Product Profiles

Ellen C. Wells

Agromin
The Pesto Herb Kit includes six, four-inch pots, cookbook, mint and cilantro seed packs and six basil seed packets (Italian Large Leaf, Lime, Genovese Italian, Lemon ‘Mrs. Burns,’ Thai Siam Queen, Greek Mini Yevani). Soil included contains recyc

led green material.

Allsop Home & Garden
Beautify your garden both day and night with the ‘Firefly.’ This mix of solar technology and garden art is perfect for pots, hedges and pathways, and will stake up your favorite plant or flower.

Ball Horticultural Company
Ball FloraPlant Allure Picotee Pink Zonal Geraniums deliver consistent color every time. They’re vigorous enough to keep their large, semi-double blooms all season in large containers and landscapes. New to the series for 2009 is Picotee Pink, with eye-catching, elegant white petals that have a subtle pink trim.

Bionic Gloves
Designed by a renowned orthopedic hand surgeon, the Bionic Glove offers comfort, fit and performance when gardening, digging or rose pruning. Bionic Gloves are the first gloves to carry the Ease-of-Use Commendation from the Arthritis Foundation.

China MBCC Garden Craft Manufactory
Refinements and upgrades in the fiberglass production techniques have produced the newest edition of MBCC’s classic English urn suitable for all seasons. It’s enjoying new popularity due to the boom in container plantings.

Dramm Corporation
These Gardening Scissors are perfect for cuttings and garden cleanup. Made with a steel blade, they are lightweight and fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. Ergono

mically designed to reduce carpal tunnel syndrome and available in six brilliant colors.

Dynamite Plant Food
Dynamite Plant Food with Soil Moist water-saving crystals and 10-3-6 plant food is a perfect solution for minimizing water consumption. Ideal for container gardens and planting beds. Feed and hydrate plants with one application, and water 50 percent less the rest of the season.

Fiskars Garden
Why mess around? Good things happen in threes like this Softouch, hand-stress reducing garden tool set. Set includes Trowel, Transplanter and Cultivator. The sharp blades cut through the ground easier, and polished aluminum construction is durable and resists rust.

Gailco Innovations, LLC
The Mini Mow-Aerator for push mowers is made of 0.125-in. cold-rolled steel and boasts 1.5-in. spikes. As you mow, the spikes do the work of aerating and helping water and fertilizer move into the root zone.

Goldsmith Seeds
TigerEye is the first and only F₁ Hybrid Rudbeckia series, which means never-before-seen uniformity on the bench and strength in the garden. It has excellent PGR response and the nicely branched plants are covered with long-lasting flowers. TigerEye offers reduced sensitivity to powdery mildew.

Hines Horticulture
Shade-loving wonder, Salsa Asian Jasmine groundcover provides year-round color. Hardy to Zone 7a, Salsa’s new growth emerges as red, contrasting with the mature foliage in shades of green, yellow and cream. The cascading habit makes it ideal for combination planters and hanging baskets.

Hort Couture Plants
A 2009 exclusive, Vinca Angel Tutu is a gorgeous new ruffled flower form of Madagascar Periwinkle that will cool down the hottest spot in any garden. The plant is easy to grow with a compact growing habit.

Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, Inc.
New Big Bluestem Grass Andropogon gerardii ‘Red Bull’ is a seed strain developed for intense fall color. In summer, the foliage takes on red highlights followed by more prominent red coloring in October and November. Grows 5 to 6 fe

et tall and prefers well drained soil in full sun.

JRM Chemical, Inc.
Soil Moist Plant Paks contain water-storing polymer crystals and a 9-3-6, eight to nine-month timed-release fertilizer in a biodegradable “tea-bag” pouch. The Paks are designed to reduce plant watering by 50 percent. Use for hanging baskets, containers, trees and shrubs.

Mind Your Manors, Inc.
The Traditional Tudor window box offers the handcrafted look of wood without the rot and rust. The planters can be painted with acrylic latex paint and easily mount into wood, brick, vinyl, stucco, aluminum siding and concrete. Four styles and a variety of sizes are available.

Monrovia
The pink flowers of Magical Green Fountain Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygria 'Kolcot') have an extra-long blooming season, backed by emerald green foliage with a purple tinge on its outer leaf. The leaves turn a golden yellow in autumn. This shorter, compact variety reaches 6 to 8 feet tall an

d wide.

Novalis
The contrast of reddish-brown thorns against a wide cream margin is simply breathtaking on this soft, blue-green variegated Agave. As Agave ‘Kissho Kan’ gets older, it makes a rounded specimen to at least 1 foot across and tall.

Novelty Manufacturing
This collection of ArtStone planters satisfies the palette, from subtle to dramatic. Dolce planters reflect a cool serenity with their crisp and refined, rounded shape. Available in sizes 6- to 12-in. incrementally in Aqua, Rose, Teak and Sand. An internal water-minder feature makes it usable for indoor environments.

OMI Industries
Fresh Wave products use a blend of plant extracts (lime, cedarwood, aniseed, clove, and pine needle), to naturally eliminate odor. When activated by airflow, the blend attaches to odor molecules and breaks them down. Availa

ble in a crystal gel, candles, sprays, carpet shake and an all-purpose cleaning additive.

OXO International, Ltd.
The Garden Kneeling Mat conveniently folds in half for double the amount of cushion and compact storage. The mat is constructed of durable, waterproof nylon which makes an easy-to-clean exterior and three layers of dense, resilient foam provide ample support.

Plantid
These heavy-duty plant identification markers with interchangeable vinyl inserts can stay in any garden year-round. Weather resistant with UV protection, gardeners can now organize and read everything from Ambrosia to Zucchini without the guesswork of where or what they are.

Proven Winners
With waves of electric yellow flowers in early spring, this low-mounding beauty is great in mass plantings and makes a magnificent container plant. Bangle Genista lydia is a nearly leafless plant with bright green stems that provide interesting year-round texture and color.

Structural Plastics Corporation
Benchmaster All-plastic Pyramid Displays create an inviting atmosphere with an attractive professional look. Their all-plastic tiered systems create a cascading effect that keeps livegoods at eye-level and within easy reach.

The Brass Baron
This genuine bronze pond sculpture is offered exclusively by The Brass Baron. Sculpted by talented artist Roelna, the "Kiss Me" Frog is a whimsical, contemporary original, handcast in bronze for heirloom quality.