This month in the garden at Sloat Garden Center: July

• Our Plant Pick of the Month for July: Fuchsia! Read more about fuchsia here.

• Our Pottery Color of the Month for July: Black and Coffee

• Stop in this month and receive a terrific coupon redeemable in August:
FREE 6 pack Vegetable (Cabbage, Broccoli or Brussel Sprouts)

• Did you miss the June issue of the Kitchen Gardener e-newsletter? We discussed growing and cooking with strawberries and figs. Read it here.

• See what's new & blooming in our stores this week.

• Save the date, July 11 & 12, for our Pottery Sample Sale (Kentfield location ONLY). Save 20% on one-of-a-kind 2011 Factory Sample Pottery. Never seen before pots in trend setting styles & colors.

TO DO IN THE GARDEN: July

PLANT
• Summer flowers abound! Fill your garden with color that will carry you through until fall such as cosmos, snapdragons, salvias, lisianthus, vinca rosea and zinnias.

FERTILIZE
• Feed vegetables, perennials, containers, hanging baskets with a water-soluble fertilizer such as E.B. Stone Fish Emulsion or Maxsea All Purpose Fertilizer. Avoid feeding during the heat of day.
• Fertilize camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons with E.B. Stone Organics Azalea, Camellia and Gardenia Food.

PRUNE/MAINTAIN
• Cut or pinch off spent flowers to promote more blooms. Finish pruning all spring-flowering shrubs.
• Spray evergreens & shrubs with Bonide Wilt Stop or CloudCoverto reduce drought stress.
• Mulch all garden beds with Sloat’s Forest Mulch Plus to protect from summer heat and keep garden maintenance down

The spring/summer edition of our printed Gardener's Notebook newsletter is available in stores now.
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