Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery, Inc.
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September 2011 
In This Issue
ACS Illinois Rendezvous
Customer Photos
Conifer Selections
Japanese Maples

ACS Illinois Rendezvous

 

Saturday, September 17  Rockford IL  

 

Registration deadline is September 12th!

 

Don't miss the opportunity to learn from Tim Gruner, the curator of Anderson Japanese Gardens, and Dr. Jeffrey Behr, a Rockford resident who has a collection of 185 Japanese maples. Tour Klehm Arboretum, Anderson Japanese Gardens, and 5 private gardens. 

 

Click here for details: 

Second Annual ACS Illinois Rendezvous 

 

 

Customer Photos

 

We'd love to see photos of "our" trees in your gardens.  We will highlight a few photos in each newsletter, and additional ones will be featured in the Inspirational Gardens section of our website Gallery.

Send your photos to: office1@richsfoxwillowpines.com

 

 

Conifer Selections 

Smaller containers of  fabulous conifers are always available.  Here are a select few that caught our eye.  The $25 price on 1 gallon containers is on some cultivars and only lasts through the end of November. 

 

Chamaecyparis obtusa
'Melody'
1g - $25 retail

Upright yellow form of Hinoki false cypress.

 

Juniperus communis
'Oblonga Pendula'
3g - $62 retail

Broad weeping juniper.

 

Pinus koraiensis
'Tabuliformis'

 6g - $128 retail

Upright pyramid with long blue-green needles. 

 

Pinus strobiformis
'Foxtail'
1g - $25 retail

Compact upright pine with soft blue green needles.

 

Pinus sylvestris
'Hillside Creeper'
6g - $45 retail

Slow-growing spreading and cascading pine.

 

Pinus virginiana
'Wate's Golden'
6g - $106 retail

Golden needles in winter make this pine stand out, especially as it ages and develops a windswept habit.

 

Taxus x media

 'Flushing'

1g - $25 retail

Extremely narrow yew. 

 

 

RFWP HOURS

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Monday-Saturday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
closed Sundays

 

11618 McConnell Rd.
Woodstock IL  60098

815-338-7442

coniflora@richsfoxwillowpines.com 

 

 

 

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Greetings! 

 

Fall is just around the corner and it's a great time to plant trees.  We have conifers, Japanese maples, and a new crop of Tricolor beeches.  With the cooler weather, it's the perfect time to walk our nursery and search for unique trees.  Our sales and office staff are ready to help you.

Japanese Maples for Spectacular Fall Color

 

There's nothing like a planting of Japanese maples against a backdrop of conifers to give your fall garden a bit of pizzazz! Japanese maples grow best in protected areas where harsh winter winds can't damage them.  They thrive with morning sun and afternoon shade or dappled light.  We have over a hundred different cultivars available.   

 

Emperor I leaves

Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'  

 

Choose from 'Emperor I' or 'Bloodgood' for a large upright form with deep red color throughout the summer.  The thinner leaves of 'Emperor I' glow brightly in the sunlight.

 

Green Flag bark

 

Acer shirasawanum 'Green Flag' bark

 

Acer shirasawanum 'Green Flag' is a pretty green-leaved form with upright growth.  The bark is a lovely mottled gray. 

 

Acer shirasawanum 'Yasemin'

Acer shirasawanum 'Yasemin'

 

 'Yasemin' is one of the Full Moon Maples with red leaves that turns a bronzy-green in summer and then back to red for fall.

 

Acer Tancho
Acer buergerianum 'Tancho' 

 

And we have a truly unique maple.  'Tancho' is a form of trident maple with inward curling leaves.  Yes, at first glance you might think the tree is drying up!   But it starts to grow on you as you look at the details, like the contrast of the green leaves against the peach-red petioles.  

 
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As always, give us a call or email us with your questions.  We're happy to help.

 

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