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THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL   8/11/08


FRUIT TREES - 50% OFF
Choose from Apple, Peach, Nectarine, Pear, Plum & Cherry Trees
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ALL ANNUALS - HALF PRICE
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ALL HANGING BASKETS - BUY 1 GET 1 FREE

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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 2008
 

Agastache 'Black Adder'                                                                 Heuchera 'Creme Brulee' - Coral Bell
Allium tricocum - Wild Leek                                                                              'Prince of Orange'
Aquilegia 'Songbird Cardinal' - Columbine                                                       'Venus'
                 'Songbird Robin'                                                              Oenothera 'Sunset Boulevard' - Mexican Primrose
Astilbe 'Diamonds & Pearls'                                                            Penstemon 'Elfin Pink'
             'Heart & Soul'                                                                                          'Garnet'
Bergenia 'Bressingham Ruby'                                                                             mexicali 'Minaret Purple'
Campanula 'Blue Waterfall' - Bellflower                                         Phlox 'Eva Cullum'
Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh                                                  'Flamingo'
Coreopsis rosea 'Heavens Gate' - Tickseed                                               'Goldmine'
Coreopsis'Zampfir'                                                                                        'Juliet'
Delphinium 'Delft Blue'                                                                                 'Natural Feelings'
                    'Magic Fountain Cherry Blossom'                                            'Orange Perfection'

                    'Pacific Giant Black Knight'                                                      'Peppermint Twist'
                    'Pacific Giant Guinevere'                                                           'Sherbet Cocktail'
Digitalis 'Thapsi Spanish Peaks' - Foxglove                                   Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
Echinacea 'Bright Star' - Coneflower                                              Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
                  'Doubledecker'                                                               Stylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy
                  'Fatal Attraction'                                                            Uvularia grandiflora - Merrybells
                  'Harvest Moon'                                                              Viola pedata - Bird foot violet
                  'Razzmatazz'                                                                      
                  'Ruby Star'                                                                      For full description of each new perennial, 
Euphorbia 'Excaliber' - Spurge                                                         look under perennial section.                       
                  'Martinii Rudolph'
Gaura 'Passionate Rainbow' - Wandflower
            'Pink Fountain'
Gazania 'Colorado Gold'
Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
                  'Sweet Heidi'                                                                                                       

NEW SHRUBS FOR 2008
PW®Proven Winner

Andromeda 'Blue Ice'  - Bog Rosemary                                              Rhododendron 'PJM' - Rhodos
Aronia 'Brilliantissima' - Red Choke Berry                                                                   'Purple Gem'
Betula pendula - European White Birch                                                                         'English Roseum'
           platyphulla var. japonica 'Whitespire' -  Birch                                                     'Maximum Roseum'
           lenta - Sweet Birch                                                                                                'Cat. Boursault'
Buddleia 'Silver Anniversary' - Butterfly Bush                                                              'Purpureum Elegan'
Buxus 'Green Beauty' - Boxwood                                                                                    'Roseum Elegans'
           'Green Velvet' - Boxwood                                                                                      'Olga Mezitt'
           sempervirens - American Boxwood                                          Quercus acutissima 'Gobbler' Sawtooth Oak
Calycanthus - Spice Bush                                                                                    coccinea - Scarlet Oak
Camellia 'April Dawn'  - Camellia                                                                       rubra - Red Oak
                'April Kiss'                                                                             Syringa 'Lemoine' - Lilac
                'Spring Circus'                                                                                      'Royalty'
Carpinus caroliniana - Hornbeam Tree                                                              'Sensation'
Castanea mollissima - Chinese Chestnut Tree                                    Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget' - Arborvitae
Cladrastis kentukea - American Yellow Wood                                               occidentalis 'Reingold'
Chaenomelles 'Texas Scarlet - Quince                                                            occidentalis 'Woodwardii' - Arborvitae
Chamaeacyparis Filifera aurea - Gold Mop                                         Tsuga canadensis - Canadian Hemlock
Corylus americana - American Hazel Nut                                             Viburnum dendatum 'Arrow wood' - Viburnum
Cotinus 'Young Lady' - Smoke Tree                                                                       dilatum 'Cardinal Candy'
Cotoneaster salicifolius - Willowleaf Cotoneaster                                                  trilobum 'American Candy'
                    'Scarlet Leader' - Cotoneaster                                           Weigelia 'Fine Wine' - Weigelia
Cytisus 'Lilac Time - Scotch Broom                                                
              'Lydia'                                                                                        For full description of each new shrub, look under
              'Moonlight'                                                                                 shrubs, vines and aquatics section.
Erica 'Furzey - Heather
          'Kramer's Red'
          'Medium White'
Euonymus fortunei 'Blondy'  PW®
                    'Argent' - Wintercreeper
                    'Silver King'
Fothergilla 'Mount Airy' - Fothergilla
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklinia Tree
Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust
Hamamelis virginiana - American Witch Hazel
Hibiscus ' Blue Satin'  PW® - Rose of Sharon
               'Lavender Chiffon'
                'Lucy'
                'White Chiffon'  PW®
Hydrangea 'Dooley' - Hydrangea
                   'Izu no Hana'
                    'Penny Mac'
                    quercifolia - Oak Leaf Hydrangea
                    serrata 'Preziosa'
Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' & 'Nana' - Burford Holly
        cornuta 'Rotunda'
        crenata 'Beehive - Dwarf Japanese Holly
        crenata 'Green Luster' - Japanese Holly
        crenata 'Helleri - Dwarf Japanese Holly
        crenata 'Sky Pencil'  Japanese Holly
        meserveae 'Blue Angel' - Holly
        meserveae 'China Boy'   'China Girl'
        verticulata 'Winter Red' - Winterberry Male
        verticulata 'Sparkleberry' - Winterberry Female
Itea 'Henry's Garnet' - Itea
Juglans regia - Carpathian English Walnut
Juglans nigra - Black Walnut
Juniper chinensis 'Gold Tip'  Juniper
              chinensis 'Old Gold'
              chinensis 'Pfitzer'    
              chinensis 'Sea Green'
              horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
              horizontalis 'Blue Rug'
              horizontalis 'Prince of Whales'
              scopulorum 'Moonglow'
              squamata 'Blue Star'
              virginiana 'Gray Owl'
Kalmia 'Bullseye' - Mountain Laurel
             'Olympic Fire'
Laburnum - Golden Chain Tree
Leucothoe axillaris - Leucotheo
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
Magnolia 'Jane' - Flowering Magnolia
Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood
Myrica cerifera - Bayberry
Nandina 'Firepower' - Nandina
Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood Tree
Pices abies - Norway Spruce
          abies nidiformis - Bird's Nest Spruce
          glauca 'Conica' - Dwarf Alberta Spruce
          pungens - Colorado Blue Spruce
Pieris japonica 'Brouwer's Beauty' - Andromeda
                         'Dorothy Wyckoff'
Platanus occidentalis - American Sycamore
Prunus dulcis - Hall's Hardy Almond

 

   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.
TO KILL APHIDS:  LACEWINGS - $9.99 package of 1,000 eggs
Lacewings are small green moth-like creatures.  Their larvae are the predators of aphids.  Available in ready to hatch egg form.  Special order, very short shelf life.
TO KILL WHITEFLY:  ENCARSIA FORMOSA - 10 cards $9.99
A small wasp, which lays eggs directly into whitefly larvae.  They come on small cards as "eggs" ready to hatch.
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.
TO KILL CATERPILLARS:  DIPEL POWDER - $5.99 lb.
A bacteria that will kill caterpillars.  Just dust on your plants!
TO PREVENT DISEASE:  MYCOSTOP - Biofungicide - $12.99
A soil bacteria which actually colonizes plant roots before the fungus can get to them.  It increases growth and vegetable yield dramatically.  
1 package covers 100 square feet.
TO KILL THRIPS:  AMBLYSEIUS CUCUMERIS - $4.99 package of 1,000
A small tan mite (related to crabs) which feed on thrips.  Thrips are very small insects that feed on flower parts and cause the flower to die prematurely, which is a much larger problem than most people realize.
TO KILL GRUBS:  NEMATODES - $14.99 per million
Small worm like creatures that live in soil and consume any insect larvae that lives in the soil.  Great for getting rid of grubs in the lawn.  Apply with a hose-end sprayer.

GARDEN PACK PRICING:
SMALL GARDEN PACK:  $39.99
1,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
1 Praying Mantis Egg Case
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)

MEDIUM GARDEN PACK:  $49.99
2,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
2 Praying Mantis Egg Case
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
1,000 Lacewing Eggs

LARGE GARDEN PACK:  $79.99
2,000 Ladybugs
2 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn Patrol Combo)
4 Praying Mantis Egg Cases
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
1,000 Lacewing Eggs
500 Spider-mite Predators (Phytoseiulus persimilis)

HOBBY GREENHOUSE PACK: $74.99
1,000 Ladybugs
1 million Nematodes (Guardian/Lawn  Patrol)
5,000 Thrips Predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
500 Spider-mite  Predators (Phytoseiulus persimilis)
300 Whitefly Parasites (Encarsia formosa)
1 gram Mycostop
All beneficial insects have a short storage period in the refrigerator, so please call for inventory on hand.  You can also pre-pay your order and pick them up when they arrive.  For orders, call us at (856) 767-3343

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

Ageratum

Lantana

  

Begonia Wax

Marigolds

  

Cosmos

Petunia

  

Dusty Miller

Salvia

  

Dahlia

Sunflowers

  

Datura – Angel Trumpet

Strawflowers

  

Geranium

Vinca

  

Heliotrope 

Zinnias

  

Lobelia

 

  

                                                                                                            PERENNIALS                               SHRUBS

Achillea – Yarrow

Gallium – Sweet Woodruff

Berberis - Barberry

 

Aconitum - Monkshood

Lamiastrum 

Buddleia – Butterfly Bush

Allium – Flowering Onion

Lavender

Buxus - Boxwood

Anemone – Japanese (Fall)

Leucanthemum  Shasta Daisy

Cedrus - Cedar

Artemesia - Wormwood

Liatris - Gayfeather

Chaenomeles - Quince

Asclepias – Butterfly   Weed

Lychnis – Rose Campion

Hibiscus – Rose Of Sharon

Astilbe

Lysimachia – Circle  Flower

Hollies

Bergenia

Lonicera – Honeysuckle Vine

Hydrangea

Brunnera

Monarda - Beebalm

Hypericum – St. Johns Wort

Campanula glomerata - Bellflower

Mertensia – Va. Bluebells

Juniperus - Juniper

Centaurea – Mt. Bluet

Myosostis – Forget Me Nots

Kerria 

Cimicifuga - Bugbane

Narcissus - Daffodils

Kolkwitzia – Beauty Bush

Clematis

Papaver - Poppy

Peony

Convallaria – Lily of Valley

Physostegia – Obedient Plant

Philadelphus – Mock Orange

 

Coreopsis - Tickseed

Potentilla - Cinquefoil

Picea glauca – White Spruce

Chelone - Turtlehead

Pulmonaria - Lungwort

Salix -  Pussy Willow

Crocosmia 

Rudbeckia – Fuzzy leaved

Sambucus - Elderberry

Dicentra – Bleeding Hearts

Santolina

Spirea

Digitalis - Foxgloves

Salvia - Sage

Syringa - Lilacs

Delphinium

Stokesia – Stoke’s Aster

Weigelia

Geranium - Cranesbill

Verbascum - Mullein

Yucca

Gypsophila – Baby’s Breath

Veronica

 

Gaillardia – Blanket Flower

Wisteria

 

 
 
NATURAL DEER REPELLENT - Artemisia or Wormwood is an extremely fragrant herb, reported to repulse deer. Scatter Artemisia cuttings over shrubs, and plants to keep deer away. Aromatic oily herbs such as rosemary and lavender planted around tasty plants repel deer. The deer can't afford to get the aromatic oils on themselves because the strong odor would prevent them from smelling danger.

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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