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Daffodils Giveaway for Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter Subscribers

Kapiti Peach Daffodil

Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the VA/MD/DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product.

For the upcoming October 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, subscribers have a chance to win 40 bulbs of four different types of spring blooming daffodils.

John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs has donated 10 bulbs each from four different daffodils: Kapiti Peach, Eaton Song, Fidan and Littlefield  for a total of 40 bulbs. Daffodils are very easy to plant in the fall and bloom reliably in the spring year after year. These long-lived bulbs are deer and rodent resistant. John Scheepers is a Connecticut-based, family-owned business started by John Scheepers in 1908. Born in the Netherlands, he came to America in 1897 and in the 1900s, his bulb company become known as the premier resource for Dutch flower bulbs in the United States. He is credited for revolutionizing gardening through the wide use of flower bulbs in this country. Today, John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs is a fourth-generation family business specializing in Dutch flower bulbs. There are two sister companies: the wholesale side, Van Engelen, and Kitchen Garden Seeds which provides vegetable, herb, and flower seeds to gardeners. All have very informative websites. This company is a trusted source for bulbs as well as garden seed.

Eaton Song Daffodil

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All photos courtesy of John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs website.

Littlefield Daffodil

Fidan Daffodil

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the VA/MD/DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming September 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a gift bag of Kitchen Minis™ Quick Snack cucumber seeds; a decorative container; a trellis; one red, slotted kitchen spoon; a pen; a vegetable notebook; and a thermos/soup container.

Kitchen Minis™ are miniature vegetable plants – tabletop vegetables! In addition to the tomato and pepper plant, their newest edition is a cucumber. The cucumber can be grown outdoors in the summer or indoors in a container and does not need bees for pollination. The plant is a few feet high and produces cucumbers about 3 inches long. With these adorable cukes, you can eat fresh off the plant, add them to a vegetable platter, perk up your salad, or infuse water and cocktails. Kitchen Minis are available as plants or seed through mail-order catalog companies and seasonally at a few brick-and-mortar stores.

If you don’t already subscribe, subscribe now to the free Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter to be eligible to win this fantastic giveaway!

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the VA/MD/DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming July 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a Golden Hoogendorn Holly (Ilex).

The Golden Hoogendorn Holly is a low growing, dense evergreen shrub with small rounded leaves. This is a dwarf Japanese holly with foliage like boxwood but without the disease issues. Hardy to Zone 6, this shrub will grow to 3 to 4 feet with a 4 to 5 feet spread. The new spring foliage is golden yellow, maturing to green. This plant is brought to you by Garden Debut®, a landscape collection of Great New Plants™ and Trusted Selections™. You will find the Garden Debut line of plants at nurseries but you can also order online via Sooner Plant Farm. Garden Debut is managed by the well-known Greenleaf Nursery Company one of the largest wholesale nurseries in North America. Greenleaf Nursery has been in business for 55 years and has production fields in Oklahoma, Texas, and North Carolina.

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the VA, MD, DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each monthly issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming June 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a combination of four gardening products: sprayer, watering can, cultivator, and plastic tote, all courtesy of Crescent Garden.

Crescent Garden has been in business for more than 20 years and is one of the premier container gardening providers. Headquartered in Miami, Crescent Garden is a pioneer in self-watering solutions. Crescent Garden developed the Trudrop self-watering planters that enable gardeners to easily determine when to water. Containers are available in a variety of sizes, colors and shapes for both indoor and outdoor plants. In addition to containers, Crescent Garden sells gardening tools, sprayers, watering cans, outdoor tableware, and accessories such as planter saucers and tote bags. The informative website has a blog and there are both wholesale and retail catalogs.

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Learn More About Gardening in the DC Metro Area

Learn more about gardening in the DC metro area by subscribing to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each monthly issue lists 50-100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a plant or gardening-related giveaway. For the upcoming May 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is Scindapsus ‘Sterling Silver’, a houseplant courtesy of Costa Farms.

Costa Farms is one of the largest horticultural growers in the world. It is a fourth generation, family-run company that started in 1961 when Jose Costa Senior purchased 30 acres to grow tomatoes in the winter and calamondin citrus in the summer. Soon he was growing houseplants and now the company has expanded into annuals, perennials, and tropical plants for the garden. Costa Farms has an upbeat website, full of videos, and all the information you need to grow each houseplant. There is a plant finder to help you locate the perfect houseplant for your needs; a free, subscription-based newsletter; and staff dedicated to answering customers’ plant questions.

Scindapsus ‘Sterling Silver’ is a member of the aroid family, cousin to pothos, philodendron, and monstera. This is an easy to grow houseplant with silvery, heart-shaped foliage. It can be grown as a climbing, trailing, or table-top plant. Prefers bright light, tolerates medium light.

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each monthly issue lists at least 50 if not 100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming March 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a GardenWall Kit for 10 containers! This giveaway is for subscribers only.

AgroSci Garden Products has produced the AgroSci GardenWall Kit. The kits come in three different count options: 5, 10, or 20 pots. The giveaway is one 10-pot kit. These are easy, do it yourself assembly kits. Each kit contains the frames, pots, pot components, and installation hardware. The 10 pots can be arranged horizontally with five above and five below or vertically, five alongside five. These are intended to be installed outside along a wall, banister, or mailbox and have a unique, easy watering system. The 10 pots are ideal for plants that are 4 to 6 inches in size. There is a video on the website as well as a pdf instruction manual to show you how to install the kits. GardenWall kits come with a 3-year warranty. If you don’t already subscribe, subscribe now to the free Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter to be eligible to win this fantastic giveaway!

Subscribe to a Free, Local Gardening Newsletter

Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Each monthly issue lists at least 50 if not 70 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, tips, and news specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming February 2023 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is one Bendable Coir Pole™ and one Bendable Moss Pole™ for supporting vining tropical foliage plants. The giveaway is for subscribers only so enter your e-mail today!

These poles are courtesy of Mossify, a relatively new company. Branded as a premium houseplant accessory company, Mossify started in 2020 and is growing by leaps and bounds. In addition to their award-winning bendable poles, they also sell bendable wire supports, wooden trellises, continuous water misters, and a variety of raw mosses such as natural forest moss, Spanish moss, and sphagnum moss. Gardeners can purchase their products online or through retail garden centers. For every order, Mossify will plant one tree with their partner One Tree Planted. Their products are made with sustainably sourced materials, and they make a conscious effort to use the least amount of single use plastics as possible. Check out this new but growing green company.

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, a free monthly newsletter about gardening in the DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe so you can get a list of more than 50 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming December 2022 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is the Weeder Glove Spa Gift Set: a pair of floral nitrile weeding gloves and a bar of gardener’s hand soap from Womanswork. Both are decorated with the pretty “Garden of Paradise” floral pattern inspired by English gardens. This giveaway opportunity is for subscribers only so enter your email now.

Womanswork is a New York based, woman-owned company that has been in business for more than 35 years. The business started when it was impossible for women to find gloves that would fit their hands better than smaller versions of men’s gloves. Womanswork has been passionate about creating the best products available for women who garden and work outdoors. They designed the first leather work gloves for a woman’s hands and now sell a variety of work or gardening gloves. They also sell gardening tool holsters and aprons, hats, hand creams, soaps, and gardening tools. They have a website, blog, and newsletter and publish a free catalog.

Free Monthly Gardening Newsletter

Subscribe to a free, monthly gardening newsletter! Simply enter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, an e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Each issue lists local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming September 2022 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a set of garden augers, courtesy of Power Planter.

The augers are used to drill holes in the ground, making it easier and faster than digging with a trowel. The set has two sizes:  2 inches x 7 inches and 3 inches x 7 inches. The 2-inch diameter is perfect for planting annuals, grass plugs, or seeds while the 3-inch diameter is great for planting bulbs. The augers will fit most electric or cordless drills on the market. These are made by Power Planter, a third generation, family-owned auger manufacturing company in Illinois.

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Enter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter, an e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Each issue lists local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to this area. Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming August 2022 issue of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a Little Dibby. Actually, two Little Dibbys, one for each winner, so we can have two winners this time.

Little Dibby was designed and produced by Sean and Allison McManus, beginner gardeners who help others learn how to garden, build their garden care skills, and strengthen their plant knowledge. They have a website, podcast, videos, articles, and books under the brand name, Spoken Garden. They are all about educating and helping people learn how to garden and they devised an ingenious tool to help with seed starting and transplanting. The Little Dibby is plastic, about 5 inches long and thin, in bright green, blue, white, pink, yellow, or orange. One end is used to plant seeds. It has graduating rings to show seed planting depth, from 1/8 inch to 1 ½ inch. The other end has a spatula or scoop-like shape to gently dig and remove a seedling to transplant. The Little Dibby is so popular that Sean and Allison are now selling through Etsy.