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Harper’s Weekly Newsletter!

January 13, 2012 By Jay Harper

Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…..
It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
It’s On!! Whether We Like It Or Not…
The new year is upon us and sprinting down the track. Before you know it Valentine’s Day will be here, then Easter…..
If you haven’t quite gotten into the swing of things around the house, perhaps we can help get you going. Here is a list of things you should or could be doing in the garden right now!

Pruning Rose Bushes-Don’t know where to start-Our annual rose clinic is a week from Saturday, January 21st at 10am.
Planting new roses. The best selection is now!
Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees-Click on this link to see video on how to Prune Deciduous Fruit Trees
Start Planting Berries,Grapes,Figs,and other deciduous fruit trees and vines.
Fertilize Winter Lawns
Apply Pre emergent herbicides
Continue to plant winter type vegetables, root and leaf crops
Plant winter hardy trees and shrubs
Control newly sprouted weeds while they are young and before they go to seed.
Spruce things up w/ winter color. After the decorations are down, a few pots of blooming Geraniums,Pansies,Petunias,Salvia and the like can get things “colored” up again!
Start getting space and ground ready for Tomato and Pepper plantings-just around the corner.
Keep that winter flower bed or vegetable garden well fertilized and growing fast.

Upcoming Garden Events Mark Your Calendar

Harper’s Annual Rose Clinic-Saturday January 21st @10am. FREE!!
Rosarians from Mesa/East Valley and Phoenix Rose societies will teach you how to care for roses here in the valley! Clinic will be held at both Harper’s locations
Master Gardener Citrus Clinic Saturday January 21st at 8:30 click on link for more information:
Master Gardener Citrus Clinic
Mesa East Valley Rose Society Rose Auction-February 4th at Mesa Community College. Preview at Noon Bidding starts at 1:30. Contact Regehr@cox.net for more information.

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Since 1945 our family has been growing plants and growing up with the valley. We’re home grown 3rd generation Arizonans and growing and helping your succeed with your landscape and gardening is what we are about!! We hope we can continue to help your gardens grow for another 3 generations!!

Sincerely,

The Harper Boys
HARPER’S NURSERY & LANDSCAPE CO.
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Trivia Tuesday-Can You Name That Plant?

January 10, 2012 By Jay Harper

It’s yours if you’re the first to name it correctly, that’s right! We do this every Tuesday-plant trivia. Facebook it, email it, call us, however you want-be the first to get it right and you get one of them FREE!! Need help naming plants or more around your house? Let us know, we can come out and do a FREE evaluation of your landscape. Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It Is What We Do and Who We Are

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A New Year Resolution For The Garden-Is It A Place Of Rest?

January 8, 2012 By Jay Harper

Is your garden a place of rest, or do you wrestle with it? Does it bring you enjoyment or frustration? Do you even know where to begin to make it and keep it what it is supposed to be? What is a garden?1. A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.
2. gardens Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display. Often used in the plural: public gardens; a botanical garden.
3. A yard or lawn.
4. A fertile, well-cultivated region.If your landscape, yard, or “garden” doesn’t fit any of the definitions above and you’d like it to-Harper’s can help! The Harper boys have been helping folks create and keep the gardens of their dreams for 3 generations. Give us a call or stop by and we can help make 2012 the year your “garden” became all you wanted it to be, who doesn’t need a place to rest these days!!
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It Is What We Do and Who We Are!!

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It’s Name That Plant Tuesday!

January 3, 2012 By Jay Harper

Now that the holidays are past us, we can get back to many of our old routines. One of ours is the Tuesday posting of the name that plant contest. In case you forgot the first person to properly identify the plant pictured wins a FREE one! You may respond via email or facebook. Keep in mind if you need help identifying any plants in your yard, Harper’s makes house calls and does complete landscape evaluation,design,and installation!!Good luck and Good Growin’.

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Harper’s Weekly Newsletter!

October 20, 2011 By Jay Harper

YOUR MID OCTOBER GARDEN CHECKLIST
Fall/Winter vegetable plantings are in full swing. If you’re unsure of dates-click on link to our planting schedule:
Fall Planting Dates
Fall/Winter annual and perennials arriving for planting now:Petunias,Geraniums,Alyssum,Lobelia,Snapdragons…as the weather cools, more and more varieties come on line. Be sure your soil is well prepared and use Starter Fertilizer to insure quick growth!!
Winter lawn installation: For tips on how to install:
Tips For Planting A Lawn
If your lawn is planted and growing be sure to fertilize after 2nd mowing! Use 21-7-14 fertilizer for best cool season results
Watch for caterpillars on your winter leafy vegetables, Geraniums, Passion vines…If you see lots of pretty butterflies around-get ready!! Use
b.t. thuricide, dipel dust or spinosad for best and safest results .
ADJUST YOUR WATERING SCHEDULES!!!We are seeing lots of over-watered plants right now-although it has been warmer than normal it is nowhere near as warm as it was this summer. You can probably cut your watering about 50% from where it was at the peak of summer!
Sow wildflower and sweet pea seeds Now!
Be sure to listen to “IN THE GARDEN” on KTAR 92.3 fm every Saturday morning at 8am for more tips and answers to your garden problems. Click on the following for a 20% discount on the weekly product mentioned in the tip:
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Dwarf Citrus Have Arrived
Another sign that Fall is here and it is time to plant-Our Fall shipment of dwarf citrus is in! From Navel Oranges to Kafir Limes, the selection is fantastic. Dwarf Citrus are the perfect size tree for most back yards and patios-you’ll never have to worry about how and when to prune citrus-one of our most asked questions-if you plant a tree that fits the space more correctly!
You can also plant more than one tree in a grouping and make your own “fruit cocktail” tree! If you want to have a great looking landscape and “eat it too”-consider adding dwarf citrus to accomplish both!
Speaking of edible landscape: We have another Edible landscape class this Saturday at 9am at our Mesa location-Click the following link for details!:Edible Landscape Class.

SPECIAL ORDER FRUIT TREE PROGRAM CONTINUES
There is still time to order deciduous fruit trees (until November 11th) for planting this winter. If you want to be sure and get the exact variety of peach, apple, pear, etc.. be sure and get in and let us place your order now!!! Have your shade and eat it too!!!
The weather is getting better day by day and we hope you’re starting to get out and enjoy the garden-don’t really call your landscape a garden? We can help. Give us a call or come on by. We can help you in store or send out one of our landscape designers to evaluate your “GARDEN” and help you make it exactly that-A Garden Not Just A Yard!! Looking forward to seeing you out in it! Good Growin’.

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The Weekend Continues…For Some! Thanks Chris!

October 10, 2011 By Jay Harper

In fourteen hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue….And today we celebrate him who thought the world not flat! Speaking of flat, who is your yard. I got out there myself yesterday and have a big pile of stuff in the back of my truck this morning. Now that the trimming and pulling out of dead stuff is complete I’m ready to plant, how bout you?

We’re open normal hours today 8-5:30, so if you’re weekend continues we’d love to help you fill in some of the holes you may have created yesterday, or help you figure out how much ryegrass seed you need for the winter lawn. Perhaps a vegetable garden is in order, we have two different square foot garden box kits you might want to check out and lots of Mel’s Mix to get the plants started off right! Whatever you’re reason to garden, tis the season. See you out there-Good Growin’.

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Name That Plant, If You Can & Win It!!

September 27, 2011 By Jay Harper

We seem to have a love hate relationship with this plant.These guys, or I guess they could be gals also, are another sign that summer is coming to an end and fall is upon us.  Some landscapes just love to carve them into ridiculous shapes and keep them from putting on their late summer and fall show!! That might have been too much of a hint, but I just witnessed some being pruned and I’m mad!!!! Have fun-Good Growin’.

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Harper’s Weekly Newsletter-What Is A Plant Worth?

September 22, 2011 By Jay Harper
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We had a caller to the Garden Segment of the Rosie On The House Show last week asking “how she could save her 35 year old plant”. This is not that unusual a call or question.  My question, is what is the real value of that plant or the entire landscape, and what do you expect from your landscape?  I am perplexed that folks would spend many times what the replacement value and certainly the original purchase price of the plant in fertilizers, soil additives, magic potions, etc to try and save or “resurrect” the plant. Usually my question back to them is how long do they expect their dishwasher, water heater, refrigerator, etc to last. These much more expensive household products last nowhere near as long as most plants. We  generally have no issue coming to the decision that replacement or remodeling is the right move vs. repair. So perhaps we need to change the way we look at our outdoor living space, especially in light of the current economy. Your landscape is the first thing you see when you pull up to your house, it may be the last thing you see when you leave. How does it make you feel when you come home? How does your neighbor across the street feel when they walk out their door every morning? For what can be a very small “investment” you can change the look and feel of your entire home. In the case of the caller mentioned, one $35 plant may have give the look of her home a whole new feel. Certainly for much less than a kitchen or bath remodel you can give your whole front and back yard a whole new and refreshing look. A properly placed tree can save you money on your utility bill and you might just like your yard so much that staying home instead of taking an expensive vacation to some exotic resort would be just the ticket for the old retirement fund! My guess is you’ll be a whole lot more popular with the neighbors as well!
I would challenge you to really take a look around you this fall and objectively evaluate what your landscape looks like. Is it everything you want it to be? Does it improve the value of your home or your lifestyle? Do you have a garden or just a “yard”. Harper’s and the Arizona Nursery Association are joining together to promote the benefits of plants. We’d love to help you make the answer to the above questions a resounding YES!. Give us a call if you’d like to have us come out and evaluate your landscape, or hellp you turn your yard back into the garden it was meant to be-that is after all where we were meant to be! “JUST PLANT SOMETHING”!!                              just plant somethin

FALL GARDENING IS HERE!!

Well officially tomorow is the first day of Fall! So this is the last day of Summer-any one sad about that? To kick Fall off we have a couple of things you should know about this weekend.

  • Edible Landscape Class at our Mesa location Saturday at 9am.
  • Link To Register For Edible Plant Class
  • Sun Country Iris Society Rhizome Sale at our Mesa location Saturday 9/24 at 9am until 2 or while they last!!

Weather Facts For Fall
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October: Average High 88.1  Average Low 60.8 Average Rainfall .7 inches
November                       74.9                        48.9                             .7
Don’t those sound good!  The weather is improving daily-be sure you have prepared you soil before you plant. The soil doesn’t cool off or improve nearly as fast as the air!!You can get our Soil Preparation Guide by going to www.HarpersNurseries.com and clicking on Garden Tips!!

New vegetable, flowers,and bulbs are arriving as the weather is cooling off. Ryegrass seed is in and is ready as soon as the weather cools a bit more. We will have geraniums and citrus in a couple of weeks-We  are looking forward to seeing more of all of you in the garden-Good Growin’.
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Perhaps it is time to start thinking about how important your landscaping is to the value of your home, your neighborhood,your pocketbook, and your health. We hope we can help you work through that process. We can come to your home or consult with you in either one of our locations. We can help you plan out an entire landscape or the proper placement of one shade tree-either way let’s just PLANT SOMETHING together!

Sincerely,

The Harper Boys

1830 E McKellips Rd Mesa 480 964 4909        www.HarpersNurseries.com 2529 N. Hayden Rd Scottsdale 480 946 3481
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Ahhhh The Feel Of Fall!!

September 12, 2011 By Jay Harper

What a nice break in the weather. This is a good sign that our famous Fall weather is not too far away!  We hope you enjoyed the weekend and got out and started looking around your yard. I did and I have a huge list of to dos now! I noticed a lot of plants that normally make it through the Summer just fine have really suffered and are in need of pruning and fertilizing, and some will just have to be replace. If we can help you in the analysis of your landscape please let us know. Some plants, even though they look awful, may be just fine-and some, well, they’re going to have to be pruned with a shovel.

  • Our weekly $25 gift card winners this week are: Alicia Hallman and Lauren Powell
  • Our first 3rd Saturday garden event of the season is this coming Saturday September 17th. The Pond Gnome, Gro Well, City of Mesa, Frank the Farmer, Mike the Hot Dog Man and more….
  • Sun Country Iris Society’s Fall Iris Sale at our Scottsdale Store Saturday September 17th and Mesa the 24th 9am-2pm!!
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Need A Lawn Fix?

August 29, 2011 By Jay Harper

We have seen and had lots of calls about lawns that look much like this one. This summer with a very cool start and a very hot end has been extra tough on lawns, especially those that were over seeded with winter rye grass and or have some shade.  We are running a trial with Evergreen Turf on a new hybrid Bermuda grass called Tif Grand.  It is supposed to be much more shade tolerant (60-70% shade) than other Bermudagrasses. The picture today is the before pic showing what has happened after the rye grass died. In a day or so we’ll post the picture of the newly installed sod and then we’ll mark and post the progress over the next few months. Hopefully we’ll have a solution by next Spring for your shady areas!! If you have any concerns about any part of your lawn or landscape please call us. We will do a FREE on site evaluation of your landscape and come up with a plan to make your lawn and garden look great for the upcoming fall and winter season!!

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