Poinsettias make a festive addition to a home during the Holiday Season. We offer them in three standard colors(Red, Pink, and White). We also offer many varities of painted poinsettias. We offer theme poinsettias too. We have NFL team theme and UND theme with matching foil and bow. We have some poinsettia that have glitter on the leaves that add a nice accent. We offer three sizes 6″ @ $19.99 or upgraded to a basket for $24.99; 8″ @ $35.99 or upgraded to a basket for $39.99; 10″ @ $45.99 or upgraded to a basket for $49.99. Supplies are limited. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!
by lowes on December 7, 2011
At Lowe’s Floral and Garden Center, we get many questions about how to keep a fresh cut Christmas Tree fresh and alive through the Holiday Season.
The absolute best practice to keep your tree healthy is to ADD WATER DAILY. Fresh, clean water is essential for a fresh cut Christmas tree to keep its needles and create less mess in your home at the end of the Holiday Season. One of the things you can add to the water to help add longevity to your tree is a professional Christmas Tree preservative.
Lowe’s Floral and Garden Center recommends the “Keeps It Green” brand of professional Christmas Tree preservative. Much like the little packets of “Flower Food” that come with fresh flowers from Lowe’s Floral, a Christmas Tree preservative includes:
1. an acid which forces water up the trunk of the tree faster, promoting proper hydration and better water uptake,
2. a sugar solution, which feeds the tree, and,
3. a biocide, a checmical like bleach which kills bacteria.
Bacteria can threaten a fresh cut Christmas Tree in several ways. Bacteria in the water can cause the tree to stop taking up fresh water by blocking the microscopic tubes in the phloem (the system of tubes located just below the bark that takes water and nutrients up from the roots, or in this case the fresh trunk cut).
Professional Christmas Tree preservative assists in the uptake of water, the feeding of the tree and the prevention of harmful bacteria and can help you keep your tree healthy and fresh thoughout the entire Christmas Season!
With the Christmas Season fast approaching, my thoughts turn to family and friends. Which leads me to think about all of the displaced families due the flood. Some of who are now calling a FEMA trailer home. If you haven’t been in one yet, you’re not missing much. They are very small, especially if you have kids. So how can you turn a small government living space into a festive, warm Christmas home. Here are some small ideas with big holiday cheer. How about trying a spruce top, which is creatively decorated in small a container with floral foam (for low maintenance watering) and can serve as a table top tree. A large poinsettia would also serve as a very nice table top replacement tree. You would be able to place some Christmas ornments both on the spruce top and the large poinsettia. We do offer small 3′-4′ and 4′-5′ fresh cut Christmas trees, which might be small enough for a FEMA trailer. We also can flock the fresh cut tree. Flocking is a powder(usaully white) that is sprayed on the tree, which gives the appearance of being covered in snow. It also seals the tree, so there is no need for watering. The most important thing to remember is Christmas is in the heart and soul. It doesn’t matter where you are at, where your staying, or how big or small your home is, as long as you keep Christmas in your heart, your Holiday Season will be a great memory.
Q. Do you have any tips for a first time gardener of potted outdoor plants?
A. Outdoor planters (also called container gardens) are a great alternative to traditional in ground or “flower bed” planting. There are a few key things to keep in mind when planting in containers. 1. Make sure the container you choose has good drainage. If it doesn’t, get out the drill with an appropriate bit and create your own. 2. Plants in containers may require more frequent watering than plants planted in flower beds because of the limited soil volume. This can be avoided by using a product called SoilMoist (a jelly like crystal that absorbs and re-releases water) can be mixed directly in the soil, or lower water requirement plants like succulents can be planted instead of traditional annuals. 3. Fertilizer is crucial because most of the new varieties for container gardens are super vigorous fast growing plants. Because of the rapid grown, the eat all the nutrients out of containers fast. We always recommend using a time release fertilizer like Osmocote or MiracleGro Shake-N-Feed at the time of planting, then again as per the package directions during the summer.
Many people like a very traditional planter style with a combination like a spike in the center for height, a few geraniums and petunias in the middle and a border of something trailing like alyssum or moss roses. These are beautiful and can be lovely in the right setting, but there are so many new varieties to choose from. Some our favorite new introdcutions are: Sun coleus, ipomea or potatoe vine, heliotrope, and calibrichoa or million bells.
Lowe’s Garden Center also offers our expert container gardening service. Bring in your planters and we will plant them to order and can have them ready for pick up or delivery. The container gardening department can be reached for more information by calling the Lowe’s Floral Hotline at 701/839-2000
