Oliver Nurseries
  • Oliver Nurseries Email Newsletter Archive
  • Summer 2016
  • Stories include: Plant Spotlight: xGordlinia grandiflora; Alpines in August? Succulents, the "Silvers," and some Strays; Agastache or "Aghast at Me"; Let Us Conserve; Late Season Planting
  • Spring 2016
  • Stories include: Plant Spotlight: Corylus avellana (European Filbert); So You Want to Enter a Flower Show....; The Power of One; Happiness in a Handful of Soil; A Most Interesting Landscape Job
  • Fall 2014
  • Stories include: 50 Trees; Oliver Grown Plants; Our New Website Launched; A New Face at Oliver Design Associates; The American Elm; and Trough Shapes, Aesthetic Choices.
  • Spring 2014
  • Stories include: In the Company of Old Catalogs; Neillia sinensis; A Singular Vision: Architecture Art Landscape by Tom Armstrong; This Garden Rocks!; Back by Popular Demand, A Rock Garden Not to be Missed; and Trivia Corner (Memories of '64).
  • Fall 2013
  • Stories include: Squishables: Or, Do We Really Need to Walk on Plants?; Fall Favorites: Rabdosia longituba, Leucoseptrum and Caryopteris divaricata; Website Review: Coastal Riparian Landscaping Guide for Long Island Sound; and Trivia Corner (Who Buried The Horse?.
  • July/August 2013
  • Stories include: The Mise en Scene of Trough Gardens; Artillery Fungus: Using the Right Mulch; and Trivia Corner (Dwarf White Pine).
  • March/April 2013
  • Stories include: Along the Connecticut Shore...; Tending to Plants, After the Snow Melts; A Beautiful Rock Garden; and Trivia Corner (Fortunate News Clips).
  • January/February 2013
  • Stories include: Cyclamen: a mini miracle or men obsessed with bicycles?; Rock Garden Soils; and Dryopteris erythrosora, A Fern for All Seasons
  • September/October 2012
  • Stories include: Peonies for Fall Planting: Now 30 - 50% Off; Trough Inspirations; Shade Troughs; Oliver Nurseries' Plantbook, Powered by Facebook; and Remembering Ellie B.
  • May/June 2012
  • Stories include: The Other Colors of Spring; What I know ... ; The Little Willows; Sale Dates June 3, June 23 and 24; Trivia Corner (The Oliver's Catalog); and Trough Inspirations.
  • March/April 2012
  • Stories include: Good News for Dogwoods!, White-Hot Juicy Succulents, Connecticut Cactus & Succulent Society, Epimediums: Superheroes for the Shade or Part Sun, The Coolest Plant in My Garden: Edgeworthia chrysantha, and Trivia Corner (A Sad Day in the Garden!).
  • January/February 2012
  • Stories include: Winter-blooming Trees and Shrubs; Peonies That Don't Grow on Trees, and Their Cousins: Intersectionals; and Trivia Corner (A Most Fortunate Referral).
  • November/December 2011
  • Stories include: The Magic of Tufa - Part III, 2012 Peonies... A Paean of Praise, and Trivia Corner (My Friend Manny Shemin).
  • September/October 2011
  • Stories include: Screening for All Reasons, Monoculture in Troughs, Crown Rot in Hosta, and Trivia Corner (Three Grand Old Ladies).
  • May/June 2011
  • Stories include: The Magic of Tufa - Part Two, Nursery-Wide Sale June 25 and 26, The North American Rock Garden Society, and Trivia Corner (Three "Firsts" at Oliver Nurseries).
  • March/April 2011
  • Stories include: Primroses, Snow Damage, Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris for Rock Gardens and Troughs, The North American Rock Garden Society, Early Bird Clematis, Share Your Gardens with Us, and Trivia Corner (A Cold Day in Middle Island, New York).
  • January/February 2011
  • Stories include: The Magic of Tufa, The North American Rock Garden Society, Let it Snow!, and Trivia Corner (Scott Jamison and Kim Proctor).
  • November/December 2010
  • Stories include: ...Just a few more hellebores..., Fall Perennial Gardening, Trivia Corner (Thuem's Dwarf Blue Spruce), and Nursery Gift Certificate Information.
  • September/October 2010
  • Stories include: Native Fall Foliage, The Value of Silver, and Trivia Corner (What's in a name...?).
  • July/August 2010
  • Stories include: Ode to Sempervivum (Plants I Never Thought I'd Like), The Panicle Hydrangea, The Aleutian Bellflower, The North American Rock Garden Society, and Trivia Corner (A Guy Called 'Jean').
  • May/June 2010
  • Stories include: On Beyond Echinacea 'Magnus', Epimediums: Enter Stage Right, and Trivia Corner (Bill Efinger).
  • March/April 2010
  • Stories include: Winter Blooms!, Book Review, and Trivia Corner ("You'd Better Come Look at This...").
  • January/February 2010
  • Stories include: New at the Nursery, Asian Longhorned Beetle, Brown Plants, The American Conifer Society, and Trivia Corner (Jim Cross).
  • November/December 2009
  • Stories include: Winter Season Pruning, Trough Tips for Winter, Nursery Gift Certificate Information, and Trivia Corner (Ellie B.).
  • September/October 2009
  • Stories include: Summer Plant Propagation, What's Wrong with My Dogwood?, Ferns, and Trivia Corner (Finding 'PJM').
  • May/June 2009
  • Stories include: An Eye Opening Morning, Plant of the Season--Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem', Early Spring at Oliver Nurseries (photo collage), and Trivia Corner (Rhododendrons for the Connoisseur).
  • March/April 2009
  • Stories include: Conifers for Troughs, Creative Screening, Read About Us in At Home Magazine, Perennial Day and Our Sale Days, and Trivia Corner (Rufey May).
  • January/February 2009
  • Stories include: Plants as an Investment, Winter Garden Silhouettes, Picea orientalis 'Skylands', and Trivia Corner (Holly by Golly).
  • November/December 2008
  • Stories include: Landscape Design Solutions, Cutting Back Perennials for Winter, Fairfield's Fantastic Trees Contest, and Trivia Corner (Ericaceae).
  • September/October 2008
  • Stories include: Fall Garden Plant Suggestions, Gardening with Kids, and September Lawns.
Oliver Nurseries
1159 Bronson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
203-259-5609