DÉCOR
Clayworks Garden Pot
Blue Sky Clayworks
Blue Sky Clayworks Garden Pots are created using a resist-glaze technique that gives the Garden Pots their specialty look. They are hand-painted and are available in about 60 designs. Garden Pots come in two sizes, in a 3-inch or 6-inch pot, and all styles come with the option to be a tabletop or with holes so that they can hang macrame-style. https://blueskyclayworks.com
Neptune Solar Lanterns
ACHLA Designs
The rich colored glass of the Neptune Solar Lantern is alight with sparkles when the sun goes down. This cylindrical lantern has a sleek metal frame, hanging handle and hand-blown glass shade. Integrated solar string lights are charged by a panel in the top. Hang it from a shepherd’s hook, or create tabletop ambience. Offered in celestial deep Teal, warm Lapis Blue or Emerald Green. www.achla.com
Small Single Hole Planter
Featherock
Featherock’s Small Single Hole Planter is now available in a small, half crate of 32 pieces or a regular crate of 64 pieces. Each option has its benefits, with the small crate reducing weight and freight cost, and the regular crate earning an additional 10 percent volume discount. The Small Single Hole Planter is Featherock’s most popular sized pumice planter! Try it as an accent in a fairy garden or as the star of a succulent arrangement workshop. www.featherock.com
Wind sculptures
Marshall Home and Garden
Marshall Home and Garden continues to bring new wind sculptures to the market with many designs created for higher wind locations. See over 20 different styles at their new Atlanta showroom or view them online. www.marshallhomeandgarden.com.
Rabbit, Bird and Leaf Birdfeeder
SPI Home
Feathered friends can dine in style with this charming Rabbit, Bird and Leaf Birdfeeder. Show the birds in your garden that some bunny loves them! Made of aluminum and 20.5 inches high, 15.5 inches wide and 9.5 inches deep. www.spi-home.com
Utau Meditation Bell
North Country Wind Bells
Take a quiet moment and meditate to the music provided by our Utau Meditation Bell (pronounced “Oo-tow”), meaning “to sing” in Japanese. This bell will fill the air with a mesmerizing tune, so you can peacefully reflect in your outdoor space. Resembling many Buddhist temples found throughout Asia, our bell offers a multi-level temple, representing the many stages of Buddhist meditation. We coated this bell in a vibrant red, which is often a symbol in Japan for vitality, energy and the life force in people. The two tones of this bell soothe the listener with an enchanting song, as it plays in the wind. Standing at 11.25 inches tall, this bell matches well with a Golden Bonsai Tree Windcatcher. Height: 11.25 inches. Tones: Two. Color: Semi-Flat Red. www.northcountrywindbells.com
Wind Art Collection
Red Carpet Studios
Red Carpet Studios introduces the Wind Art Collection that includes large kinetic spinners, fishing pole stakes and kinetic rustic balancers for 2018. The new Glass Vine spinner is 75 inches tall with glass accents for any garden or outdoor space. Suggested retail is $99.99. RCS has added more than 125 new items to the line, including planters, statuary, spinner stakes and chimes. www.rcsgifts.com
GARDEN GEAR
Lightweight pruners
Hydrofarm
These lightweight anti-fatigue pruners are based on our immensely popular classic Hydrofarm pruners, favored by legions of horticulturists. Their surgical stainless-steel blades offer serious cutting capacity in a lightweight package. These snips feature razor-sharp, tapered blade tips for ultimate cutting precision. Titanium-coated surgical stainless-steel blades hold a sharp edge longer. Their perfectly balanced construction and ultra-lightweight, ergonomic design is suitable for right- or left-handed use. www.hydrofarmgc.com
Backdoor Shoes
Sloggers
Sloggers shoes and boots are a staple at back doors across America. Known for their colorful and playful print designs, Sloggers are available in five waterproof styles — garden clog, slip-on shoe, ankle boot, 10-inch boots and new 14-inch boots. Sloggers’ signature all-day comfort insole supports and prevents foot fatigue while the outside materials take on rain, mud and dirt with ease. After wearing, hose them off and leave at the back door for the next project and/or adventure. Made in the USA. For ordering, email info@sloggers.com. For style availability, visit the website. www.sloggers.com
AccelaROOT 32-cell tray
Hydrofarm
Watch your plants take root with the new AccelaROOT 32-cell tray. These jumbo plugs give you 32 “homes” for your seedlings and cuttings. This finely crafted tray is made to help you jump start growth. Once you’ve started to sprout, plugs come out of the tray cells easily to be transplanted into bigger pots or a garden setup, letting you start all over again — with the same tray. No more equipment to buy! http://hydrofarmgc.com
PLANTS AND SEEDS
Succulents (replica)
Marshall Home and Garden
Succulents are hot! And Marshall Home and Garden offers an incredibly realistic replica succulent collection with low 10-piece minimums for each style. Their package program includes 30 styles and 300 assorted pieces with an average cost of $2 each, as well as a discounted display unit to showcase them. See them all at their new Atlanta showroom or view them online. www.marshallhomeandgarden.com
SunBelievable™ Brown Eyed Girl Helianthus
Monrovia
Extraordinary summer color with large, vibrant blooms. This award-winning, multi-branching, heat tolerant, non-invasive annual produces over 1,000 flowers in a single season, throughout summer until first frost. Sunny yellow petals with a dash of rich red surround the large brown center of each sensational flower. Excellent in borders and containers. www.monrovia.com
Hydrangea ‘Hortmagicri’ Everlasting® Crimson PPAF
Plants Nouveau
A compact grower, apple-green, lacy flowers open with a tinge of red. But, like a chameleon running from green apples to cherries, the blooms quickly become red all over, making this the acclaimed red variety in our Everlasting line! Crimson comes with a promise to delight you throughout the entire season. Strong stems and dark green leaves provide the perfect foil for ever-changing colors. Crimson ages to green with red highlights — a pleasing combination as the summer fades and nights begin to cool. www.plantsnouveau.com
Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Morning Mist’
Emerald Coast Growers
An Emerald Coast Growers exclusive, Sporobolus heterolepis ‘Morning Mist’ features prolific reddish sprays consistently displayed over arched masses of fine, medium green foliage. This clumping prairie dropseed reaches up to 4 feet high in full sun. Hardy in Zones 3 to 8. www.ecgrowers.com
Lilac
Netherland Bulb Company
New — Lilac in bare root form. Sell Lilacs much earlier (mid-February) than you can in gallons by carrying them in bare root form in colorful, waterproof packaging. A much sought-after plant by consumers for their wonderful fragrance and breathtaking blooms. Easy to grow in full sun and adaptable to average soil conditions. www.netherlandbulb.com
Recycled Paper Pots
Botanical Interests
Give customers eco-friendly seed-starting products with Botanical Interests Recycled Paper Pots made from 100% recycled paper! So simple to use — just pop them open, fill with soil and seeds, and when it’s time to transplant, tear away the bottom and place directly in the ground, reducing root disturbance and transplant stress while biodegrading right in the garden. Display them in our new product caddy next to the rest of your seed-starting products. www.botanicalinterests.com
Pixie Plants
Central Florida Ferns & Foliage
The Central Florida Ferns & Foliage Pixie Plants mix is a collection of ferns, foliage and succulents for glass terrarium gardens, container mini gardens or succulent gardens. Its fern selection includes Pteris, mahogany, maidenhair, bird’s nest, Boston types, Selaginella, Autumn, Korean rock and more; to Ficus, ivy, begonias, Peperomia, Fittonia, Pilea, Hypoestes, palms and baby tears. The 2-inch garden plants give mini gardens variety, texture and interest. www.cfferns.com
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