JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014Serving You Since 1955

981 Alden Lane, Livermore, CA • www.aldenlane.com • (925) 447-0280

Inspiration by InvitationFebruary 15, 2014 • 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

You are cordially invited to attend our 5th Annual Inspiration Day of Seminars. Along with expert advice given at our seminars by excellent speakers, lunch will be provided by the

delectable Railroad Café. The tuition is $35.00, which includes your seminars of choice, lunch, and several demos set up around the nursery during the lunch break from 12:15 to 1:15.

Sign up online (www.aldenlane, click on events, Inspiration by Invitation Seminars) or call (925) 447-0280. Choose one class in each time slot.

Not Your Everyday Turkey Sandwich: 7 grain bread, roasted turkey, apricot- mascarpone cheese, apple/cranberry compote, spinach leaves.

Vegetarian Sandwich: Vegetarian on foccacia roll; market fresh vegetables.

Ham & Havarti: Ham with Havarti cheese, spinach, tomato on sourdough bread.

10:00 am – Grafting Fruit Trees: Do you remember a favorite fruit from times gone by

that is no longer around? Do you have too small a garden for all the different varieties of fruit that you would like to grow? Is your climate and/or soil less than ideal for your fruit growing needs? If so, you might want to think about fruit tree grafting! Join Graham Stott for this introduction to grafting.

OR10:00 am – Natural Pest Control:

Annie Joseph is one of our very favorite “Our Water, Our World” Specialist and one of our most popular speakers. Join her today for a look at less toxic pest controls and how to leave a lighter foot print for future gardeners. Annie will touch on grey water basics.

12:15-1:15 pm – LUNCH BREAK: Enjoy your meal from Railroad Café, then stroll the grounds, shop at the Garden Store, and get ready for an afternoon filled with great topics! Lunch Selections: (Choose one)

1:15 pm – Advanced Succulents:Are you ready to move beyond sedums and hens and chicks?

Do you want to know how to make great combos of succulents that love to grow together? Do you love the unusual succu-lents and want to learn more about them? Join Professor Dan Lassanske and increase your succulent know how, Dan will also share his favorite places to find unusual succulents.

OR1:15 pm – Delight in a Four Seasons Garden:

Nancy McNeish, one of our own landscape experts at Alden Lane, will show you how you can delight in the dimensions that a four season design can add to your yard. Nancy will show you planting ideas to highlight each season.

11:15 am – How to Become a Pruning Artisan:Dan Lassanske is a newly retired Professor of Horticulture at

Cal Poly and a returning speaker to our series. In this class Dan will provide an introduction to the major pruning terms and con-cepts applicable to all types of plant material. Participants will be transformed from being plant “hackers” to becoming pruning artisans.

OR11:15 am – Terrariums, Tillandsia wreaths, and Enviro Bubbles:

Demonstration Diva Sue Fordyce will be your guide to the art of crafting terrariums, the simple yet stunning way to make an air plant (tillandsia) wreath, and she will give you six different and amazing ideas using hanging glass bubbles. Come and get some great inspiration!

2:30 pm – Citrus Growing:Ed Laivo is an enthusiastic evangelist of fruit trees from

Four Winds Nursery, and a wealth of information about citrus! Join him today to learn everything about citrus and growing them as espaliers! Let’s get growing.

OR2:30 pm – Composting:

Want to improve your soil and grow some incredible flowers and veggies? Join Renee Ray and learn the basics of com-posting. This simple process is one of the very best ways to increase yields and build a great structure for your plants to grow in. Come and learn all the composting basics.

SAVE THE DATE - Annual Daffodil Show! March 1st & 2nd. See inside for more details.

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Clear Away the Holidays with a Spring Preview!

To kick off the spring season we will be featuring products in a combination of colors; aqua, cream, light green and a grassy green. Fresh colors which will help to lift those winter blues. The collection will brighten your kitchen and table. The table runner is a great base, which could be adorned with the bird shaped bud vases, or embroidered linen placemats which carry the bird theme as well. Also in the collection will be embroidered dish

towels, oven mitts and potholders.If green tones are not your color of choice, then also featured

for January and February is a beautiful collection called “In The Blue”. It is a combination of ceramic and ruffled melamine to suit every need. Rich blue tones with cream floral accents are the highlighted products. To warm you on a cold morning the collection has a teacup with a teabag holder built into the side of the cup, and teabag holders in ceramic and melamine. Also in the collection is a salad bowl, salad servers, a large pitcher in two different patterns, and much more.

For Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or “Just Because”, we have a lot of unique gifts for that special someone. We are a full service Gift Shop. We will help you to select just the right gift, assist in putting a gift together, and wrap it for a beautiful presentation all for FREE! Come in to Alden Lane and check out the fabulous selection.

Celebrate Your Special Someone!

Alden Lane is transformed with gifts and decorations just to make this Valentines Day a memorable one. Place any special orders early – we can make up wonderful orchid baskets and centerpieces. Stumped and need a gift idea? We specialize in making one of a kind living arrangements just for your Valentine – and they will be as unique and as special as they are! Call Sue to order something

Spectacular!Knodts

Flowers is ready to help fill every Valentine floral desire! They are located on the grounds of Alden Lane Nursery. Drop by when you’re in the neighborhood, we’d love to see you. Have a special Valentine order? We’ll be happy to help! Just call 925-447-0800.

Notes for January & FebruaryMove your living tree outdoors. Care for other holiday gift plants such as azaleas and camellias by placing them outside where they will thrive in cooler temperatures.

For bright blue Hydrangeas continue monthly applica-tions of Master Nursery Hydra Blue until summer. More frequent applications will intensify the color.

Set out winter blooming annuals for a garden filled with color. Refresh your garden containers with primroses, pansies, Iceland poppies, ornamental cabbage and kale. Check with our staff for helpful advice and ideas.

Seed Potatoes are available by mid-January. Choose red, white and russet, purple and yellow varieties. Harvest new potatoes when plants begin to bloom in June and more mature potatoes when plants begin to die down in mid-summer.

Choose your Camellias now! Seeing is believing so choose now while they are in bloom. The selection is great and you’ll be able to pick just the right color for your winter garden.

Feed your lawn monthly even during cold winter months. This not only maintains its attractive green color all winter it also minimizes rust disease and other problems resulting from malnutrition. Masters Fall and Winter Lawn Fertilizer is especially formulated for the winter season.

Time to dormant spray your fruit trees! Spray your fruit trees with All Seasons Spray Dormant Oil NOW! This will take care of the overwintering pests that will pose a problem during the growing season. If you missed the fall application of Copper, go ahead and apply it the week before or after the application of the Oil. You’ll follow this up with Copper Dormant Spray around Valentine's Day. (While you're here, you may want to find that special Valentine's Rose or blooming plant for your sweetheart.) There are a couple of Copper sprays to select from: Monterey Liqui-Cop, Bonide Liquid Copper Fungicide (labeled for organic gardening), and also Bonide Fungonil (synthetic).

Prune most fruit trees, roses and other leafless trees and shrubs from December through January. WARNING: DO NOT PRUNE spring blooming shrubs and trees such as lilac, quince, flowering cherry etc. until the blooming period is over.

If you like armloads of cut flowers in the spring and summer you can start now by planting lilies, gladiolus, dahlias and other summer blooming bulbs. Alden Lane has a full complement available.

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Prevent Crabgrass now! Crabgrass has pale green-yellow foliage that spreads through your darker green lawn crowding out the good grass. Crabgrass dies with the onset of cold weather, leaving seeds that will sprout as the spring weather warms the soil. Applying Master’s Lawn Fertilizer Plus Crabgrass Control now will prevent crabgrass seeds from sprouting.

WOW! It's Raining Berries! The Berries are l ooking awesome this year! In stock now . . . we have a great assortment of Blackberries, including Olallie Blackberries, Raspberries, Huckleberries, and Blueberries. In addition to all of our berries we also have Figs, Pomegranates, Currants, Olives, Kiwis and Grapes. This is the best time to shop for the best selection.

Coming end of January, please look for our full line of Fruit Trees. From Apples to Walnuts and everything in-between. This really is the best time for selection and planting of berries, grapes, and fruit trees. Come on by and let our professional Alden Lane Nursery staff help you select and give you the very best advice on how to plant and care for your trees. We are here to see you through, so you get a wonderful harvest year after year.

Spray Your Roses Now. An application of dormant oil just after winter pruning on roses will help reduce pest populations by smothering over-wintering eggs. Spraying fungicides, as well, will halt diseases such as rust, blackspot and powderey mildew. All Seasons Spray Oil is listed for use on organic gardens or use other time honored products such as Ortho Volck Oil. Fungicides include Monterey Liqui-Cop and also Bonide Liquid Copper Fungicide, (labeled for organic gardening), and also Bonide Fungonil (synthetic) known to be very effective.

Protect frost tender plants when frosts are expected. Spray with Cloud Cover or Freezepruf. For added protection drape frost tender plants with Fast Start Plant Blanket Fabric. Try not to let the covering material rest on the plant. String non-LED Christmas tree lights on your frost tender plants when a freeze is expected. The warmth from the bulbs will provide another measure of protection.

Keep up your New Year’s Resolution . . . join the Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club (www.lavgc.org) and the Mt. Diablo Rose Society (www.mtdiablorose-society.org).

Think Strawberry shortcake! This is the month to plant perennial vegetables and fruits. You can set our strawberries, rhubarb, raspberry, blackberry and many other cane fruits. If you like asparagus, horseradish and artichokes we have starts for those too. Come by and let us help you choose your favorites.

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SAVE THE DATE! The 2014 Daffodil Show • March 1st & 2ndCo-sponsored by the Northern California Daffodil Society

& Alden Lane Nursery•  Groom those blooms to enter on Saturday morning by 10 a.m. 

•  Public entries are  welcome.  •   Bring  address labels to speed the process.   •  Enjoy the show on March 1st, 1 - 5 p.m. & March 2nd, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FREE Daffodil Lecture: Saturday, March 1st, 2 pm

Look What's New For The 2014 Rose SeasonNew from Weeks Nursery

Good as Gold is a very rich hybrid tea with large buds of deep golden orange-yellow that finishes with a kiss of red. The wonderful grape-fruit and citrus fragrance is sure to please. Available as a bush or tree form.

Jump for Joy has large showy clusters of ruffled peachy-pink flowers that cover this well rounded floribunda rose with glossy green leaves and consistent dark red new growth throughout the season. Available as a bush, patio tree and standard tree.

Youre the One is a new miniature-ized hybrid tea with perfect buds of cream blushing several shades of pink. This medium rounded bush is perfect for containers, borders or tucking into small spaces. Back on the list are some Oldie but Goodies – Jackson Perkins Roses, brought to us through Weeks Nursery.

Always and Forever: A classic velvety ruby red with long stemmed elegance.

Bella Roma: Wonderfully intoxicating fragrance, a hybrid tea, of yellow tinged with pink flowers.

Henry Fonda: Deep yellow hybrid tea with a remarkable vigor and disease resistance.

Sedona: A very warm coral blend, hybrid tea, with stunning 5" blooms and a strong pear fragrance and let’s not forget about

Tuscan Sun: Bronzed buds which open to a coppery apricot flower on this very prolific blooming floribunda. A small growing bush which makes it excellent for small spaces and containers. New From Star Roses

Fired Up: A disease resistant floribunda with a unique and striking color, bright yellow and orange striped flowers that don’t fade in the heat.

Its dark rich glossy green foliage makes a striking display in the garden.

BougainFeel Ya: This medium growing bush has the look of a bougainvillea (without the cold sensitivity) and blooms a glorious red continuously through-out the season with good disease resistance.

Eyeconic Lychee Lemonade: A new eyeconic to the line up (if you missed them last year you must check them out this season – STUNNING! This one is a semi-double ivory cream flower with a dark burgundy eye.

New From David Austin Boscobel: Beautifully formed rosettes of rich salmon/hot

pink flowers with a strong myrrh, elderflower and pear fra-grance. A low grower at only 3'.

Tranquility: These flowers have a beautifully rounded shape are white, lightly tinged with yellow and have a light apple fragrance. This rose has excellent vigor and is very healthy. Upward growth to 5' and nearly THORNLESS!

Heathcliff: Sports a large fully double crimson flowers with an old rose and cedar wood fragrance. Foliage has deep green leaves with upright growth to 4'.

In our climbing category we have added a few oldies but new to Alden Lane Nursery

Rosanna: A large flowered climber with very robust and floriferous clusters of nostalgic salmon pink blooms. Very good disease resistant and vigorous growth.

The Pilgrim: from David Austin, a soft yellow climber, very suitable as a tall bush or small climber.

Alden Lane Nursery presents

Faerie Garden PartySaturday, January 25th • 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Put on your funnest Fairy Frocks or Pirate Gear and join the Party! Another Fairy adventure awaits

you as Pushpin the Gnome has lost her magical stones, and the Fairies will set us on the trail to find them!

We will follow the clues through the Alden Woods, seeking Fairy Houses, Secret Treasures and MORE! Help Push-pin uncover the secret passageway that will lead her back to the magic stones, get your face painted, and make your own yummy Fairy Food snacks . . . and there’s MORE! You won’t leave without a special gift from Tazmina, Queen of the Alden Woods Fairies for helping out silly Pushpin. Join the FUN!•  Tickets are $25.00 plus tax for kids 1-14 years old  •  Ages 15 to 105 are free when accompanied by a child•  Reserve your tickets today, as they sell out fast! All reservations must be prepaid. This adventure makes a great 

Birthday Party- It’s a unique and memorable time for kids of all ages!•  Call our cashiers (925)447-0280 or sign up online at www.aldenlane.com.

THE ROSES ARE HERE!

Fresh Fruit from Your GardenFruit Trees will be Available

by Mid-January at Alden Lane Nursery

Nothing beats the taste of a sun-warmed, tree-ripened fruit picked straight from the tree in your own yard. You know it’s fresh, juicy and with the right cultivation, pesticide and chemical-free which you can’t always say about store bought fruit, which is often held in cold storage for months and has been treated with who-knows-what to get that perfect market appearance!

We have a great inventory of fruit trees, berries and grapes available for your selection. All of our trees are planted in bio- degradable pulp pots which prevent damage to the roots. This means you’ll have even more success than with traditional bareroot plants.

Consider using fruit trees in the yard to provide shade or block unwanted views. You don’t need a lot of space. Grow an espaliered apple or pear along your fence

or wall, train a grape or kiwi up over an arbor or trellis, or plant a dwarf peach or apple in a container on your deck. Plant a combination multi-graft tree – it will give you a summer of fruit!

Varieties on our list are selected to be successful in our area. Also there is a choice of two different combination Fruit Salad trees and over 20 varieties of grapes.

So come in and meet our expert staff. They’ll be happy to help you choose the correct varieties based on ripening times, taste and space availability. We’ll provide you with planting instructions and all the necessary items and knowledge to get you growing. Whether you have space for a whole orchard or just a single tree – come in and see our extensive selection and soon you’ll be picking ripe fruit from your garden.

What the heck is a Crafternoon?Are you crafty – or a crafty wannabe? Join our Alden Lane crafters

as we meet on the 4th Saturday of the month for a delightful time of fun and creativity! We have 3 great projects lined up for Spring. Sign up for one . . . or for all . . . your choice! We provide all the instruction and materials. Each class is individualy priced. You will go home with a beautiful, handcrafted piece you can be proud of, and learn a new skill!

Saturday, February 22nd, 1:30 - 3 pm.TILLANDSIA WREATH

Unusual living wreath made of mosses, twigs and air plants (tillandsias). Easy to assemble and amazing to display in your home or office. Just spray with water a couple of times a week to keep it looking fresh. No soil needed! You will love this project! The cost is $38.00 plus tax

Saturday, March 22nd, 1:30 - 3 pmSPIRAL SUCCULENT GARDEN

A simple, spiral concept, and a mass of cascading succulents makes this one unique conversation piece! This project is simple, which includes a terracotta bowl, a spiral of bamboo fencing, soil, sand, succulents and bits of colorful glass, but it is truly unique and beautiful. Come and make one with us! The cost is $55.00 plus tax

Saturday, April 26, 1:30 - 3 pm • OUTDOOR ART PANELSCreate a colorful weather proof 18" x 18" outdoor art panel to add a pop of pizzazz to your patio or fence area. Three

designs to choose from, easy to follow graphics – no art experience required! We have a beautiful lemon fruit piece, an Asian inspired bamboo beauty or birds on a wire in silhouette. Any one you choose can be custom colored to your garden palette for a truly inspired look. The cost is $30.00 plus tax

Orchids 101Saturday, March 1,

10 to 11:30 amDon’t be baffled by bashful

bloomers and wimpy “wanna-be’s”! Join Orchids 101 to give yourself the confidence you need to care for your orchids properly and be successful. Learn the basics with our orchid expert, Sue Fordyce and discover the simple secrets that make all the difference when nuturing your exotic beauties.

You are welcome to bring an orchid or two along that you may have questions about.

The cost is $10.00 and bring a friend for free!

Sign up at the Alden Lane Cashiers.

“Kung hay fat choi”Chinese New Year Seasonal Favorites

January 31st is the beginning of Chinese New Year! Alden Lane has stocked a few special items typically used to decorate for Chinese New Year to invite good fortune into our house and yours. Plant a flowering quince during this year’s celebration and have plenty of branches to cut and bring inside for future years. Flowering Quince is always in bloom during this time of year and symbolizes good health, prosperity and happiness. The blossoms on bare branches are excellent in flower arrangements and come in shades of red, pink and white.

Kumquats are also used to celebrate Chinese New Year as they are becoming fully ripe during the late winter months. The Chinese name for Kumquat translates to “Gold Luck” and Alden Lane has several varieties to choose from. This highly prized hardy citrus plant bears heavy crops of small fruits that are eaten skin and all. They can also be made into delicious jams, preserves, and relishes. Bring home good fortune and “Gold Luck” with a Kumquat.

As a special treat we are currently offering the Buddha’s Hand Citron. The fruit is traditionally brought inside and placed in a bowl for its wonderful fragrance. The fruit has virtually no pulp but can be sliced and candied in syrup for a unique treat. This is definitely a “conversation piece” in the garden so plant it somewhere it can be appreciated by guests. The gnarly fruit forms finger-like sections that resemble a hand and can bear quite heavily during this time of year.

For Fabulous Flower Beds….Read on!

Recipe for Good Garden Soil!Good Garden Soil Starts Here!!

For each 100 square feet add: 5 to 8– 2 cubic ft. bags Master Gold Rush or Bumper Crop ® 5 lbs. Iron Sulfate to acidify and add iron. 10 lbs. Master Vegetable Food or Master Flower Food, Master Formula 49 can be used for ground covers. 50 lbs. Gypsum. It loosens hard soils as it adds sulfur & calcium. (An excellent addition in our heavy soil.)

Mix well with your soil to an 8" depth and water well.

Announcements•  Watch the Valley Gardener on TV30 for great gardening

tips with host Jacquie Williams- Courtright at 7:30 am and 1:30 p.m. Monday - Friday and repeated on Saturday at 7:30 & 11:00 am, and 4:00 pm & Sunday at 7:30 & 11:00 am, and 1:00 & 4:00 pm or view online www.TV30.org.

•  The Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club will meet Thursday, January 9th, at 7pm at the Alisal Elementary School, 1454 Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton. Dan Resor will speak on Pruning Basics. And on February 13th you can join us for Brian Kemble, curator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden speaking on Aloes. For more information visit: www.lavgc.org.

•  The Mt. Diablo Rose Society meets the second Wednesday of the month, 7:30 p.m. at the Dublin Library, 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin. Call for details 829-4929.

Spectacular flower beds can be yours with just a little pre- planning and a trip to Alden Lane Nursery. You can still plant your flower beds with white Alyssum, yellow Calendula, red Dianthus, orange Iceland P oppies, blue Violas, pink Stock, and purple Pansies.

For shade gardeners, do not forget Primroses in a multitude of colors. All of these blooming beauties will flower for the months ahead.

Summer Bouquets Start in FebruaryAll the bulbs you plant this

spring will fill your summer gardens with armloads of beautiful cut flowers. Think about what a great addition the dahlias and gladiolus will provide to a summer bouquet.

GLADS – The tall flower stalks are covered with beautiful florets. If you plant two weeks apart you will have plenty of garden color and loads of cut flowers to arrange in summer bouquets.

DAHLIAS – Take your pick of separate colors in dinner plate, decorative, cactus and pompom flower forms. Dahlias are show stoppers.

Calla Lilies, Canna Lilies and a variety of unique specialty bulbs will provide color and interest into summer.

Check with our staff for detailed planting instructions. We have the bulbs, the know-how and the experience to get you growing.

Pruning Demonstrations at Alden Lane Nursery

Please call ahead to reserve a seat for these FREE informative classes.

Rose Care & PruningSaturday January 11th at 10 a.m. Sunday, January 12th at 1 p.m. Join us on Saturday, January 11th and Sunday, January 12th for our ever popular Rose Care and Pruning Seminars. The topics include proper pruning techniques, feeding, and general care as well as the best varieties for the Valley. Call (925) 447-0280 for more information.

Grape PruningSaturday, January 11th, Alden Lane, at 1 p.m. Learn from grape and wine growing consultant, Jim Ryan. He’ll share the basics & industry tricks of the trade.

Last Pruning Basics ClassSaturday, January 25th at 11:00 a.m.Learn the basics to shape deciduous trees and shrubs, prune fruit trees properly, or get any of your own pruning questions answered.

Last Rose Pruning Basics ClassSunday, January 26th from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Call ahead to let us know how many are coming.

Last Chances to Dormant SprayFebruary is the last month for dormant spray. Apply

Bonide Copper fungicide or Monterey Liquicop. Spray at the “pink bud” stage. This is when the flower buds just start to show color at the tip of the bud. Generally this occurs sometime between the second and third weeks of February. For peaches and nectarines spray again at 3/4 petal fall with gentle effective copper soap. This stage is the best time to control Peach Leaf Curl. NOTE: If it should rain within 24 hours of application then reapply material. Rain can make your treatment spotty at best.

Bonide Tree & Shrub Insect ControlOne Application

Provides a Whole Year of ProtectionMany gardeners have at least one tree that is particularly

susceptible to insect infestations of one kind or another. Sometimes an insect drops a sticky substance that makes a mess of the patio or whatever is parked below it. An insect can weaken the tree, or in the case of borers, eventually kill the tree.

Bonide Tree and Shrub Insect Control is effective and is very easy to use. Apply it now to prevent this year’s infestations before they begin. It can be used on ornamentals and a number of fruit trees. It is not sprayed on, but is diluted with water and poured around the base of the tree. One application provides a whole year of protection.

Get a head start and apply it to those trees you have with a reputation for infestations

January is Pruning Month As the temperatures have typically dropped and held low for a few weeks by mid-January, most deciduous trees

and shrubs are ready for their annual pruning. Alden Lane Nursery has a few helpful resources for assisting you in this sometime overwhelming subject. First of all, please take advantage of a number of pruning classes scheduled over the next month. (See our web page for a schedule.) We also have a great selection of tools and gloves and helpful

pruning books. Our web page also includes pruning diagrams for guidance. For pruning fruit trees, pick up a copy of a very handy pruning book titled, “How to Prune

Fruit Trees” by Robert Sanford Martin. This book packs a wealth of information into its 90 pages, covering virtually every type of fruit tree and fruiting vine home gardeners will encounter. The book illustrates and explains in a brief format how each type of tree produces fruit and what pruning is required to help, not hinder fruit production. Every fruit tree owner should have a copy.

Finally, in the line up of pruning aids, what can be more helpful than a good pair of gardening gloves?

West County Gloves offers a nice collection of well-made gloves that are comfortable and engineered to wear well. Their Work Glove, styled like a biking glove, is our best selling Glove.

West County Gloves also produces the amazing Gauntlet rose glove. Tested here at the nursery, this glove will allow you

to thrust your hands into rose pruning chores without fear of thorns tearing up your hands. We have found the synthetic suede cloth completely stops thorns before reach-ing the skin. We would be happy to show you a pair.

Choose Some of The Best Pruning ShearsFelco brand pruning shears are the highest quality pruning shears we are

aware of, worldwide. They are imported from Switzerland and are built with such quality they have been known to last for decades. We invite you to place a pair in your hands and compare the feel and fit to other pruners. We have a hands-on display to help you explore your options. After you sample a pair we think you will want to add these to your own wish list. Or you may want to buy a pair for another gardener in your home who won’t mind if you borrow the pruners from time to time for your own use.

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