Flower Saver Plus = Great Results!

We get many requests about how to plant and care for trees and shrubs but somehow when it comes to flowers, both annuals and perennials, many think they'll just take care of themselves.

Last year Drew decided to give Flower Saver Plus a try to see what difference it really makes. He was blown away at the results it gave. Larger plants with impressive flowers, as you can see above!

Pick up a bag soon!

Flower Save Plus 3-4-3 contains a blend of fertilizer nutrients, mycorrhizal fungi, beneficial bacteria, plus a patented stimulant of VAM fungi. All good stuff to help the plant's absorption of nutrients. Designed to:

• Reduce heat and drought stress damage
• Facilitate better survival and growth of new plantings
• Reduce labor and replacement costs
• Result in less dead-heading

Directions call for about 1 oz. for a gallon sized plant mixed in the soil at time of planting. Use on Annuals, perennnials, flowering shrubs and ornamental grasses. One 10 lb. bag will cover about 170 sq ft.

Give it a try and see for yourself!   

"Why do we grade trees by caliper and not by height?"

Two trees, different grading

Answer: We often get this question, or the question of how tall a particular tree is of a particular caliper.

The fact is, without providing four basic factors, which are caliper, height, spread and branch height, it's very difficult to get the whole story on a tree.

Using a couple of mainstay Connecticut trees will clarify. A 2-2.5" Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple (my favorite cultivar, with Green Mountain coming in a close second) will generally be about 10 feet tall, while a 2-2.5" Flowering Dogwood (popular for very good reason with one of the best floral displays around) will usually measure around eight feet tall.

For these reasons, we feel that caliper is the fairest way to grade most deciduous trees without thoroughly confusing the issue.

Take a look at the two pictures above which will illustrate the point. While both are healthy, viable plants, the 10 foot by 10 foot Kousa (right), at nearly a 4" caliper shows quite differently than the 2-2.5" Kousa on the left.

-Darryl 

Submit your landscaping question via email to sbarbier@planterschoice.com and you'll be entered in a monthly drawing to receive 10% OFF your next purchase (pick up only, does not apply to deliveries). Please use "Question of the Week" in the subject line and let me know if you want your name and business mentioned. 

'Scarlet O'Hara' Peony

Here's a list of great looking perennials - in stock and in good supply - ready for your next job! 

Astilbe x 'Ellie', white, is budded up 

Cerastium tomentosum 'Yoyo' (Snow in Summer) budded and blooming 

Chelone lyonii 'Hotlips' (Turtlehead) 

Hosta 'Golden Tiara' beautiful, full plants 

Paeonia lactiflora 'Scarlet O'Hara' (Peony) in bud and bloom as you can see here!  

Thanks Heather! 

Special of the Week:
'Hyperion' Daylily & 'May Night' Salvia

10% off 6 or more

Hyperion Daylily and 'May Night' Salvia

 

On SPECIAL this week are two tried and true perennials that will carry your gardens into summer.  

'Hyperion' Daylily (Hemerocallis) will have canary yellow trumpet flowers with a green throat that blooms mid-season (July). It is a fragrant re-bloomer that will reach 40" when in flower.  

'May Night' Salvia (Meadow Sage) has basal foliage with deep violet-blue flower spikes that will grow to about 24". Reblooming when deadheaded and it's deer resistant!  

Both are nice choices for the perennial border or massed at commercial sites. Buy 6 or more to receive 10% off! 

Valid:  Saturday May 26 - Friday June 1st    

*Price is net. No further discount applies. 

Incoming this week- More annuals and Hydrangea! 

Deciduous Trees 

Golden Fullmoon Maple

Acer shir. 'Aureum' (Golden Fullmoon Maple)

Stewartia koreana (Korean Stewartia)  

S. pseudocamelia (Japanese Stewartia) 

Deciduous Shrubs 

Hydrangea a. 'Annabelle' 

H. mac. 'All Summer Beauty', 'Blushing Bride', 'Endless Summer', 'Nikko Blue', 'Pia',  'Twist-n-Shout'

Parthenocissus tri. (Boston Ivy)  

Rosa Knockout family including 'Home Run' and Pink Tree form, 'New Dawn' climbing 

Broadleaf and Specimen Evergreens

Azaleas Delaware Valley White', 'Gumpo' pink and white, 'Hino Crimson', 'Pleasant White', 'Silver Sword'

Buxus (Boxwod) Common, 'Green Velvet', 'Suffruiticosa' 

Cedrus atlan. (Blue Atlas Cedar) 'Fastigiata', 'Glauca Pendula', 'Glauca'

'Effusa' Juniper (J. communis) 3 gallon

Chamaecyparis ob. (Hinoki Cypress) 'Nana Gracilis'

C. pisifera 'White Pygmy'

Cryptomeria jap. 'Reins Dense Jade'

Ilex crenata (Japanese Holly) 'Steeds'

I. glabra 'Shamrock'
Ilex x  (Hybrid Holly) 'Blue Maid', 'Blue Princess'  

Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) 'Effusa'

Picea orientalis (Oriental Spruce) 'Tom Thumb' 

P. pungens (Colorado Spruce) 'Fat Albert', 'Globosa', 'Montgomery', 'Pendula', 'Procumbens'

Pinus cont (Lodgepole Pine) 'Taylor's Sunburst' bright yellow-gold new growth 

P. hakkodensis

P. leucodermis (Bosnian Pine) 'Emerald Arrow', 'Mint Truffle'

P. mugo (Mugo Pine) 'Big Tuna', 'Slowmound', 'White Bud' 

P. strobus 'Niagara Fall'

P. thunbergi (Black Pine) 'Thunderhead' 

Thuja plicata 'Whipcord' (Western Arborvitae)

Tsuga merte. (Mountain Hemlock) 'Elizabeth' 

 
Evergreens for Screening

Picea abies (Norway Spruce)  

Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' (Western Arborvitae) 

More annuals!

Annuals
There are many tables filled with a wide selection of colorful annuals for containers and beds! Don't forget the Flower Saver Plus!

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