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Flower lover loves Preen

"I have been a flower lover all my life. When my husband and I made a large Iris bed that faces the golf course where we live, I knew I’d be using Preen to keep it weed free.

The result was wonderful! It was weed free with beautiful flowers. I was able to enjoy the flowers and still play golf! Didn’t spend my free time weeding."

Betty H.
Kewaskum, WI

Peppers' colorful flavors spice up summer meals

peppers
Chili peppers
Photo courtesy
National Garden Bureau

Whether we call them mango peppers, sweet peppers, jalapenos or habaneros, these colorful,easy-to-grow, tasty — and sometimes spicy — vegetables perk up the summer menu.

Click here for tips on growing sweet
and spicy peppers.

Ouch! Stinging nettle earns its name

stinging nettle
Stinging nettle needles
Photo courtesy Rutgers University

You’ll never forget stinging nettle if you grab it while weeding the garden. It literally stings your hand with tiny, hair-like needles that are barely visible to the naked eye.

Click here to learn more about this weed and how
to keep it out of your garden.

Preen mulches prevent weeds
for six months

Preen has developed a new product that mulches and prevents weeds for six months in one, timesaving step.

Click here to learn more.

2007 Perennial of the Year has scent and long-lasting flowers

walker's low catmint
'Walker's Low' catmint
Photo courtesy Walters Gardens

Catmint, an aromatic plant with gray-green foliage and beautiful lavender blue flowers, has been named the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Catmint is low maintenance, long blooming and disease and insect resistant.

Click here for tips on this easy-to-grow, Perennial Plant of the Year.

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"Preen Success Story"

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1600 E. Cumberland St.,
Lebanon, PA 17042

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