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A warm hello from tepid Seattle! Lol! We hope this finds you well, safe and loving the springtime wherever you are. We're enjoying major wind gusts with clear blue skies right now but, as they say, if you don't like the weather in Seattle, wait 20 minutes. But here's hoping the blue sky and sunshine sticks around!
We have some new items up in the store this week and there's some information about drought tolerant plants and what that really means for us... read on below!
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Whatever you do, make it fun, stay safe and sane - it seems that everyone is bugged about something during this Mercury in retrograde but at least we know about it to have more patience. This too shall pass... while you make a mini garden! :oD
Janit Calvo, Head MG, Owner
Two Green Thumbs Living Miniature Garden Center
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A Mini-Mini-Garden-Reminder-Memo:
For today's Gazette, I wanted to refresh the "drought tolerant" term to help get you starting to think about this coming summer. I'm hearing a lot of warning a lot of talk of a very dry summer this year if it hasn't started already in some areas. I know in some states there are going to be water restrictions, so we need to arm ourselves with some tips
and know-how in order to continue enjoying our miniature gardens throughout the summer successfully.
The term "drought tolerant" is usually misunderstood as the plant doesn't need any water. Our plants do.
What makes a plant/tree/shrub completely drought tolerant is when the garden plant is established in the landscape after at least one full year of care and maintenance. After that first year of regular watering, the plant's roots have grown enough that they can usually find its own water and nutrients BUT it will STILL need
watering in the driest months. (Water deeply and intermittently.)
In pots & planters, "drought-tolerant" plants can tolerate dry conditions but not for too long nor too often.
In the garden shown in today's Gazette, the Valley Cushion Mugo
Pine is planted with Two-Row Stonecrop of Sedum spurium and some Hens and Chicks. All three plants are known as drought tolerant plants, but I'll still need to keep up on the watering throughout the summer.
About today's Miniature Garden
The very top photo at the top of the page, was take a couple of months after it was planted in summer of 2019. This photo just above is the same garden - the photo was taken today. Those skinny shoots coming out of
the mugo pine is the new, spring growth. It looks like a lot but the little shrub will flush-out and look like a mini shrub in a couple of weeks.
See all our Sedums here. (We have cuttings of the Two-Row Stonecrop in every Sedum cutting set, regardless of how you
order them. Click in to see more.)
The pot is about 9 inches wide and it's painted terra cotta. (The paint is peeling off because terra cotta is a clay that absorbs moisture that doesn't allow the paint to adhere permanently. It does give a nice shabby-chic look to it though!)
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Pink Flagstone Stone Sheet - Awesome color, same thickness, rounded edges, glued to a mesh sheet to make installments easy peasy! Click the pic to see it up in the store!
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Up on the Mini Garden Guru Blog :o)
(Click the links to get into the articles.)
And we need your help - but it's fun! PLUS: See a May Day Mini Garden!
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Miniature Tree
Set ... of our FAVORITE Miniature Trees! Fernspray Gold on the left, Jersey Jewel Japanese Holly in the middle and Jean's Dilly Spruce on the right. The very definition of charming!! ( Can you tell I'm a plant nerd? )
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Tiny trees in 2-inch pots are just the cutest thing EVER!
Pretty style, made of metal, completely weatherproof!
Tough, full sun, hardy to -20F, red berries follow summer flowers!
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