What You Can Do Now

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Get Help If You Need It
When you don’t know where to start, start with Snapshot Gardening.
You’ll get face time with a garden design pro, time to review photos of
your area, a custom plan and sketch and a $25 gift card to get you started.
Visit altums.com/landscaping to find out more.
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11335 N. Michigan Road
Zionsville, IN 46077
What You Can Do Now
317-733-GROW (4769)
Why are the leaves falling off my trees so early? Will my
grass come back? why do i plant tulip bulbs now? Call, email
or stop in with plant samples and we’ll help you turn things around.
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Summer was tough. Let’s fix things this fall.
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WHEN YOU BRING IN OR MENTION YOUR NEWSLETTER
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newcomer
Your Fall Freebie
SAVE YOUR SPOT at 317.733.GROW
or askaltums@altums.com.
wh en and how to put
your garden to bed
How to help your plants
through winter.
plan a spring garden
party at your place!
Bulbs and perennials will make
it happen.
Sat/Sept 17 :: 10:00a
decorate your doorstep
More ideas than time!
10:45a
Sat/Sept 24 :: 10:00a
no-dig gardening
Master the art of layer or
‘lasagna’ gardening.
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STORE HOURS:
Mon-Sat » 9–6 & Sun » 10–5
10:45a
Stop in, call 317.733.GROW or visit www.altums.com. We love to help!
no-labor landscape
design Create a beautiful, easy
to plant and maintain landscape.
Let’s do fall, together.
Sat/Sept 3 :: 10:00a
Add mums, pumpkins, pansies, ornamental grasses, cabbages and kale in
containers, windowboxes or beds. See how we’ve mixed things up this year
then do it your way.
howto make an
instant mossy pot
From terra cotta to Old World charm.
*charge for materials used
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Make It Yours
10:45a
Now is one of the best times to reseed and reestablish an evenly thick and
healthy lawn. Our choice: Execu-Turf grass seed created for Indiana lawns.
Sat/Sept 10 :: 10:00a
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Turn Your Lawn Around
refresh your fall pots
How to transition with style.
Buy now while the selection is good. When the ground has cooled in October,
plant with some Dutch Bulb Food for a lovely spring surprise.
Sat/Aug 27 :: 10:00a
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That Includes Bulbs
newcomers
The time is now, my friend. Perfect conditions, less watering, less stress on
your plants and healthier plants come spring. Remember the root ball should
sit slightly above the soil line and the wider the hole the better—loosens the
soil and gives roots room to grow. We have great results with Fertilome Root
Stimulator, too.
:: FREE :: Fall Workshops For
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Plant to Your Heart’s Content
instant color for fall
Showy varieties you’ll love.
One of the best ways to be successful when planting this fall is to amend
your soil (50% soil amendment to 50% original soil). Then seal in moisture
with a fresh layer of Altum’s Hardwood or Forest Fines mulch.
Stop in for a FREE Gardening in Indiana monthto-month guide, filled with tips on what to do
each month for a beautiful garden all year.
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Boost Your Soil
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fres h new look.
Fa ll i s yo u r
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11335 North Michigan Road | Zionsville, Indiana 46077
317.733.GROW | www.altums.com
STORE HOURS: Mon-Sat » 9–6 & Sun » 10–5
What We’re Planting
This Fall and why
now ’ s you r
ch a nc e
to m a k e
th i ngs righ t
japanese maples
Choose them for: fall leaf color ranging from golden-yellow
we can help
to crimson red, a graceful garden focal point and striking
red winter stems.
sweetgum ‘happidaze’
brand new
variety
th e w eath er is i deal
making up for
lost time this fall
multitude of incredible fall color.
Choose it for: rich green color year round, ample
anyth i ng you pla n t get s a h ead sta rt
‘tiger eyes ® ’ sumac
norway spruce
protection from winter winds and needed privacy.
Choose it for: its drought tolerant and has unique
golden foliage.
dwarf oakleaf hydrangea
you ca n e njoy th e color righ t away
better days. But fall is our chance to make things right. Armed with
Choose it for: smaller spaces, its reputation as the
hardiest hydrangea and its showy-red fall foliage.
When you plant in fall, you get a living color example of many plants’ finest
season. Plan your fall mums around these welcome outbursts of color and you
can enjoy it all now!
an afternoon or a few minutes here and there, you can erase the
signs of summer stress with fresh plants, a healthy lawn and festive
you won’t step on pesky spiked balls) and its
Fall normally brings an increase in rainfall, cooler temps and shorter days, less
stress for your plants and more favorable conditions for root growth. As we go
to press, it’s 97 degrees in the shade. I think we can all agree fall sounds like
a welcome relief.
Your plants will not be in an active growing phase, making it possible to
devote all their nutrients and energy to establishing strong root systems.
That means healthier, more robust trees, shrubs and perennials come spring.
Our yards and gardens weathered the heat and have probably seen
Choose it for: a great low maintenance, fast-
growing shade tree that’s seedless (meaning
fall containers. There’s no better time than now to plant and enjoy.
this fall when you choose altum’s:
You’ll leave with ideas because
you’ll see them everywhere
You can bring plant samples or
pictures for id or to diagnose
problems. And it’s free.
You can meet with a design pro,
review photos of your space, get
ideas, a sketched plan for your
space and a $25 gift card toward
the purchase of everything
you need. It’s called Snapshot
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Gardening. Find out more at
altums.com/landscaping.
You can leave the work to us and
have our experienced landscape
team transform your yard and
garden into a space you’ll love
to come home to.
You can pull curbside and
we’ll load your car
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