The Mailbox Garden is designed to bring eye-catching color to the base of your mailbox, lamp post, or a bird house pole. The garden includes 10 wedge-shaped seeded mats so creating a beautiful circular garden is easy. You can also be creative and place the wedges in an s-curve pattern to make a graceful meandering garden. As always, a little extra care will insure you have maximum results with your Instant Flower Garden® product.
Varieties - Calendula (Calendula officinalis), Marigold (Tagetes patula), and Cut and Come Again Zinnia (Zinnia elegans).
General Installation & Watering - Simply place the seeded mat onto loosened soil and water liberally. See Garden Basics for more detailed instructions, soil preparation essentials, and other helpful tips.
Where to Plant - Full sun.
Special Considerations - To expand your Mailbox Garden, allow space between mats as you place them.
What I Can Expect - The Instant Flower Garden® Mailbox Garden plants will germinate in 1 to 3 weeks depending upon conditions and soil temperature. Patience is necessary in this phase. Cool evenings and overcast days can delay germination. Then, after the second set of leaves unfold, some thinning may be necessary to avoid crowding and allow for stronger mature plants. Expect the Mailbox Garden flowers to grow to a height of 12 to 24 inches and continue blooming throughout the season.
Be sure to visit Garden Basics for more helpful tips and techniques.
In order to achieve optimal growing conditions, it is best to plant this product after the last frost of the Spring.
