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Landscape Care and Recommendations

Thank you for selecting Cashman Nursery to install your plant materials. We would like to offer a few suggestions for the maintenance of your plantings through their first growing season. TREES AND SHRUBS Watering    Water plants well immediately after planting.  Shower the branches of dormant plant material until the leaves appear. Continue to water as

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History of Sweet Peas

Fragrant sweet pea flowers are native to Sicily and Southern Italy. A Sicilian monk name Cupani sent seed to Dr. Uvedale in Enfield, England, in the 17th Century. (The sweet pea flower named ‘Cupani’ is thought to be the most like the native.) In 1730, a sweet pea flower named ‘Painted Lady’ was developed. Eckford,

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Favorite Perennial Flowers from our Staff

A perennial flower garden is rewarding, less expensive and less work than having to replant annual flowers every year. With proper planning, you can have flowers blooming in your perennial garden all summer long. But what are the best perennials for our area that can anchor your perennial garden? I asked seven of our employees,

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Grow-Your-Own Strawberries- Everyone’s Favorite

Family: Rosaceae Genus: Fragaria Wild strawberries are native to the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and Asia. The strawberry was cultivated as far back as ancient Rome. Then, in France in the 1700’s, a hybrid variety was developed by breeding wild strawberries from North America with bigger wild berries found by explorers in Chili. Today there are

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Plant Hardiness Zones

Plant Hardiness Zones—What do they mean?  Are they important?  By Jan Cashman 12/3/13 This winter, when you’re studying gardening magazines and seed catalogs to decide what to plant next spring, do you ever wonder about the “Zone” numbers next to plant names?   These numbers are supposed to tell us whether a plant will grow in

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