The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com - March 2007

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In This Issue:
* Featured Web Sites: FrugalGardening.com ** WeekendGardening.net
* Garden News: 2007 Perennial of the Year
* Garden Bargain: Free Iceberg rose offer
* Garden Blogs: Gotta Garden * Michigan Gardening * Betsy’s Herb Garden * Doug’s Green Garden
* From my Garden…Simply Susan!
* What’s New at iloveplants.com

Greetings fellow gardeners, and a warm welcome to all of our new subscribers!

Thank you for subscribing to The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com. Each month I bring you the "inside dirt" on a couple of Web sites and garden blogs, keep you up-to-date on the latest garden news and bargains, and give you an insider's look at new websites and blogs added to iloveplants.com during the last month.

I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter. Drop me a line anytime you like with requests for future information or just to say hi and let me know what's growing in your garden. And, if you have a garden blog, please email the “url” to me. Thanks.

Susan

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds ‘round my neck.” -Emma Goldman

FEATURED WEBSITES

KEEPING IT SIMPLE - FrugalGardening.com
Lots of frugal tips on how to grow more for less, with a strong focus on how to obtain “free” plants. Some you’ll be familiar with, others are new but all are good suggestions. Includes photos, monthly tips, garden blog, and links to other frugal living Web sites.

FOR ALL WEEKEND WARRIORS - WeekendGardener.net
This free web magazine offers tips, advice and ideas for your garden in their monthly articles and “how to” tutorials. Also, includes plant gallery, organic solutions, Q&A, monthly to do lists, contests & prizes, as well as clubs & events.

This newsletter is sponsored by Jackson & Perkins
The 2007 roses are available, including the 2007 Double Award Winner (AARS & Floribunda of the Year®), Moondance. Also, available are the First Lady Rose Collections (Laura and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan and Ladybird), perennials, bulbs, outdoor décor and garden structures.

GARDEN NEWS: The 2007 Perennial of the Year is Catmint 'Walker’s Low'
The Perennial Plant Association names Catmint Walker’s Low as the 2007 Perennial of the Year®. And I think you will agree that this stunning perennial is the cat’s meow in the garden. According to the Perennial Plant Association, “Catmint is the common name of this excellent sun exposure perennial. It has aromatic silver-green foliage and dark blue-purple flowers from late spring to frost, if it is pruned back by two-thirds when the initial flowers fade. ‘Walker’s Low’ is 36 inches tall with a spread of 30 to 36 inches. It is hardy from zones 3 to 8.” It looks great in perennial borders, or as a ground cover, in herb gardens or in containers. It is great for attracting bees and butterflies, but is deer and rabbit resistant. Learn more or purchase Catmint 'Walker’s Low' from Park Seed Co.

GARDEN BARGAINS ONLINE: Free climbing Iceberg rose from Wayside Gardens.
For a limited time, receive a FREE climbing Iceberg rose when you purchase $75 or more from Wayside Gardens. Iceberg is a popular, stunning white rose that will glow in your garden. Enter Promo Code ‘FREEROSE’ at checkout. Hurry because, as is the case with all good things, this offer expires March 15th!

FEATURED GARDEN BLOGS

Gotta Garden
Katie, a self-described “plant enthusiast” in Viriginia celebrates all that gardening brings to her life. You will enjoy seeing what’s in bloom in her garden, as well as her conversations with herself on why she shouldn’t buy another new plant. Now there’s a conversation we can all relate to!

Michigan Gardening
Louise definitely has a knack for garden design. The photos of her 5 year old garden, which include over 250 varieties of daylilies, are absolutely stunning. This well-read green thumb and bookworm shares her hybridizing techniques, as well as an out of the ordinary list of non-gardening books.

Betsy’s Herb Garden
Betsy, who boldly lists her age as 250, loves growing herbs and perennials in her Grand Blanc, Michigan garden. As evidenced by the posts on her garden blog, she also has a passion for beautiful and flowery garden prose.

Doug Green’s Garden
Doug is an award-winning garden author who shares what’s new in plants, gardening news and anything else that interests him about gardening. I particularly like one of his recent posts, challenging and encouraging gardeners to participate in the United Nation’s “Billion Tree Campaign” by planting trees in their own yard.

FROM MY GARDEN…Simply Susan!
I have now taken to the cultivation of my own garden blog. Please visit Simply Susan! to see what’s happening in my zone 9 garden and please be sure to leave your footprints by posting a comment. I would love to hear from you!

For more great horticultural websites, please visit iloveplants.com – your online garden resource!