Kay, yes yes YES, you definitely want Flower Circus for permanent containers. The thing about this Rose is that it’s bred to be able to bloom fully in a small container, such as you’d give as a gift, and then to transplant into the garden for a long life, instead of keeling over after first [...]
Dear Tamsin: Just a quick note to ask about the Flower Circus Rose on special for today. Are these better than Vigorosas for planting permanently in containers? Will they really take hold, or do you need to get them into the ground after the first season? Advice, please! Sincerely, Kay Product Administration KayRavenel@gmail.com
Sharon — What’s the story on popcorn? We packed with REAL popcorn? Yum. Martin MartinSantos23@gmail.com
Hi everybody it’s me again! We had another team meeting this morning, and I’ve got another question for you in Packaging and Shipping. A couple customers have suggested that we use something recyclable for our packing material instead of those plastic peanuts. Now I remember the "bad old days" of popcorn, which we don’t ever [...]
Dear Tamsin: I know Eb will give you the real response, but I had to put in my two cents. There is an old gardening saying in this country that Bearded Irises must be divided only after Memorial Day (the end of May) and before Labor Day (the beginning of September). It certainly would have [...]
Here’s a question that will expose my ignorance of New World gardening. Sunday I was out back dividing a huge patch of old Bearded Irises that my predecessors planted countless years ago (they look like Copper Classic, Kay, with something rich and very deep blue — maybe Tom Johnson? Gorgeous, whatever it is!). There I [...]
Sharon, I don’t know if customers ever ask what our containers are made of or how we arrived at the sizes and materials we use, but I thought I’d fill in a bit of background in case anybody is curious. We use nursery trade containers, which are made from poly resin to be lightweight but [...]
Hi Sharon! It surely was a pleasure to see your new grandbaby in church yesterday. Annette said he looks just like old Mr. Hughes who she remembers from the curb store when she was a kid. But I think he favors his father too. We were figuring he must be the first boy in two [...]
Martin, Alice Tollison from over in the Web group gave me a quick lesson on putting in links to products and setting up photos a couple weeks ago. If you ever want the 10-cent tour, I’d be happy to oblige. Helps me remember all this stuff in between using it. I’m up on the second [...]
Hi everyone this is Sharon from CS. My team asked me to find out why we say "1 trade gallon pot – 3 qt" for some of our plants. Customers ask about this all the time, and remind us that a gal. has 4 qts. We always just say something about a TRADE gallon is [...]