Planters' Choice Weekly Picks!

The shade house is looking fabulous! Check out all the Hosta, Heuchera and other shade lovers in there! So many to choose from, you may be in there a while!

Here they come!

Fall is a great time to plant your evergreens! 'Green Giant' Arborvitae, Canadian Hemlock, Colorado and Norway Spruce have begun to hit the sales yards daily with more coming. Take advantage of the cooler nights and get a jump start on your fall plantings!

Spice up your Fall Plantings with Something Different!

Arkansas Bluestar

It's always nice to be able to offer your customers a little something out of the ordinary. As the summer flowering perennials begin to wane, you'll be looking for fresh fall color. Grasses, Black-eyed Susans, Montauk Daisy and Autumn Joy Sedum are the first that come mind, but if your looking for something different here's a few to help you start thinking in the opposite direction. Most all are fall bloomers or have great fall color.

Agastache x 'Pink Pop' (Hyssop) Hardy to zone 6 but it's worth trying for a long bloom time of pink spikes on silvery-green foliage that is deer resistant. Compact plant is also suited for containers since it grows about 18". Attracts bees and butterflies too!

Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas Amsonia, Bluestar, Arkansas Bluestar) Though this is a spring bloomer, it's the fall color that puts on the real show. Long lasting yellow/gold feathery foliage lights up the garden especially when back lit. Light blue flower clusters crown the top of each stem in spring and it's unbeatable plant for three season texture. Plant in full sun. It is just beginning to turn color at the nursery so give it a try, you'll be glad you did!

Anemone (Windflower) 'Prince Henry', 'Robustissima', 'September Charm', 'Whirlwind' - all are great for brightening moist shade. Sweet flowers open from plump round buds. It's an elegant looking plant. Combines well with Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa) and ferns.

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' (Turtlehead) Interesting pink flowers on this variety. Dark foliage on a plant that reaches about 3' and spreads to 2'. Best for moist soils in part shade.

Cimicifuga racemosa (Bugbane) A great plant for part shade. Dark maroon dissected foliage on 'Pink Spike' and 'Brunette. Tall long-blooming spikes of very fragrant flowers can reach about 5 feet. Interesting large dissected leaf with contrasting color for part shade.

Create a fall garden with under-used fall bloomers!

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' (Obedient Plant) This is a clumping form with long blooming, pure white snapdragon-like flowers and glossy foliage. It grows about 18-24" tall, is deer resistant, attracts hummingbirds and is also a great cut flower.

Tricyrtis hirta (Toad Lily) An unusual plant with a cool bloom for part shade to shade. Upright arching stems have white star-shaped flowers with distinct purple spots. It's almost exotic looking. Plant in a shady garden with most soil.

Nice garden, Claudia!

Question of the Week

"My customers want organic weed prevention. How does Corn Gluten work?"

Answer:

In multi-year field trials conducted by Iowa State University on a lawn infested with crabgrass and was treated twice per year with corn gluten, it was reported that there was a 58% reduction in weeds the first year, 85% the second year, and 91% the third year.

This was with applications in early spring BEFORE weed seed germinates. Remember many broad leaf weeds germinate much earlier than crabgrass around the end of April. This was followed by a second application in the fall after the hot dry weather is over just before more weed seeds germinate.

Now, because corn gluten is working as a pre emergent it won't work on existing perennial broadleaf weeds so you may need to pull these out or use other herbicides to initially take these weeds out.

In the end, corn gluten can be an effective part of a weed control program with reasonable expectations and an understanding of how it works. So if you did apply in the spring NOW is the time to apply again and keep reducing the number of weeds in your customers lawns while helping to protect the environment with a low environmental impact product such as corn gluten.

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.

Perennial HOT List

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

Anemone 'Whirlwind'

Anemone 'Whirlwind' (Windflower) Big beautiful in bud and bloom.

Athyrium nipponicum (Japanese Painted Fern) Nice size and filling the pot.

Gaultheria 'procumberns (Wintergreen) Full in the container. Red fruit beginning to show color. Nice groundcover choice with four-season interest.

Heuchera americana 'Dales Strain' Big and full plus it's native!

Hosta 'Wide Brim' has green leaves with wavy gold margins. Full plants.

Thanks Heather!

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Special of the Week:
10% off Variegated Weigela 6 gallon

Weigela Variegata On SPECIAL this week are our 6 gallon PC Grown Weigela florida 'Variegata'. Take advantage of these very full, good sized plants in 6 gallon containers. One of the best variegated foliage shrubs available that retain the variegation throughout the seasons while maintaining a clean fresh look. Great for the shrub border! Disease resistant and pest-free, it blooms light pink in late spring.

Continued specials on:

Magnolia 1 - 10% off, 2 or more - 20% off

Cherry Laurel B&B only, 10% off Includes both 'Otto Lyuken' & 'Schipkaensis' (not container stock)

All Tropicals 75%!

Valid:

*Price is net. No further discount applies.

NOW!

Evergreens are rolling in!

Bayberry

Deciduous Shrubs
Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry) 10 gal. just in. Full plants with beautiful semi-evergreen foliage. Great salt tolerance for seashore sites and roadside plantings. Also tolerant of poor soils. Aromatic foliage when crushed, berries persist into winter. A nice native shrub.

Rosa 'Double Knockout', 'Pink Knockout'

Broadleaf and Specimen Evergreens
Euonymus kiautschovicus 'Manhattan' 3 gal.

Fargesia denudata (Clumping Bamboo) Cool graceful arching canes and smaller leaves on this clumping bamboo. 5 gallon

F. rufa (Rufa Clumping Bamboo) Compact habit. 5 gallon

Colorado Blue Spruce fresh off the truck

Evergreens for Screening
Juniperus virginiana 'Burkii' (Eastern Red Cedar) 10 gallon just in

Picea abies (Norway Spruce)

P. pungens (Colorado Spruce)

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir)

Groundcovers
Pachysandra terminalis (Spurge) We just received in a fresh load.

Fall Annuals

Mums will be here MONDAY! Cabbage & Kale coming in too!

All Tropicals now 75% off!

Bulbs

Start making your lists because bulbs will be here right after Labor Day!

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Have a Great Weekend!

As always, we appreciate your business!

Sincerely,

Chuck and Darryl Newman
Planters' Choice, LLC