ELIMINATE ODORS.
KEEP THE STYLE.
outdoors MARCH
GARDE
NER
Beads pretty enough to display.
Strong enough to eliminate tough odors
up to 30 days, www.renuzit.com
ways
to be a
savvy
plant
shopper
■ Shop Thursdays and Fridays.
Garden
centers stock up during weekdays. Get the best
selection and quality by shopping before the
weekend rush leaves only picked-over stock.
■ Look for quality.
Annuals should be
compact and uniformly green. Avoid trees and
shrubs with dead branches or damaged trunks.
■ Ask about guarantees.
a i-year
replacement policy lets you replace plants
that don’t survive the first winter.
Buy named varieties.
Generic plants—
those without a variety name—vary in
appearance, while named varieties have
consistent characteristics. For example, a tree
labeled only as “amur maple” may or may not
give you the brilliant fall color these maples are
prized for, whereas “ Red Rhapsody amur maple”
should live up to its name.
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