Another weekend is approaching which means an arrival of another series of FALL LINEUP SALES. Our Fall Lineup is a series of scheduled week long sales that will take place in September and October to spice up your gardening life!
Our Fall Lineup theme this week is Clean Air Houseplants.
What better way to treat our planet right than to bring Plants for the Planet to your home and office?
Here are some fact Clean Air Houseplant facts:
* Houseplants can clean, purify and condition the air we breathe.
* Many common houseplants filter toxins out of the air that are found in drapes, foam chairs, paint and carpets.
* It takes 15 to 18 plants to clean the air in an 1800 square foot home.
* For best results, houseplants should be placed so air can circulate freely around them.
* Houseplants should be maintained and kept healthy in order to stay efficient and dramatically reduce harmful gas levels in our homes and offices. We can show you how to do just that!
We are holding a Houseplant Survival class tomorrow, Saturday September 15 at 9 AM at all our stores. Let us know if you would like to attend!
The following houseplants, their soil and associated microorganisms will help reduce indoor air pollution.
Low LightSpathiphyllum Species
Golden Pothos
Philodendron Cordatum
Aglaonema Silver Queen
Moderate LightBamboo Palm
Dracaena Marginata
Dracaena Massangeana
Cane Dracaena Janet Craig
English Ivy
High Light
Spider Plant
Ficus Benjamina
To celebrate Clean Air Houseplants we are offering the following specials through this coming Wednesday, Sept 19:
*Our foliage (non flowering) houseplants are 20% off. We have a great supply of easy to grow floor and table plants and Jeff Skillin and his crack production team have just made ready some wonderful new indoor hanging plants for just $14.99 BEFORE the sale!
*All baskets, potting soils, plant stands and pots and saucers are 20% off as well.
*We are continuing to offer shrubs, vines, groundcovers and ornamental grasses at 20% off. Take an extra 10% off when you buy 3 or more.
*Perennials are 30% off.
*Deciduous trees are 50% off; take another 10% when you buy 3 or more!
*Evergreen trees are 20% off!
Do you have plants still outdoors that you need to bring in? We have some natural plant insecticides that you may to pick up to apply to your plants to help take care of any unwanted and hard to see pesky insects or their eggs. My favorite product for this occasion is All Seasons Horticultural Spray made by the Bonide Company and sold right here at Skillin’s. All Seasons® Horticultural Spray Oil kills insect eggs and soft bodied adults by smothering them. It works great indoors or out on aphids, whitefly, mites and scale. The product degrades rapidly and has almost no toxicity. All Seasons includes a spreader/sticker which means that the product adheres very nicely to the plant and that means you don’t have to use excessive amounts. We consider this a very environmentally friendly and effective product.
It can also be a great time to prune back any “wild growth” on your houseplants or to just give your plants a good haircut. Finally, if any of your plants has grown a lot over the summer or you did not get a chance in the Spring, now is often a fine time to repot any houseplants that are crowding the insides of their pots. We have a bunch of shiny new pots in all sizes and designs that will do the job! Let us know if you have any questions!
Or check out our Houseplant Class tomorrow at 9 AM!
Thanks,
Mike Skillin
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