Typar® Plant By Numbers Garden Fabric makes having a green thumb easy. The gardening kit comes with landscape fabric marked with the places for the plants and lists that make purchasing the right plants simple. By following the instructions, anyone can create an attractive, custom-designed, low-maintenance garden. Typar Plant By Numbers is available at lawn and garden stores or by calling toll-free to J.S. Bechtold at 1-877-751-8972 or TMSG at 1-800-455-3392.

Experienced gardeners and the "gardening challenged" will appreciate the fact that Typar Plant By Numbers Garden Fabric is a low maintenance way to have a flowerbed. Typar Plant By Numbers is made of a 7-foot by 3-foot piece of Typar Professional Landscape Fabric, which is composed of continuous polypropylene filaments. It is porous to allow water, air and nutrients through to the soil, so plant roots can get the ingredients they need for good health. The landscape fabric is not so porous, however, that weeds can grow through it, so weed growth is inhibited. Gardeners are much less likely to need chemicals to eliminate weeds or to spend hours pulling them by hand. The fabric is strong and will last indefinitely when covered with three to four inches of mulch.

The landscape fabric used in Typar Plant By Numbers has numbered circles printed on it. The kit includes three different flowerbed plans, so you decide what kind of garden you will have--sunny or shady, annual or perennial. (The website, www.fiberweb.com, has additional designs.) Listed on the plans is how many of each flower is needed, as well as a number for each plant that matches one of the numbers on the landscape fabric. The flowers will grow in zones 3-10.

Novice gardeners, who may not have learned which plants do best in their area or the most attractive ways to arrange them in a limited space, can begin learning in an easy-to-succeed situation. For those who have no interest in gardening but who do want an attractive, low-maintenance flowerbed in their yard, Typar Plant By Numbers is an excellent and fast way to do that. Experienced gardeners may be interested in Typar Plant By Numbers simply because it makes the process of creating a flowerbed so easy.

Typar Plant By Numbers is easy to install. Select the list for the kind of bed you want, and use the list to purchase the 4- to 6-inch potted flowers you need; the lists itemize not only the kinds of plants but also the quantities required to fill the bed. Use a garden shovel to prepare the soil for planting, and smooth ground where you wish to place your flowerbed so there won't be lumps under the Typar Plant By Numbers fabric. Then simply roll out the fabric, and plant the flowers where indicated by the numbers by cutting an "x" in the circle. Once all of your plants are set, cover the fabric with mulch and water as needed. Then sit back and enjoy your beautifully coordinated garden.

For more information about Reemay Lawn and Garden Blankets or any of the Typar Family of Lawn and Garden Fabrics, including Typar® Premium Landscape Fabric, Typar® Professional Landscape Fabric, Typar® Plant By Numbers Garden Fabric, Typar® TreeCircle®, and Typar® Driveway Fabric, call 1-800-321-6271 or (615) 847-7000. The email address is landscape@fiberweb.com, and the fax number is (615) 847-7068.

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