Pentas & Purslane	Lantana & Scaevola	Vinca, Zinnia, Angelonia & Sweet Potato Vine

Annual flowers and foliage plants come in a rainbow of shades and have the power to turn your dull porches, patios, borders and beds in to stunning displays of bright dramatic color. Plant showy pops of color in containers and throughout sunny areas of your landscape with these eye-catching favorites that thrive in bright light: pentas, purslane, moss rose, scaevola, lantana, bronze leaf begonias, celosia, Snow Princess alyssum, vinca (periwinkles), zinnias, angelonia, sweet potato vine, supertunias, Dahlberg daisies, blue daze, melampodium, Mexican heather, marigolds, coleus, Red Flash caladiums and more. 

Get yours today and see what sun-loving flowers can do to brighten your day! Read Warm Season Annuals for quick and easy descriptions and see our 2013 Spring Bedding Plant Guide for all the beautiful flowers we are growing here at the nursery.

We are going to be providing many classes and workshops for children and grownups this summer and we will be finalizing our class schedule and announcing it in the next couple days. Watch for our summer class schedule on the Home Page of our website and in next week’s webletter!

We’ve got 18 acres so we can provide a huge variety of plants for all of your garden and landscaping needs. Here’s a just a sampling of our new arrivals:

• Eastern Snowball Viburnum
• Tiger Eyes Cutleaf Sumac
• Aralia & Plum Spreading Yew – Great for shade!
• Coral Bark, Crimson Queen & Bloodgood Japanese Maples
• Smoke Trees
• Coral, Icy, Red & Sweet Drift Roses
• Cannas (Bengal Tiger, Red Futurity, Striped Beauty, Tropical Sunrise)
• Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary
• Loropetalum patio trees – Beautiful small purple tree
• Crape Myrtles (Baton Rouge Weeping, Red Rocket, Catawba, Natchez) 
• Hardy Hibiscus – Perennial favorite!
• Tropical Hibiscus, Ixora, Bougainvillea & Esparanza
• Agave, Cactus, Yuccas, Succulents & Sedum
• Graham Blandy Boxwood
• Japanese Black Pines
• Endless Summer Hydrangeas – in bud & bloom
• Hameln Dwarf Fountain Grass

We’re bringing in too many plants to list them all, so check our Available Stock List often for the trees, shrubs, vines, ornamental grasses, and fruit trees we have for your garden and landscape. Be sure to add Covington’s Soil Builder (includes compost, greensand & expanded shale) and Soil Moist to your soil to help reduce water requirements in your containers and planting beds.

We have a new batch of concrete statuary including giant turtles, frogs, bunnies, pigs, egrets, ducks, angels, St. Francis, cactus, fleur de lis and more. We also brought in large urns, bunny planters, birdfeeders and frog seats.

Come in today and check out all of our fountains, benches, birdbaths, statuary and other garden art and chose something beautiful or whimsical to add fun and interest to your outdoor environment.  

All of these custom stained garden accents are made from heavy duty concrete so they are very durable and will last for years.

Covington’s is a sponsor of the Rockwall County Master Gardener 2013 Tour of Gardens on Saturday, May 18th. Tickets may be purchased here at Covington’s… just see the Cashier in our Gift Shop to get yours. Take the tour for some inspiration; then come shop with us for beautiful flowers, plants and accessories for your outdoor spaces. Don’t forget your Covington’s $5 off coupon from your tour guide.

Ruby Slipper Maple	7 gal Knock Out Roses	Color Bowl

• Ruby Slippers Maples & Dogwoods – Just reduced to 1/2 price!!!
• Huge 7 gal Knockout roses - $49.99 (reg. $79.99) 
• All roses buy 4; Get 1 more FREE…Mix & Match!
• Outdoor flowering color bowls & hanging baskets-Buy 1; Get 2nd for ½ price (thru May 19th)
• 1 gal Covington’s Grown Bandana Lantana (Mounding varieties) Now only $5 each (reg. $9.99)
• Australian Tree Ferns (inside our store) 40% off -Quantities are limited!
• 4” Begonias (sun & shade) & Impatiens (shade) - 75¢ each when you buy by the flat!  $14.88 per 20 ct. flat (reg. $22).
• 1-gallon Perennials & Annuals – 10 for $80 (reg. $9.99 each)
• 15 gal. Purple Wisteria in bloom now! - 50% off
• Saucer Magnolias (includes Jane & Betty) – 50% off regular price
• 1 & 3-gal Blue Rug Junipers – ½ price!  Great ground cover for sunny areas!   

See our Available Stock List for all our shrubs and trees including those on sale.

Sign up for our annual maintenance program and save 50% on your first service. For details, contact us at (972) 475-5888 Ext. 5 or brent@covingtonnursery.com.

See our Landscape Services Page for information about all the Lawn and Garden Services we now offer.

Burton specializes in diagnosing and solving plant problems. You may be experiencing these same issues, so we want to share Burton’s advice.

When you come to Covington’s, Burton can usually be found at the Customer Service desk and he’s always happy to help make your gardening experience easier and more enjoyable.

Please bring actual bugs or plants or photos showing the problem when you come to get your gardening problems identified.

This week, we're looking at crape myrtles, and how to keep these beautiful plants healthy and vigorous.
 
Q: What are the white blobs all along the branches and trunks of my crape myrtle trees? 
 
A:  Those are insects called felt scale. They colonize stems, particularly at the joins of branches, and sucks sap from the plant. The honeydew they excrete may cause a black mold to form.

Individually, each scale does little damage, but they're prolific and you'll have tens of thousands of the pest on a good sized crape myrtle all working at the same time. It's a drain on the plant's system, causing stunted growth, limited blooming, and general poor performance. Prior to about ten years ago, this insect was not a problem in North Texas. It's a new pest to a reliable plant in our landscapes, and it most troubles crape myrtles that are "topped" or otherwise stressed by insufficient sun or moisture. I've never seen a crape myrtle killed outright by the felt scale, but we see many each year that look very bad because of this insect's infestation.
 
Our ferti-lome Systemic Insect Drench is a very reliable solution to rid your trees of this pest.  This systemic root drench will be absorbed up the stems and into the leaves of the plant and keep the plant free of almost any insect pest.

Covington's is hiring for several positions in our Landscape Services Department. If you are motivated to provide our customers with the best service anywhere, see Help Wanted for details and apply today!

As you, our regular readers, know, the Webletter we send out weekly is filled with helpful information about planting in North Texas, as well as our latest specials. But if you have a friend who's enthusiastic about having a beautiful yard and seeing the best of the new material as soon as it arrives, recommend our Webletter to them!

They'll see that it's also filled with pictures taken here at the nursery, usually in the same week the article is published, of the newest trees, shrubs, and flowers as they come in. Why settle for generalized pictures of a common shrub when you can see the very plants we have available, right now?

At Covington's Nursery you'll find: 18 acres and 28 greenhouses, 2 ponds, trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, annual and perennial color, pottery, fountains, and a gift shop. We're open 7 days a week to serve you.

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