux painting done on our walls. (My favorite is the one with the brick, shown above.)  Also all of our holiday containers and Flip Flops are being set out right now for the Christmas Season.   Want to Use Your Outdoor Containers Year Round? Our shipment of beautiful fresh evergreen, pine cones, berries, curly willow & dogwood will be here  the week of the 16th. Click Here to get a sneak peak of some of the items we are getting in.  Get some ideas of how your containers could look this winter HERE.  Let Katie create a beautiful container for you that will bring life to your front door all winter long.  Or if you want to do it yourself we will gladly help you. Have Questions?  Give Katie a call at 722-4600 or send her an email at katie@scgroundeffects.com   Fall To Do Checklist Pull up all of your annuals. Cut back frost damaged perennials, but you can leave the ones with interesting seedheads or shapes, especially ornamental grasses and sedums.  You can cut back perennials in early spring also it is just nice sometimes to have it done. Make sure to keep weeding!  Get the weeds now and you will save yourself a lot of work in the spring. Get your trees wrapped with a protective tree wrap now.  It prevents sun scald and also prevents rabbit and rodent damage over the winter.  Remove again in spring when plants send out new growth. Avoid cutting Roses back to far.  Don't use the white rose cones -- they can actually cause more damage.  If there are long shoots cut them back a little.  For some extra winter protection put a little mulch around the base of the rose. Make sure your evergreens, trees, and shrubs go into winter with enough moisture.  That shouldn't be a problem this fall.  But if we suddenly get a couple weeks of dry weather you might want to give these plants a drink. To provide a little more protection for your evergreens spray wilt proof on them after the ground is frozen but the temp is above freezing.  This will help prevent winterburn. Detach your garden hoses to prevent your outdoor faucets from bursting. After the frost give your lawn one final mowing. Upcoming Events Christmas Open House: November 27-28         Poinsettias at unbeatable prices!! Christmas Seminar: December 5         The only one of the year to gather valuable insight on what's new! Need Your Landscape Cleaned up this Fall? Let us come to your place and make sure your landscape is ready for winter.  Give us a call and let Ron take care of your place.  722-4600 or email him at ron@scgroundeffects.com   Become a Fan on Facebook Check out our new facebook page HERE. And while you are there become a Fan!! Thanks for your time.   Sincerely,   Justin Schuiteman Ground Effects justin@scgroundeffects.com P.S.  If you are thinking of doing some landscaping next spring give us a call this fall as our schedule for spring is starting to fill up.