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Our Business is Growing Christmas 2007 What’s “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man Inside... the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home.” Holiday Decor ......... 2 ~ Charles Dickens Poinsettia Panic ....... 2 It’s about memories and weather cooperated nicely.) traditions. It’s about family I will cherish the short time my and gathering together. It’s daughter Betsy will have with us this Bye Bye Birdie ........ 2 Christmas. This particular quote season. (She is gainfully struck a cord with me because I employed at Four Star read so many cynical quotes Greenhouses-Proven Winners, in Annual Election about the holiday. However, it Michigan, as their Trial Manager, Poll ........................ 2 touched on the expected, and the and has little time off this year.) I commercialism of the holiday, and how will enjoy Will during his short break we feel more stress than joy at this time between semesters (and bowl games). I The Plant Doctor ..... 2 of year. will adorn our new lab Joe Pretty with I vow to listen to Dickens this year. a big red bow. I will mourn our dog I will enjoy the holiday season, not Blackjack. (he hated the bow) I will Gardening just Christmas day. I will be a reason- drink champagne at midnight (any mid- able shopper. I will wrap early. I will night!) with Scott. I will stay awake to Gift Ideas ................ 3 bake cookies. I will listen to my favor- see the ball drop. I will do this all again ite Carols often. I will visit friends and next year, and next year, and next year. share with them a poinsettia. I will wear That’s my vow. I challenge all to do Wintergarden-ing .... 3 my Christmas necklace more than once. the same. And to all of you…… I will save the best ornaments for the kids to put on the tree. And I will use “May you have the gladness of Wintergarden-ing just enough tinsel to make it sparkle. I Christmas which is hope; Projects ................... 3 will laugh loud and often during our The spirit of Christmas which is peace; Christmas Eve luncheon. I will cook a The heart of Christmas which is stupendous Christmas Dinner. I will wel- love.” It's Tool Time ........... 3 come Doug and our new daughter-in-law --- Ada V. Hendricks Maggie for our first Christmas as family! (And yes, the August wedding was abso- Kollman’s Koupon ... 3 lutely beautiful, as was the bride, and the My Favorite Christmas Website Renewal Cookie ..................... 4 Check-out our renewed and rejuvenated website at www.kollmans.com It has successfully brought us to the top of the search engines and we are proud to say it has brought us new customers and has increased awareness of exactly who we are and what we do. And that’s the name of the game! www.Kollmans.com Kollman’s Greenhouse Inc. Bye Bye Birdie Holiday Décor We have the decorations, live and in living color. Well, they call the greens live, Many of our feathered but they are fresh-cut, and will eventually go the way of a fresh-cut tree. Hope for friends leave for warmer the cold weather when decorating outside. The greens stay green longer. Don’t climates. But those that expect greens to hold-up a long time if using indoors. Heat and dry air cause them remain can provide us with great to brown-out and drop their needles. It’s best to decorate indoors later in the season winter bird watching from the for optimum color and fragrance. Here are a few greens you can expect to see at the comfort of our own homes. We greenhouse this season: Mixed Greens Wreaths White Pine Roping Pine Boughs just need to properly attract them, Boxwood Wreaths Boxwood Roping Fraser Boughs beginning with feeders and food. Fraser Fir Wreaths Princess Pine Roping Shore Pine Boughs Noble Fir Wreaths Cedar/Douglas Roping Concolor Boughs Bird Feeder 101: Clinging Feeders - Suet Cakes, Bundled Greens compressed seed balls, peanut Shore Pine Berried Juniper Oregonia Noble Fir English Boxwood Fraser Fir Tips butter coated pinecones rolled in Incense Cedar Port Oreford Cedar White Pine Tips seed. Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Chickadees prefer to grab right New for 2007 onto their food. Rosehips Boxwood Trees Platform Feeders - Perfect Appalachian Trio Wreaths Appalachian Angel Wings (overhead door swag) for ground-feeding birds such as Cardinals, Sparrows, Juncos, Grosbeaks, and Mourning Doves. Poinsettia Panic Fill the feeder with black-oil “I can never get my poinsettia to live past one week” Here is the rest of the care for a poinsettia: sunflowers and watch them flock-up This is the most frequent comment I hear when it 1. Place in a bright area away from direct cold or to feed. comes to Christmas plants. Of course, first out warm drafts. Perching Feeders - These of the box, they admit they didn’t buy their plant 2. Keep daytime temperatures at 65-70 degrees common tube feeders have multiple from Kollman’s Greenhouse. I know this, because and nighttime temperatures at 60 – 65 degrees. feeding ports with individual we take great care and great expense in exercising (shouldn’t be hard with these heating prices!) perches, and should be filled with preventative treatments 3. Water when soil becomes dry to the touch. black-oil sunflowers to attract to ensure a pest-free and 4. Fertilize once a month Cardinals, Titmice, Chickadees, disease-free plant for our Do you feel lucky and want to make your and Nuthatches. Thistle seed customers. Our plants last poinsettia bloom next season? Its easy, is particularly appealing to well into the new year and yet a bit of a burden. Poinsettias bloom in Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, and Purple often throughout the whole response to shortening daylight hours. Put Finches. year, for our customers. If your plant in total darkness at least twelve there is a single piece of hours a day for approximately ten weeks. advice to give to anyone Begin this process in mid to late September. who wants their plant to Do not let any light reach the plant during live, it is this: TAKE THE this time, or you delay bloom time. When the The Plant PLANT OUT OF THE twelve hours are up each day, place the plant Doctor is In FOIL WRAP WHEN YOU WATER. ALLOW THE in a bright, sunny spot for the rest of the day. Once Scott or Brian are always available to WATER TO DRAIN OUT OF THE POT BEFORE the ten weeks are over, follow the regular care for a solve your pest or disease questions on REPLACING THE WRAP. poinsettia. Good luck, and see you next year! your plants. Bringing a sample of the problem to the greenhouse saves a lot of diagnosis guesswork on their part. 4th Annual Once again its time for our annual Holiday Poll of our But Please, Please, Please bag your employees. This poll was originally triggered by the last plant and tightly tie it shut. Or leave Election Poll presidential election, and we have had a lot of positive feedback from it. Given the nature of the recent election it in the trunk of your car and they will campaigns, both state and local, this poll will be positive, come to you. We spend thousands of fun, truthful, and need no apologies! dollars a year keeping our greenhouses What is your favorite Christmas Movie? pest and disease-free, as well as the Scott The Ref plants we are growing at any particu- Election Sue Miracle on 34th Street (original version) lar season. We ask that you not grace Brian A Christmas Story our premises with a buggy or diseased Year Poll Rosie Home for the Holidays Susie Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer plant straight from the pot or garden. Gregg It’s a Wonderful Life It’s like sneezing and not covering your mouth. We don’t want our plants to catch what you have. We thank you for your consideration!! 2 We have a website! Visit us at your convenience at www.Kollmans.com Kollman’s Greenhouse Inc. Gardening Gift Ideas Winter It’s always fun to give a gift to that spe- garden…ing cial someone that they wouldn’t neces- Indoor gardening is great for those who have no space outdoors, sarily buy for themselves. What better or for those of us in Northeast Ohio who can’t garden in winter. time than Christmas to give a gardening Houseplants can transform a stale room into a vibrant living space. gift that allows us to look forward to the But they require just as much care as an outdoor plant. They crave upcoming gardening season. Here are a few typical and a consistent watering and feeding schedule. And you must continue unusual ideas to think about. Try setting one or two of these under the tree this year: to remove any dead leaves and blooms. Of course, you also have to 1. Gift Basket - yeah, yeah, I know. Boring! Besides dust the leaves of your plants to keep them healthy, happy, and look- the usual hand tools and seed packets, put some fun ing gorgeous. You can also use a little leaf-shine spray to keep them stuff in it, like hand cream, lip balm, sunscreen, nail shiny and looking their best. brush, fragrant soap, and even bug repellent! 2. Cactus Garden - Perfect for that plant moron (oops, Low Maintenance Favorites friend) who can’t keep any plant alive.