No Pansy Dilemma

If you’re going to plant summer annuals…

Forgive me while I gush.  A decade ago, StyleBlueprint did a feature article on my wonderfully talented and lovely wife, Renée Bates.  As beautiful as she is outwardly, she is equally so within.  After nearly 40 years of wedlock, I am still amazed at how much I married up (others wonder also). The article was, and is well deserved; Renée is a doer, she is not a seeker of attention.  I am very proud of, and for, my wife, life-partner, and best friend...

I understand. It is perhaps the most difficult of gardening decisions. There exists an internal resistive force, which naturally inhibits the appropriate response.  If you have waited until now to take action, it can be gut wrenching.   I encourage you to persevere, find the inner strength to make the change.  Be rid of those pansies and make way for summer annuals. A pansy dilemma is treatable, but it requires acceptance.  No matter how beautiful they are now, soon they will suffer in the summer heat.  Waiting for the decline means sacrificing your best available selections and your best opportunity to get your summer annuals established before the weather begins to simmer.

If parting with your cool season pretties is more than you can bear, I have this to offer:  Simply dig them up and put them in containers.  We have plenty of recycled containers.  We will gladly furnish all you need to help ease the pain of this most difficult time.  Besides, not only can you continue to enjoy them, but you can give them as gifts to friends… and they will last much longer than cut flowers!

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Our selection is astounding.  Our staff is prepared to answer questions…accurately!  We provide quality materials, like EarthMix® Garden Products, to assure your results are stellar.  We strive to provide a gardening experience, second to none!

Plant now…and pull your pansies!

David Bates