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New Beeches!
Limited availability!
Fagus sylvatica cultivars
2 gallon containers
Height ~3-4' tall
'Purpurea Tricolor' 2g - $80 retail
'Purple Fountain' 'Red Obelisk' 'Riversii' 2g - $75 retail
Large 2.5"caliper trees Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor' $975 retail |
Paul James
The Gardener Guy�
Paul James, The Gardener Guy, is accepting appearance requests for 2012. If you haven't seen Paul's zany live performance, you're missing out. Contact him at www.gardenerguy.com for details regarding fees and availability.
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Paul has visited Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery several times and taken conifers home to Tulsa.
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Hours Monday - Saturday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm closed Sunday 11618 McConnell Rd. Woodstock, IL 60098 815-338-7442 coniflora@ richsfoxwillowpines.com |
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American Conifer Society
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Greetings!
Fall is in full swing with our weather ranging from crisp bright days to blustery windy ones. This is a good time to plant trees and shrubs, or to tag something for next spring. Keep watering your new trees until the ground freezes. Don't be surprised if you see needle drop on pine trees - the oldest interior needles turn brown and drop off. Other conifers also drop needles, but this is most dramatic in pines.
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Ginkgo biloba - Maidenhair Tree
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Ginkgos come from an ancient lineage of trees, and the extinct Ginkgo yimaensis was around when the dinosaurs first emerged. Ginkgo biloba is native to eastern Asia, and has been under cultivation in China for hundreds of years. Ginkgos are incredibly long-lived trees and some enormous specimens in China are estimated to be 1500 years old.
Numerous cultivars have been selected for size and shape and for leaf variations. We have close to 60 different cultivars in our inventory. 'Jade Butterfly' is a dwarf form that is vase-shaped. 'Princeton Sentry' has a narrow shape, great as a vertical accent in the garden. 'Tubiformis' has leaves that are folded inward, and 'Thelma' has several kinds of leaves: strap-like, tube-like, and the usual fan-shaped. 'Mariken' is one of the slowest-growing ginkgos (2' in 10 years) and has a rounded shape. 'Weeping Wonder' is a prostrate witches' broom selection found by Rich Eyre and Mike DIrkson in Springfield IL. Ginkgo biloba 'Kew' is a large cultivar that originates from a 250 year old specimen in London's Kew Gardens.
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Ginkgo biloba is a dioecious plant, with separate male and female trees. The female trees produce seed pods with a soft outer coating that is quite smelly. Ginkgo cultivars in the horticultural trade are developed from male clones and do not produce this foul smelling seed.
Ginkgos thrive in full sun conditions and are tolerant of tough conditions. Many towns have planted them as street trees.
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Fantastic Illinois Rendezvous!
The mid-September ACS Illinois Rendezvous was a rousing success. Turnout (91 people!) for the event exceeded everyone's expectations. The presentations were informative and the gardens were fabulous. Thank you Steve & Judy Penticoff for taking on the task of organizing everthing!
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Behr residence
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Penticoff residence
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Photos from Rendezvous courtesy of Lona Pribble.
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Please give us a call if you have any questions. We're ready to help.
Thanks
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