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Subscribe to a Free, Local Gardening Newsletter

Posted on June 19, 2023 | Leave a comment

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.

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 a Free, Local Gardening Newsletter

Posted on January 23, 2023 | Leave a comment

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

Posted on June 20, 2022 | 2 comments

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 July 2022 of Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is one Rise Up Lilac Days™ rose plant.

This is a one-gallon container of a rose plant that is part of the new Rise Up™ mini climber series from Proven Winners® Color Choice® shrubs. This plant has a neat, dense habit and can be grown as a climber or a shrub rose, depending on how it is pruned and trained. It has a unique lilac-blue flower color and fragrance. It can grow to be 5 to 8 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide. Only subscribers of Pegplant’s Post are eligible for this giveaway opportunity so enter your email today to receive this free, local gardening newsletter!

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Subscribe to Pegplant’s Post Gardening Newsletter

Posted on October 26, 2021 | 2 comments

tomatoPegplant’s Post gardening newsletter is a free, local monthly newsletter. Each edition lists between 50 – 100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to the DC metro area. Enter your e-mail here to subscribe. Pegplant’s Post always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming November 2021 issue, the giveaway is two Kitchen Minis™, one compact tomato and one compact pepper plant to be grown indoors.

The Kitchen Minis™ is a line of tabletop vegetables produced by PanAmerican Seed, a division of Ball Horticultural Company. These are ready-grown, potted vegetables that will provide a harvest for several weeks. They are small enough to put on your kitchen counter. All they need is water and light. They can remain in the container provided or repotted into a decorative container to match your kitchen décor.  Kitchen Minis™ feature a variety of tomatoes, sweet peppers, and hot peppers. The winner will receive one pepper and one tomato plant. Now that winter is coming these are the perfect way to bring gardening indoors as well as to add fresh veggies to your meals.

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Subscribe to Local Gardening Newsletter

Posted on August 23, 2021 | 3 comments

hydrangeaEnter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post, 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 always has a giveaway, an opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming September 2021 Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is one Endless Summer® Summer Crush® bigleaf hydrangea plant, courtesy of Bailey Nurseries.

This compact shrub is a mophead type hydrangea that blooms all summer long. Part of the Endless Summer® series, Summer Crush® has very large flower heads with raspberry red or neon purple blooms. The plant grows to only a few feet, perfect for containers and patios. It is cold hardy yet wilt resistant. Flower buds appear on old and new wood, so the plant blooms all summer long. Bailey Nurseries is a fifth-generation, family-owned company that offers a wide variety of landscape plants. Its mission is to help retailers, growers, and landscapers create a landscape that is more beautiful, diverse, and sustainable. Gardeners can find their plants in their distinctive containers at local independent garden centers. This giveaway is for Pegplant’s Post subscribers only.

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Subscribe to Local Gardening Newsletter, Pegplant’s Post

Posted on October 26, 2020 | Leave a comment

plant support kitEnter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post, an e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. This monthly communication lists local gardening events, recently published gardening books, recipes, articles, and tips specific to this area. Each issue also features the opportunity to win a free plant or gardening-related product. For the upcoming November 2020 Pegplant’s Post, the giveaway is a plant support kit with the evolutionary C-BITEs clips.

The C-BITEs clips are unique plastic clips that attach to garden stakes. This enables gardeners to connect stakes to create different structures such as a ladder, an A-frame, or a cage. Perfect for vining plants like tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons, these structures can be assembled in the spring and taken apart in the fall to save space. The plastic clips are reusable and can be used with plastic coated stakes and bamboo stakes. Jason Rider, owner of Thriving Design, designed and patented the clips. He purposely designs and manufactures products to minimize a negative impact on the environment. The Thriving Design business donates 1 percent of profits to non-profit companies that focus on conservation of the environment and food security for all people.

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Subscribe to DC Metro Area Gardening E-Newsletter

Posted on March 22, 2020 | Leave a comment

Enter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post, an e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. This free monthly communication lists recently published gardening books, articles, and tips specific to this immediate area. Each issue also features the opportunity to win a free plant or gardening product. For the upcoming April 2020 Pegplant’s Post, one lucky subscriber will win a voucher to redeem a 25-pound bag of Bloom, a specialty fertilizer rich in organic matter. The winner can redeem the voucher by visiting Homestead Gardens in Maryland or WS Jenks & Son or Annie’s Ace Hardware in DC.

I have written two articles about Bloom which is a soil conditioner made from Class A biosolids. Biosolids are organic matter, recycled from sewage, which have been treated and processed in order to use as a safe soil conditioner. Bloom comes from DC Water and is available bagged or in bulk. Bloom provides essential nutrients and increases drought resistance in plants and increases organic content in the soil. It is a fertilizer and compost in one product and can be added to garden beds or used in containers. It is safe to use for ornamental plants as well as edibles.

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Subscribe to Local Gardening Newsletter for a Chance to Win CowPots

Posted on February 22, 2020 | Leave a comment

Enter your e-mail here to subscribe to Pegplant’s Post, an e-newsletter about gardening in the Washington DC metropolitan area. This free monthly communication lists 50 to 100 local gardening events, recently published gardening books, and articles and tips specific to this immediate area. Each issue also features the opportunity to win a free plant or gardening product. For the upcoming March 2020 Pegplant’s Post, one lucky subscriber will win a package of CowPots. This is a combination of one #3 square 12-pack, one #4 square 12-pack, and one #3 six cell 3-pack.

CowPots are made on a third-generation family dairy farm in Connecticut. CowPots are biodegradable, plantable pots made from cow manure but they are odor and peat free. They are an alternative to plastic pots; however, eventually they degrade into the garden soil. Using CowPots provides better root penetration, air pruning, and reduces transplant shock. After you insert your transplant into the CowPot and water, the CowPot will remain intact for about 12-16 weeks, depending on the size. When you plant the transplant in the garden, plant the entire CowPot so the CowPot is buried in the soil. The CowPot will break down in one growing season. I have seen these for sale at the Ace stores in the Washington DC metro area but you also can order them online at Johnny’s Selected Seed, Gardener’s Supply Company, Gardener’s Edge, Territorial Seed, and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. There are many sizes and styles.

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