Happy Gardening Newsletter 4/24/2007

Hello Happy Gardeners,
Now that the country seems to actually be headed toward Spring, we wanted to offer you a special deal on great Daylily bareroot perennials! We've discounted some of our most popular varieties to get you started! Also, we've announced our March 2007 and April 2007 Photo Contest Winners and we look forward to serving you!

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Daylily Special

For a limited time, we're offering a 25% discount on some great bareroot Daylilies...click here to order!


Celebrity Elite - Bright and beautiful tomato red blooms with dark blue-green foliage
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 25" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Cradle Song - Large yellow flowers; repeat bloomer; multiplies very rapidly
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 22" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Dad's Best White - Near white with hint of yellow, pale yellow throat; *extended bloomer*
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 28" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Double Gardenia - Fluted 4" yellow blush blossoms with light ruffles; extended bloomer
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 30" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Double Old Ivory - Pale yellow with pink highlights and yellow-green throat
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 30" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Fairy Charm - Ruffled cream and pink with olive green throat; fragrant
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Georgette Belden - Purple-red with slight ivory edge; ruffled and fragrant; extended bloomer
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 22" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Jungle Princess - Dark purple with yellow throat
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid to Late Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 20" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Justin Miller - Red with lighter border and chartreuse throat; rebloomer
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 19" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Leprechauns Wealth - Orange-apricot blooms
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 25" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Little Joy - Blood red with a dark eye zone and yellow green throat
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 28" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Ministella - Compact yellow flowers
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 10" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Personal Appearance - Clear lemon yellow; hardy grower
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 28" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Ruffled Apricot - Apricot with golden apricot throat; 7" blooms
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 28" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny
Swiss Miss - Peach cream blend with green throat; *rebloomer and fragrant*
	Size: #1 division Bloom Time: Early to Mid Spring Plant: 1 Root Per Sq Ft and cover with 3" of soil Height: 20" Zone: 3-9 Exposure: Sunny

Garden PHOTO Contest (How to Enter)

Our photo contest winner for March 2007 is Pete Rondello from Boulder Junction, Wisconsin who sent us a photo of a resiliant daffodil.



Pete Rondello	Lisa Matthews

Our photo contest winner for April 2007 is Lisa Matthews from College Station, Texas who sent us a photo of some bluebonnets.

Click here to see their full photos. By the way, Pete and Lisa both win a $20.00 gift certificate redeemable for any items in our catalogs...you can too...just send in your photos today!

We really have enjoyed getting your pictures for our contest and they continue to be eligible for each month's drawing ...we are looking forward to seeing more wonderful photos of your gardens this year!

Spring 2007 Catalog - Click here to browse!

Our Spring 2007 Catalog is now online offering a terrific selection of top quality flowerbulbs & perennials to ensure a colorful Summer! We've added a link to download our printed catalog (Requires Adobe Reader

) as well as a new picture menu to make it even easier for you to find the items you're looking for!



Canna Journey's End	Daylily Georgette Belden	Hosta So Sweet

For Spring, all orders over $50.00 receive 1 FREE Daylily and orders over $100.00 receive 2 FREE Daylilies. Also, when you sign our guestbook, you will get a 10% discount (not applicable on sale priced items) on your first online order. Remember to order early to ensure availability and that your credit card will not be charged until your order is shipped!

If you need or want a copy of our Spring 2007 catalog mailed to you, send us an email at info@touchofnature.com with your address and we will be happy to send it to you!

Spring Catalog NOTES....

New items for this Spring include Astilbe Arendsii Fanal, Dwarf Canna Journey's End, Dwarf Canna Salmon Pink, Dwarf Canna Spitfire, Canna Intrigue, Canna Black Velvet, Canna Gaiety, Canna Orchid, Canna Richard Wallace, Canna Stadt Feltbach, Daylily Celebrity Elite, Daylily Cradle Song, Daylily Dad's Best White, Daylily Double Gardenia, Daylily Double Old Ivory, Daylily Fairy Charm, Daylily Georgette Belden, Daylily Jungle Princess, Daylily Justin Miller, Daylily Leprechauns Wealth, Daylily Little Joy, Daylily Mayan Gold, Daylily Ministella, Daylily Personal Appearance, Daylily Ruffled Apricot, Daylily Silver Trumpet, Daylily Swiss Miss, Ginger Lily Hedychium Coronarium (white), Hosta August Moon, Hosta Blue Mammoth, Hosta Captain Kirk, Hosta Fire & Ice, Hosta Fort. Gold Standard, Hosta Fort. Minuteman, Hosta Remember Me, Hosta So Sweet, Hosta T-Rex, Hosta Und Medio Variegata, Hosta Whirlwind, Hosta Wide Brim and Hosta Wolverine



Daylily Silver Trumpet	Hosta Captain Kirk	Canna Spitfire

We promise to continue to excel in our customer service by confirming your order expediently, notifying you by email when your order has shipped, forward tracking information so you can follow the shipment and follow up with you to assure that your products arrived in good order!

We hope that some of these items will find a home in your garden, on your patio, on your balcony or in your home. You can rest assured that your order will have our fullest attention and we know that you will be pleased with the quality results.

Remember........a smile is just a bulb away! Happy Gardening!

Bert Leek
Touch of Nature, Inc.

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