Don’t Just Survive the Heat of the Summer, Thrive!

Planning is vital to success. Walters Gardens rewards your preparation by offering discounts in our Summer Selections program. Planning ahead allows us to provide you with the product you are looking for at the best price.

Planning Ahead Benefits You with:

• Opportunities to qualify for discounts• Extended dates allow for improved production planning

and availability• Freshly grown product, scheduled just in time for when

you need it

Save 5% on orders of $2,500 to $4,999

Save 10% on orders of $5,000 or more

Product ships July 8 - Oct 21*Program discounts are taken in addition to your earned annual volume discount and apply to plant cost only. Variety license fees, labels, and shipping

costs are not included in this program. Proven Winners® labels and containers are required for all Proven Winners® perennials. Cost for Proven Winners® labels and containers is not included in this program. Contact your preferred Sales Rep or Broker for details.

2019 Summer Selections

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Benefits of Summer and Early Fall PlantingYou’ll save money.When you grow perennials in summer and fall, there is no need for costly sup-plemental heating or lighting. There’s less maintenance cost too since perennials grown outdoors tend to grow more compactly because the wind, rain, and sun act as natural PGRs.

You’ll save time and labor.If you have overwintering capabilities, it is not necessary or even recommended to plant all of your plants in spring. You’ll be better off if you time your crops properly, splitting them into two groups: those best planted in summer or early fall (see chart below for some examples) and those that are best planted in spring. This will save time and make better use of your labor force–and of course lighten your stress load–in the spring.

You’ll have larger, better performing plants to sell in spring.It’s no doubt that some perennials perform exponentially better if potted in summer or early fall the year before they are sold. The perennials pictured here are great examples of that.

Perennials build stronger root systems, have larger crowns that flush out nicer, and are more floriferous the following spring when they are planted summer or fall before. They’ll not only have a higher perceived value–they will deliver a stronger performance for everyone from the grower to the consumer.

Overwintering MethodsIf properly cared for going into winter, perennials that are potted up in summer and early fall should overwinter well and emerge as large, vigorous plants in spring. There are four basic methods of overwintering perennials: Thermoblanket Technique • Sandwich Method • Minimally Heated Greenhouse or Polyhouse • Unheated Poly-house Under a Foam Blanket. For complete information on these four overwintering methods and more overwintering tips, read our Simple, Sensible, Solutions® guide on www.WaltersGardens.com or request a printed copy.

If you do not have the necessary facilities for overwintering your perennials, we suggest that you have your order shipped in spring rather than summer or fall. Ligularia ‘Bottle Rocket’ benefits greatly from being planted the year

before it is sold. Those potted in late summer for sales the following spring (right) are much fuller with larger leaves and more flowers per

plant than those potted up and sold the same spring (left).

Left: Vernalized 20ct Monarda planted in a trade 1-gal pot in spring. Right: Fresh 72ct Monarda planted in a Premium 1-gal pot in late

summer. The smaller plug filled out the larger container with fuller foliage and more flowers, commanding a higher price at retail.

Left: Vernalized 20ct Hosta planted in a Premium 1-gal pot in spring. Right: Fresh 20ct Hosta planted in a Premium 1-gal pot in late summer.

Hostas planted earlier develop more eyes, a better root system, and more mature traits including proper variegation.

Summer PlantingAruncus 72ct Grasses - Sedges Monarda 72ct

Brunnera 72ct Grasses - Warm season Perovskia 72ct

Coreopsis - Threadleaf 72ct Gypsophila 72ct Phlox - All

Daylilies - Any Size Heliopsis 72ct Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’ 72ct

Dianthus 72ct Hostas Sedum - Upright forms 72ct

Dicentra 72ct Leucanthemum 72ct Stokesia 72ct

Euphorbia 72ct Ligularia 72ct Veronica 72ct

Geranium

Early Fall PlantingAquilegia 72ct Primula 72ct

Epimedium 20ct Pulmonaria 72ct

Grasses - Cool season Salvia 72ct

Paeonia - Garden and Intersectional types

Tiarella 72ct

Color Key:Best Overwintered Outdoors

Best Overwintered Indoors