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SPECIAL OF THE WEEK:
Look for our "Special of the Week" to return come spring! Check out our new perennials & shrubs for the coming year below!

WE CARRY PENNFIELD FEED NOW
The feed chosen to go to the Olympics is now available in your own backyard!  We carry a full line of Pennfield feed now:  Horse, Rabbit, Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Wildlife and Animal (Cattle, Equine, Goat & Sheep), & cracked and whole corn.  Please use us for all of your animal feed needs! (856) 767-3343.  We offer a 2% cash discount on feed.

Cash Discount -  2% on feed

ANIMALS FOR SALE
Turkeys For Sale:  $100 pair
Call Ducks For Sale:  $15 each
Zebra & Society Finches For Sale:  $15 each
White Doves For Sale:  $15 each
Chickens For Sale:
Silkie Chicks:  $10 ea.
Starter Pullets:  Rhode Island Reds - $15
Barred Plymouth Rocks - $15 each
Barred Plymouth Rock Roosters - $15 each
Bunnies For Sale:  Holland Lop & Mini Rex - $25 each
Parakeets For Sale - $15 each
 

"BEST OF SJ READERS' POLL"
SJ Magazine named us best Garden Center in South Jersey 2010!  Thanks to everyone that helped to make it possible!  We know our customers are the best!  Thanks for telling us so!
 

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 2012

Achillea 'Apricot Delight' - Yarrow with color ranges from pink to apricot and red
Achillea 'Sunny Seduction'  - Butter yellow flowered Yarrow
Agastache 'Lilac Sprite' - Lilac & Orange flowered Hyssop
Agastache 'Navajo Sunset' - Bright orange flowered Hyssop for bees & hummers
Ajuga 'Silver Queen' - Green & white variegated Ajuga shade groundcover
Ajuga 'Mint Chip' - Deep green narrow leaves on this shade groundcover
Alcea S C 'Crimson' - New compact Spring Celebrity Hollyhock Series
Alcea S C 'Lemon' - New compact Yellow Hollyhock
Alcea S C 'Lilac', 'Pink',  'Purple' - Pink, Purple, & Lilac flowered Hollyhocks
Alchemilla 'Gold Strike' - New palmate lobed leaves with scalloped edges on this new Lady's Mantle
Buddleia 'Attraction' - Magenta red flowers on this new Butterfly Bush
Buddleia 'Butterfly Heaven' - Long fragrant lavender flowers on this Butterfly Bush
Centaurea 'Caramia' - Showy pink flowers on this new Bachelor Button
Coreopsis 'Sweet Marmalade' - New Orange Coreopsis
Delphinium 'Blue Bird' - Clear blue flowers with a  white center on this Larkspur
Echinacea 'Pica Bella' - Thin, stiff flower petals radiate from this coneflowers center, new & different!
Echinacea 'Pow Wow Wild Berry' - Compact 18" Coneflower with dark pink flowers
Echinacea 'Pow Wow  White' - Coneflower with large white flowers on compact plants
Echinacea 'Raspberry Truffle' - Salmon-pink flowers on this coneflower, bushy & compact, 20" tall
Eupatorium 'Phantom' - 36" Joe Pye Weed, butterfly plant
Euphorbia 'Blackbird' -  Deep purple foliage, chartreuse flowers, striking!
Euphorbia 'Chameleon' - Dark bronze foliage, 12" tall, drought tolerant
Gaillardia 'Gallo Yellow' - Forked yellow petals on this blanket flower, 12" tall
Gaillardia 'Fanfare Blaze' - Large red-orange fluted petals.  Vigorous 12" tall
Gaillardia 'Gallo Peach' - Showy bi-color blooms on this blanket flower
Gaura 'Passionate Rainbow Petite' - Wandflower grows 12", green leaves & white edges, pink blooms thru summer
Heuchera  'Crimson Curls' - Ruffled and curled bronzy-brown foliage, and contrasting crimson under-sides
Heuchera 'Hercules' - Strong 12" variegated green & white Coral Bell with crimson red flowers
Heuchera 'Molly Bush' -  Large, crinkled, maple-like, dark purple leaves on this 15" coral bell
Hibiscus 'Grenache' -  3' tall, true pink Hibiscus flowers in summer
Hibiscus 'Peppermint Schnapps' - 4' tall, large candy pink flowers
Hibiscus 'Pinot Grigio' - Compact 30" tall Hibiscus, with white flowers blushed with pink edge
Lamium 'Lemon Frost' - New growth is lime green. Nice spreading shade groundcover.
Monarda 'Grand Mum' -  Mid-size 22" bee balm with large lavender pink flowers.
Monarda 'Coral Reef' - Hot coral pink bee balm flowers on this new 22" tall flowering bee balm
Monarda 'Grand Marshall' - Compact 24" Bee balm plants bear fuchsia purple flowers mid summer to fall. 
Monarda 'Grand Parade' - Lavender purple bee balm flowers on very compact 12" plants
Penstemon 'Prairie Dusk' - Rosy-purple tubular flowers adored by hummers on 14" plants
Penstemon 'Pretty Petticoat' - Beards Tongue with spikes of rich purple flowers & contrasting white throat
Penstemon 'Red Rocks' - Bright rose flowers with magenta & white throat on this summer blooming Beard Tongue
Rudbeckia 'Denver Daisy' - Masses of large gold daisies with striking dark burgundy eye
Sedum 'Elsie's Gold' - Lovely 18" dwarf variegated Autumn Joy Sedum, drought tolerant
Solidago 'Little Lemon' - Light yellow blooming Goldenrod on compact 8" plants
Solidago 'Sweety' - Award winning dwarf summer-blooming Goldenrod
Stachys 'Pow Wow' - Coral red flower clusters on this Betony or Lamb's Ear
For full description of each new perennial,  look under perennial section. 

NEW SHRUBS & TREES FOR 2012

Aronia 'Autumn Magic'  - Choke Berry bearing white flowers in May, berries in Autumn
Azaleas Encore 'Amethyst'  - Reblooming Dark Lavender Azalea
     'Autumn Royalty' -  Reblooming Dark Purple Azalea
     'Sweetheart' - Reblooming Pink Azalea
Azalea Deciduous 'Orchid Lights' - Deciduous Lilac/pink Exbury Azalea
Berberis 'Bonanza Gold'  - Dwarf golden Barberry
Camellia 'April Blush' - Cold hardy spring blooming light pink, semi double camellia
    'April Snow' - White, double flower Camellia
     'April Tryst' - Bright red flowers, specked with white anemone type Camellia
     'CM Hovey' - Formal double scarlet flowers bloom late season
     'Flame' - Deep red, semi double flowering Camellia
     'Jacks' - Double, pink formal Camellia
      'Jerry Hill' - Cold hardy to minus 10 degrees, bearing pink peony like flowers
     'Lemon Glow' - Double lemon yellow formal flowers, late bloomer.
     'White Empress' - White semi double flowered Camellia
Chamaecyparis cyano viridis - Blue Cypress
Clethra 'Sherry Sue' - Fragrant white blooming Summersweet with red stems
Cornus alba 'Red Gnome' - Small (3'-4') Red Twig Dogwood
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Berry' Groundcover Cotoneaster with brilliant berries in fall
     'Skogholm' - Bearberry Cotoneaster - Groundcover
Diervilla 'Butterfly' - Southern Bush Honeysuckle - Shade Shrub
Erica 'Spring Torch' - Summer flowering Heather with mauve-pink flowers into fall
Euonymus 'Manhattan' - Tough, fast growing upright evergreen shrub
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Twist-n-Shout' - Endless Summer Collection - Pink lace-cap flowers
     quercifolia 'Alice' - Oakleaf Hydrangea with stunning white flowers in summer
Hypericum 'Ignite Scarlet' - New summer blooming St. John's Wort.  Red berries in Autumn
Ilex aquifolium 'Aureomarginata' - Variegated golden English Holly
Kalmia 'Freckles' - White & red flowered Mountain Laurel
     'Sarah' -  Red buds open to dark pink flowers on this Mountain Laurel
Pieris 'Mountain Fire' - Fiery red foliage emerges in Spring on this white blooming Andromeda
    'Valley Valentine' - Pink flowering Andromeda
Pinus mugo pumilio - Dwarf Mugo Pine
Potentilla 'Pink Beauty' - Pink flowering shrubby Cinquefoil
Rhododendron catawbiense 'Lee's Dark Purple' - Dark purple rhodo flowers in May
     'Scintillation' - Rich pink flowers flushed with rosy bronze speckles in mid-May on this Rhodo
Rosa 'Peppermint Pop' - Double pink & white flowered shrub Rose
      'Traviata' - Double Dark Red Tea Rose
Salix discolor -   Native Pussy Willow great pollen source for early bees
Spiraea nipponica 'Snow Mound' - Late spring, white flowering spirea 3'-5'
     japonica 'Magic Carpet' - 12"-18" tall pink flowering Spirea over gold foliage.
Syringa 'Tinkerbelle' - Pink, dwarf lilac
Weigela 'Merlot Pink' - Weigela with compact 30" bronze foliage, pink flowers
      'Merlot Rose' - Dwarf Weigela, bronze foliage, dark pink flowers
For full description of each new shrub or tree, look under  shrubs, vines and aquatics section.
 

   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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