Spend Memorial Day with Estabrook's

Hundreds of beautiful new perennials are arriving this Memorial Day weekend

With the fear of sudden overnight frosts behind us, Memorial Day weekend typically gives gardeners in Maine the "green light" to start planting their favorite annuals, perennials and more. With the soaring costs of travel and more Mainers staying at home this summer, there's no better time to get back to basics and rediscover the simple pleasures of home.

Whether it's planting the vegetable garden you've been thinking of, invigorating your landscape with new trees and shrubs, or simply digging out the window boxes and adding a little springtime cheer, Estabrook's has everything you need to take advantage of the long weekend and make your home into a vacation destination this season.

With that thought in mind, we're bringing in a host of brand new plant material to Yarmouth and our new location in Scarborough to help you with your weekend garden projects. Here are some highlights:

	Salvia They're a classic perennial plant that gardeners can't get enough of! We're welcoming hundreds of blooming salvia this weekend that are ready to add genuine blue color to your garden all summer long.
	Weigela Weigela 'Wine and Roses' from Proven Winners ColorChoice shrubs has quickly become a garden star. Featuring hot pink flowers set against a flourish of wine-red foliage, it will add an intoxicatingly lush accent to your landscape.
	Rhododendrons Fill your landscape with the rich purple, gentle pink or even unique yellow blooms of rhododendrons. We have a great selecttion of all-new varieties arriving this weekend, including 'Capristrano', 'Pink Treasure' and 'Purple Passion'.

You'll find these varieties, plus HUNDREDS of new ones this Memorial Day weekend at Estabrook's in Yarmouth and Estabrook's Color Spot in Scarborough. Our garden professionals are here every day (including Memorial Day) from 8am to 6pm to help you get started!

Restore Your Lawn with a Grass Repair Kit

Grass Repair Kits include everything you need to restore your lawn

Did the snow plow rip up your lawn this winter, leaving you with brown, bare or thin spots?

Luckily there's an easy solution to getting your lawn back into shape. Grass Repair Kits from ENCAP make rehabbing your lawn quick and easy, while also providing you with a unique indicator that tells you when to water.

An All-in-One Solution

Repairing a damaged lawn usually means buying seed, fertilizer, mulch, soil conditioners, straw and more. With your Grass Repair Kit, everything is included and straw isn't even required - all you have to do is add water!

To get started, simply follow these directions:

1. Loosen the top 2-3 inches of soil
2. Apply the product evenly
3. Gently rake the area to work your seed into the soil
4. Water at least twice daily for three weeks

"Water Me" Technology

Though water is the single most important element to establishing turf, watering is often the most neglected aspect by most homeowners. Each Grass Repair Kit includes a watering indicator that let's you know when it is time to water.

By simply observing the color of the mulch and appearance of the cross-linked polymer (PAM), you have a visual indicator to know when watering is needed. When dry, the mulch color is light green, and the PAM is reduced to a very small size. When wet, the mulch turns a darker green color and the PAM appears to swell into crystals (or diamonds) on the soil, serving as an indicator that enough water has been applied (stopping you from watering too much). This indicator will last approximately 3-6 weeks, depending on conditions, to get your new turf grass off to a good start.

As the soil and seed dry off, the mulch color turns back to a lighter color and the PAM polymer simply "disappears" again, signaling the need to water again. This will change back and forth, taking the guess work out of watering. Amazing!