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SPECIAL OF THE WEEK:

TOMATO TEST TASTING - SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
Join us on Saturday and help choose which of the 26 varieties of tomatoes we grew this year tastes best!  Many are heirloom varieties!

"BEST OF SJ READERS' POLL"
SJ Magazine named us best Garden Center in South Jersey!  Thanks to everyone that helped to make it possible!  We know our customers are the best!  Thanks for telling us so!

JOIN US SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR COFFEE & APPLE CIDER DONUTS!   STARTING SEPTEMBER!
Consider us for all of your fall decorations:  Pumpkins, straw bales, gourds, mums, fall pansies, and cabbage & kale.  Mums 3 For $10 (Lg. 1 Gallon size)

4.5" ANNUALS - Reg. 3.29  Now 5 For $10
Choose from Geraniums, New Guinea Impatiens, Sun Coleus, Fuchsia, Snapdragons, Celosia, and so many more - Just 2.29 ea. - 5 For $10  It's not too late to plant these annuals.  They bloom all summer through fall until frost! 

MANDEVILLA VINES - Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Red or Pink trumpet flowers all summer until frost - 5.29 & 7.99

ALL FLATS - HALF OFF 'TIL THEY'LL GONE!
Includes impatiens, marigolds, petunia, vinca & more...
Reg. 12.99  Now 6.50

HANGING BASKETS - ANY SIZE
BUY 2 GET - GET 1 FREE - Equal or lesser value
From 5.99 to 29.99
 

Let Our "Good Bugs" Eat Your "Bad Bugs"!
PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES - $4.99
100 - 200 hatch from each egg case!

FALL FLOWERING COMBINATION MAKE IT & TAKE IT CLASS
Saturday, September 25  9 AM-10:30 AM  $25
Groups & children welcome - All materials supplied
For more information or to sign up, call 856 767-3343
 

QUANTITY DISCOUNTS
Attention all gardeners & landscapers.  We offer a volume discount on our 1 gallon perennials & shrubs.  Regularly 6.29 each
50 or more - 15% discount
100 or more - 20% discount
Must be purchased and picked up all at one time.

NEW PERENNIALS FOR 2010

Astilbe 'Hyazinth' - Light purple plumed Astilbe
Crocosmia 'George Davidson' - Golden Yellow Montbretia
Fargesia 'Green Panda' Bamboo - 6'-8' tall Clumping Bamboo
Fargesia 'Green Screen' Bamboo - 15' - 18' tall Clumping Bamboo

Hemerocallis/Daylilies:  All new varieties for 2010    8" Terra-cotta pots $9.99
These fancy daylilies are all tetraploids:

• Flowers tend to be larger.
• Colors of the flower tend to be more intense.
• Scapes tend to be sturdier and stronger.
• Substance of both flower and foliage tend to be heavier.
• Vegetative vigor in leaf, stem, and flower tend to be greater.
• Breeding possibilities tend to be greater because of an increased number of chromosomes

        'Amethyst Reflections'         'French Cavalier'               'Only Thrill
         'Awesome Blossom'             'Good Old Boy'                  'Pat Garrity'
                   'Bermuda Bay'                      'Hearts & Lace'                 'Raspberry Beret'
           'Blackjack Cherry'               'I See You'                         'Robespierre'
                     'Calypso Bay'                        'If You're Lucky'               'September Sunrise
                            'Canadian Border Patrol'       'Just Kiss Me'                    'Shimmering Elegance'
                       'Cozy Morning'                      'Maestro Puccini'              'Simply Sensational'
                'English Cameo'                     'Minstrel Fire'                    'Vanilla Sorbet
            'Entering Warp Speed'          'Misbehavin Melon'                               
  'Free Bird'             'Molly's Mentor'          

  Incarvillea delavayi 'Alba' - White flowering Hardy Gloxinia
  Iris  - All new Iris varieties for 2010
  Iris Intermediate Bearded  6" pots $5.29 4 For $20
  These Iris have stem heights that vary from 16 to 28 inches but their bloom season arrives just after the Dwarf Iris and finishes just before the Tall German Bearded. Cheer your early garden with these little charmers at tulip time.
   'Frolicsome' - Yellow & copper flowers
  'Helen Proctor' - Dark Purple/Black flower
   'In A Flash' - Dark burgundy flower
  'Infinity Ring' - Purple & white flower
   'Maui Moonlight' - Lemon yellow flowers
   'Protocol' - Gold flower
  'Red Zinger' - Burgundy flowers
   'Seejay'  - Purple & white flower
   'Season Ticket'  - Orange flower
  German Bearded Iris:
  1 Gallon pots $6.29   3 For $18
  'Evening Drama' - Bicolor white with dark purple falls
  'Helen Cochran'- Ruffled white flower
  'High Class'- Bicolor Light blue with purple falls
  'Innocent Pink'- Rose/mauve flowers
  'Keeping Up Appearances'- Rose/mauve/purple
  'Kelly Lynne'- Light blue & white
  'Oklahoma Crude' - Dark satiny purple flower
  'Queen's Circle'- Bicolor - White with dark blue edge
  'Silver Fox'- Lacy white flowers
  'Slovak Prince'- Gold rimmed with white & purple
  'Splashacata' - Lavender with speckled purple falls
  'Wishful Thinking' - Light blue fragrant flower

  Rodgersia aesculifolia - Fingerleaf Rogers Flower
  
  For full description of each new perennial,  look under perennial section. 

   

NEW SHRUBS & TREES FOR 2010
 

Acer palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Queen' - Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Ever Red' - Japanese Maple
Albizzia - Mimosa Tree
Azalea Exbury 'Gibraltar', Gibraltar Deciduous Azalea - Orange
Azalea NL 'Golden Lights' - Yellow Deciduous Azalea
Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea' - Golden Barberry
Berberis 'Helmond Pillar' - Barberry
Calycanthus - Sweetshrub
Cercis canadensis 'Covey' Lavender Twist Redbud
Cercis reniformis  - Oklahoma Red Bud
Chamaecyparis Obtusa 'Cripssii' - Golden Hinoki Cypress
Chionanthus White Fringe Tree
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles' - Summersweet
Cornus alba 'Siberica' - Yellowtwig Dogwoog
Cornus kousa 'Miss Satomi' - Kousa Dogwood
Cornus kousa chinensis - Kousa Dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Milky Way' - Kousa Dogwood
Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine' - White Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida rubra 'Cherokee Brave' - Red flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida rubra 'Cherokee Chief' - Red Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess' - White Flowering Dogwood
Cytisus 'Minstead' - Purple Scotch Broom
Cytisus 'Burkwoodii' - Red Scotch Broom
Euonymus 'Moonshadow' - Variegated golden Wintercreeper
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin Tree
Hamamelis 'Arnold's Promise' - Witchhazel
Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Bird' - Blue Lace cap Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer' - Pink/Blue Mophead Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Glowing Embers' - Red Mophead Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Let's Dance Moonlight' - Pink reblooming Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Let's Dance Starlight' - Pink reblooming Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia   'Snow Queen' - White flowering Oak leaf Hydrangea
Ilex crenata 'Convexa' - Convex-leaf Japanese holly
Magnolia 'Ann' - Shrub Magnolia
Magnolia 'Butterflies' Butterflies Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia
Magnolia stellata - Royal Star Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Magnolia
Malus 'Profusion' - Crabapple 
Malus 'Snowdrift'  -  Crabapple
Pieris japonica 'Red Mill' - Compact Andromeda
Pieris japonica 'Scarlet O'Hara' - Red foliaged Andromeda
Pieris japonica 'Summer Hill' - Upright rounded Andromeda
Prunus pendula - Weeping Cherry Tree
Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis - Autumnalis Cherry
Prunus serrulata - Kwanzan Cherry
Prunus  'Snow Fountain' - Snow Fountain Cherry
Prunus yedoensis - Yoshino Cherry
Pyrus calleryana 'Holmford'  Bradford Pear Tree
Pyrus calleryana 'Cleveland Select' Pear Tree
Pyrus calleryana 'Redspire' Redspire Pear
Rhododendron 'Chionoides' - Late flowering white Rhodo
 Rhodo 'Ramapo' - Violet/blue flowered Rhodo
Rhodo 'Nova Zembla' - Fuchsia/Red flowered Rhodo
Salix alba 'Tristis' - Niobe Golden Weeping Willow
Styrax - Snowbell
Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' - Japanese Tree-Lilac/White

For full description of each new shrub or tree, look under  shrubs, vines and aquatics section.
 

This year we are offering  a new 6" potted shrub & tree line, making it easier to add a few to the perennial garden or shrub border.  They are economically priced, easier to handle, and we think you will like them a lot! 
                                6" pots  - $5.29 each or 4 For $20
Abeilophyllum - White Forsythia                              Lagerstroemia - Crepe Myrtle
Abelia Edward Goucher                                            Lonicera nitida 'Baggessens Gold' - Bush Honeysuckly
Abelia grandiflora                                                      Lonicera 'Goldflame' - Honeysuckle
Aucuba 'Golddust'                                                     Microbiota - Siberian Cypress
Aucuba 'Mr. Goldstrike'                                           Philadelphus 'Innocence' - Mock Orange
Berberis 'Crimson Pygmy' - Barberry                      Physocarpus 'Diabolo' - Ninebark
Berberis  'Royal Cloak'                                             Physocarpus 'Coopertina
Berberis 'Rose Glow'                                                Physocarpus 'Summer Wine'
Callicarpa - Beautyberry                                           Potentilla 'Goldfinger'
Camillas - Assorted                                                   Prunus cerasifera - Purple Leaf Plum
Chaenomeles 'Cameo' - Flowering Quince             Prunus 'Okame' - Okame Cherry
Chaenomeles  'Texas Scarlet'                                  Prunus  ‘Rosea Plena’ Dwarf Flowering Almond
Clethra 'Hummingbird'                                             Rhamnus - Buckthorn
Clethra  'Ruby Spice'                                                Rhodotypos scandens - Jetbeard
Cornus 'Ivory Halo' Variegated Red Twig              Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys'- Black Pussy Willow
Currants - Fruit                                                          Salix matsudana - Corkscrew Willow
Deutzia 'Perle Rose'                                                  Salix caprea – French Pussy Willow
Deutzia 'Nikko'                                                          Salix chaenomeloides - Giant Pussy Willow
Diervilla 'Summer Stars'                                            Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki' Variegated Willow
Euonymus alata -  Burning Bush                                Sambucus 'Guiho Purple' - American Elder
Euonymus 'Blondy'                                                     Sambucus 'Madonna'
Euonymus 'Emerald Gaiety' - Wintercreeper          Sambucus 'Black Beauty'
Euonymus 'Gold Aureo-Marginata'                          Sambucus 'Black Lace'
Euonymus 'Gold Spot'                                                Sassafras
Euonymus 'Silver King'                                              Spirea 'Bumaldii'
Exochorda 'The Pearl'                                                Spirea 'Dakota Gold Charm'
Fothergilla                                                                    Spirea 'Garden Elf'
Gooseberry - Fruit                                                       Spirea 'Little Princess'
Halesia carolina                                                           Spirea 'Tor'
Hibiscus 'Blue Bird' - Rose of Sharon                        Spirea 'VanHouttei'
Hibiscus 'Blue Satin'                                                    Syringa 'Miss Kim' - Lilac
Hibiscus 'Diana'                                                            Syringa 'patula'
Hibiscus 'Lucy'                                                              Syringa 'palabin'
Hibiscus 'Pink Giant'                                                    Syringa 'persica'
Hibiscus 'White Chiffon'                                              Viburnum 'Blue Muffin'
Hydrangea 'Annabelle'                                                 Viburnum'Burkwood'
Hydrangea 'mariesi variegata'                                     Viburnum 'opulus'
Hydrangea 'PG PeeWee'                                             Viburnum 'Shasta'
Hypericum 'Hidcote' - St. John's Wort                       Viburnum 'Winterthur'
Ilex vert. 'Southern Gentlemen - Winterberry           Vitex - Chaste Tree
Itea 'Henry's Garnet' - Virginia's Sweetspire             Wiegela 'Fine Wine'
Itea  'Little Henry'                                                         Weigela 'Midnight Wine'
                                                                                         Weigela 'Tango'  '
                                                                                          Weigela  'Variegata'
                                                                                          Weigela  'Wine & Roses'

   EEK, A BUG!     

You may see ladybugs and various other "good bugs" around our nursery. We are an "ALL NATURAL" nursery and greenhouse, meaning we do not spray insecticides. NONE, NOT EVER! We buy "good bugs" to eat our "bad bugs" and we have found that this method works quite well for us. So if you see an insect on our plants, don't be afraid. Chances are that it is a beneficial insect just doing its job.

TO KILL APHIDS:  LADYBUGS  - $3.99 package
Such a lovable insect, with a voracious appetite for aphids (which are plant juice sucking monsters!)  Keep refrigerated until ready to release. 
Available May & June

TO KILL INSECTS:  PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES - $4.99 ea.
For control of many insects.  Fascinating to watch.  Hang egg case in problem garden area or hatch in brown bag and release in the garden.
Available May & June

COMPANION PLANTING

Don't forget Companion planting. Some plants just naturally repel insects. Marigolds are a well know flower that keep away insects. Here are a few others:

Nasturtiums repel white fly and squash bugs.
Asparagus planted with tomato, basil and parsley repel asparagus beetle.
Catnip repels Japanese Beetle and aphids. Plant near Roses!
Cosmos, Chrysanthemums and Marigolds repel Mexican bean beetle from beans.
Plant Garlic with strawberries to repel insect pests.
One clove of garlic planted near roses helps repel aphids and greenflies. The garlic also exudes sulfur, which will kill black spot fungus.

"Companion Planting" at its finest!

SOME NATURAL REMEDIES

NATURAL INSECTICIDE Rhubarb leaves are highly poisonous. After you have made strawberry-rhubarb pie with your rhubarb stems, boil 1 pound rhubarb leaves in a quart of water for 30 minutes, strain, then add a dash of liquid soap to make it stick. Spray it on aphids and spider mites to kill them.

Or if you prefer, Liquefy 1 garlic bulb and 1 small onion, add 1 tsp. powered cayenne pepper, and mix with 1 quart water. Let steep 1 hour, strain and add 1 tablespoon liquid soap. Mix well and spray.

GROUNDHOG REMEDY - Evict groundhogs (Also known as Woodchucks) from under your buildings by placing a bowl of cleaning ammonia in the area they are using. The fumes will drive them away almost immediately, and hopefully they won't return.

LADY BUG & BOX-ELDER BUG NATURAL REMEDY Have Lady Bugs or Box Elders invaded your home. Use your vacuum cleaner to get them up. Release them outdoors.

SLUG PROBLEM Slugs are repelled by crushed eggshells spread thickly around plants. Or pour a bit of stale beer into an old jar lid and leave it in the garden. The slugs will drown happy. Or, leave an old board overnight in the garden. Slugs will hid under them, and come morning, squish away.

INVITE BATS INTO YOUR YARD Bats are some of the gardener's best allies in the war on pests. Each bat consumes between a quarter and half of its weight in insects every night; a single Brown Bat can eat more than 500 mosquitoes in an hour. If you are lucky enough to have even a small colony of twenty or so bats on your property, over twenty thousand mosquitoes, or a smaller number of heavier insects like beetles, gnats, moths, or flies, could be consumed by bats in your vicinity every warm summer night.

Jim Working In The Greenhouse

DEER PROBLEMS

White tailed deer are beautiful animals, but very destructive to flower gardens.  Certain plants are naturally repulsive to deer.  In general, deer avoid eating coarse, fuzzy or spiny plants, or those with strong aromas, especially lemony and minty ones.  Although (as you may already know) if they’re hungry enough, deer will eat just about anything.  Below is a list of some “rarely eaten” good plants to try when gardening with a deer problem.

ANNUALS

                                                                                                            PERENNIALS                               SHRUBS

Homemade Deer Repellent: Dissolve 2 tsp. beef bouillon and 2 well-beaten eggs in 1 gallon water. Let the mixture sit for a few days (preferable outdoors because it will smell terrible) and spray on plants. Reapply after heavy rain. Since deer are herbivores, the beef and egg mixture repulses them. The eggs, particularly, because of their high sulfur content repulses them greatly.

Block their way with fencing.  Deer can't eat what they can't reach!  Sometimes just a well-placed bicycle or wheelbarrow will do the trick.  Be creative and use nets, radios, sprinklers, lights or anything you can think of.  Interplant aromatic herbs and plants to confuse their sense of smell.  Good Luck!

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