46th Parallel Planters Launch Bulb Sale

Traditionally the 46th Parallel Planters hold a spring plant sale on Mother's Day weekend. However, this year the planters broke with tradition in order to offer something new to Northland Gardeners. This summer they will be having a fall bulb sale featuring "Premium Quality Bulbs" not available at local retailers. Many great varieties are being offered for sale. The bulbs selected will of course be hardy and appropriate for our area. Prices are very competitive. Order forms are available at various locations throughout the community.

As a special service to Ironwoodinfo readers the catalog-order form can be printed from this website or go to the Master gardener website: www.rangemastergardeners.org 

This year the sale will take place on September 21st at the Iron County Farmers Market located in Hurley, WI on Hwy. 51. Area Master Gardeners are planning planting class co-inside with the sale.

Master Gardener Lynn Adams stated  "In past years, the gardening club has provided the public with many “Deer Resistant” perennial plants. Now gardeners can extend their gardening season with these large top-quality spring and summer bulbs. We have selected unique and uncommon varieties and new colors that are not found in retail stores. All these bulbs have been professionally inspected and machine x-rayed for viruses before being shipped to the United States. We hope you will like our selection."  "Many of us are having trouble with the deer population and deer feast on tulips during the spring. People don’t realize that there are many bulbs that are “Deer Resistant”. “Deer Resistant” does not mean the deer won’t eat these plants. It means that these plants are not their favorite. If deer are starving, they will eat anything."

"In past years, the gardening club has provided the public with many “Deer Resistant” perennial plants. Now gardeners can extend their gardening season with these large top-quality spring and summer bulbs. We have selected unique and uncommon varieties and new colors that are not found at retail stores. All these bulbs have been professionally inspected and machine x-rayed for viruses before being shipped to the United States. We hope you will like our selection." 
 Bulb orders must be picked up at the sale on September 21st. At the day of pick-up, we will have directions and demos on how to plant and how to

 For more information on this sale, to receive a form or to get formation on the gardening club, you may call Robin at 932-3872 , Lynn at 932-3509, Lena at 932-5747, Pat at 932-3777 or Kaye at 932- 4632. Leave a message and your call will be returned.

 

The 46th Parallel Planters Gardening Club is open to the public. The only prerequisites are that you love flower or vegetable gardening and that you share your ideas with others. You do not have to be a Master Gardener. The gardening club meets once a month on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Ironwood City Police Department meeting room. Four times a year there is a business meeting at 5:30 p.m. Refreshments are always served. Membership dues are $10.00 per family.
With the proceeds from our perennial sale, the club has underwritten a landscaping class for our members, the Range Master Gardener Conference and a bus trip to greenhouses. Each month we try to have a speaker or a presentation. In July the group has a local garden tour. It is always fun to see what other gardeners are up to and we also learn from each others mistakes.