May Newsletter from Tom's Thumb Nursery & Landscaping

MAY 2019

May Business Hours

Monday - Saturday 9am to 5:30pm

Sunday 10am - 4pm

We're pretty excited to announce that we are #14 on Yelp's

Top 25 Trendy Plant Shops in the US!

Thank you all for be-leaf-ing in us.

Love,

Tom's Thumb Nursery Team

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Introduction

In this newsletter you will find..

Mother's Day Giveaway
DIY Succulent Gardening Class
DIY Terrarium Class
Educational Seminar on Plumeria with Loretta Osteen
Seasonal Ideas and Information for May
Landscape Department: Succulents in the Landscape
Seaside Casual Furniture 2019
Bailey's Coupon
Mother's Day Gift Ideas
Create a Beautiful Garden

Mother's Day Gift Certificate Giveaway

With every purchase between now and Mother's Day

$100 Gift Certificate to Tom's Thumb Nursery

Drawing to be held at the end of business on

Mother's Day Sunday, May 12th

In Memory of

Peggy's Mother - Dolly Thompson

DIY Succulent Gardening Class

Sunday, May 5, 2019

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

In this fun hands-on class, Autumn Nolte will guide you through

plant selection, design ideas and tips to ensure your plants

remain healthy for months to come.

Workshop fee is $40 per person, which includes a 6" azalea pot, planting medium, succulents, and step by step instruction on planting and care.

Hurry and register because class size is limited.

To make your reservation and prepay call 409.763.4713.

Remember to bring gloves if you need them as we will be getting our hands dirty.

DIY: Terrarium Workshop

Sunday, May 19, 2019

from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Join our expert staff as they instruct you on how to create a glass terrarium garden. Workshop fee is $40 which includes an 8" glass bowl, 3 plants, soil, rocks, moss, charcoal, a miniature garden item of your choice and step-by-step instructions. Please bring gloves if desired.

Space is limited. Register by Wednesday, May 15.

Educational Seminar

Plumeria 101

Saturday, May 25
11am - noon

Tom's Thumb Nursery
presents
Loretta Osteen

Seasonal Ideas & Information for May

The following are a list of activities to consider for your May gardening:

Vegetables & Herbs - Warm-season crops are in their prime this month. One mistake new gardeners make is to not harvest vegetables at their peak quality. Left on the plant too long, many will decline in quality. Eggplant can become tough and bitter; green beans stringy and less tasty; squash and cucumbers become too mature with tough skin and large tough seeds. If you have mockingbirds, squirrels, and other raiders, it may be wise to pick your tomatoes early and allow them to ripen on the kitchen counter.

Fertilize growing crops with a natural, organic fertilizer that not only promotes healthy plant growth but is also good for your soil.

OUR GARDEN IS BLOOMING !

ECHINACHEA

CORA VINCA

BOUGAINVILLEA

DESIGNER FOUNTAINS

AGAPANTHUS

Galveston County Master Gardeners Educational Programs:

follow this link 2019 Gulf Coast Gardening for May

From Our

Landscape

Department

Succulents In the Garden

There are many ways to incorporate succulents into your Galveston landscape. You don't have to have the century plant that gets so large; smaller agaves are often quite colorful and interesting. There are also plants like Manfreda or Hesperaloe (often called red yucca) blooming, perennial succulents like Delosperma or Bulbine. Be careful of the groundcover succulents, they aren't always sturdy enough for our heat/humidity.

In Planters

Succulents are a favorite plant for beachside planters. There are a great many that can stand up to the constant barrage of salt. Use cylindrical sansevieria for an upright plant, ice-plant to trail down, and dwarf crown-of-thorns to bloom at the mid-level.