Welcome
to Hamlen's
Helping Hand!
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4th
Newsletter of 2010
Coming
Events:
June 26th - DESIGN YOUR OWN LANDSCAPING ON COMPUTER.
Call to register. Wondering how to landscape your
home? Have the expertise of a landscape designer help you
turn your dream design into a workable plan. A 30 minute session
is only $30. Reg. $40.
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Visit
us at Hamlen’s. Enjoy browsing through our garden
center.
Our
friendly staff will be glad to answer your gardening
questions and help you select just the items you need.
Come and discover wonderful ideas for creating an
inviting and relaxing garden environment inside and
outside your home.
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Lower
Maintenance Plants
 With
the coming of the summer solstice so too will come the time
we look forward to playing outdoors. With our vegetables
planted we don’t want to spend all our hours tending
the garden. Installing lower maintenance plants allows us
the time to do other things other than gardening.
A little planning ahead of time can save many hours of labor
later, time better spent paddling or riding our bikes or
even passing time in the hammock with a good book.
Here
is a short list of lower maintenance plants to help you
get started in your design.
- Blazing
Star (Liatris
Spicata) hardy zone 3, tolerant of all soil types, blooms
mid- summer to late fall
- Coneflower
(Echinacea Purpurea) hardy zone 2, summer bloomer,
extremely rugged plant
- Coral
bells (Heuchera) hardy zone 3, blooms late spring
early summer great foliage all season, variety of colors
to choose from, favor partial shade
- Hosta
hardy zone 3, blooms mid- summer, prefers partial shade,
great for colorful foliage
- Russian
Sage
(Perovskia Atriplicifolia) hardy zone 3, blooms summer
to fall, one of the great rare blue flowers, full sun
with good drainage will perform well all summer, some
pruning necessary in the early spring.
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Hamming
It Up
Yup, gardening and laughing are two of the best things in
life you can do to promote good health and a sense of well
being." - David Hobson, The
Mad Gardener
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Hamlines
I
perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
~Claude Monet
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The
1818 Rachel Hamlen homestead is looking for a new owner!
Rachel’s lovely vintage home on St. Albans Road
would be the perfect location and fit for a family, a
cozy B&B, or an ice cream parlor/café restaurant.
Interested? Give Dave a call at Hamlen’s (802) 868-4255.
Address: 165 ST. Albans Rd., Swanton,
VT. 05488 |
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