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Garden Events
July 25-26, 2014
Wadsworth. OH
American Conifer Society
Central Region Meeting
Saturday, August 23, 2014
9am-4pm
Hosta Sale and Bolivian Arts & Crafts Fundraiser
Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery
Garden Conservancy
Open Days
Schedule
Beautiful gardens open for tours in many regions of the country. From spring through fall.
Garden Walks in Chicagoland
Listings from Chicagoland Gardening magazine. Discover fantastic gardens in your area!
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Speaking Engagments
Please call 815-338-7442 if you are interested in scheduling Rich for a talk for your organization or if you would like to schedule a tour of the nursery.
In September, Rich will be the Keynote Speaker at the ACS Northeast Regional Meeting in Rochester NY. Join the American Conifer Society to participate in the national and regional meetings. They always have great garden tours and interesting speakers!
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Greetings!
The parades and fireworks of 4th of July are over, and high summer is upon us. So far we've had more than enough rain for in-ground trees, but keep an eye on the rain gage as the season progresses. If we don't get at least an inch of rain a week, then it's time to do some supplemental watering. And if you have container trees, they will need more frequent watering, especially when the temperatures hit the 90s. Now as you enjoy your garden and contemplate additions or changes, take some photos and measurements and come out to RFWP. We'll help you select just the right trees and shrubs. Call 815-338-7442 to make an appointment.
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Great Trees Ready for Planting
If you're looking for an unusual blue conifer, try Abies concolor 'Blue Cloak'. In spring this concolor fir has contrasting light green new growth.
Sizes: 24-30"/$125; 30-36"/$150
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Picea abies 'Elegans' is commonly referred to as a bird's nest spruce because the center of the low mounding Norway spruce is concave like a nest.
Sizes: 3gal/$60; 6gal/$110
Picea omorika 'Blue Sky' is a blue-green Serbian spruce that forms a narrow pyramid.
Sizes: 6gal/$150; 7gal/$160
Pinus aristata, the bristlecone pine, has white resin flecks on dark green needles. Some ancient trees in the Rockies are over 4000 years old.
Sizes: 30-36"/$185; 3-4'/$225
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Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White' is a dwarf hemlock with white tips.
Sizes: 5gal/$100
Add drama to a shady garden with Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula', a weeping hemlock.
Sizes: 20gal/$550; 24gal/$700
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Straight & Narrow
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Narrow garden spaces offer an opportunity to highlight elegant columnar trees. These narrow trees typically grow either with branches angling up almost vertically from the trunk, or with the branches weeping or hanging very low and close to the trunk.
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Fagus sylvatica cultivars such as 'Dawyck', 'Dawyck Purple', 'Dawyck Gold', and 'Red Obelisk' all make incredible verticle accents. Choose between red/purple, green, or gold leaves on trees with very upright branching habits. As with any European beech, the beautiful mottled grey bark becomes more distinctive as the tree matures.
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Among the narrow baldcypress cultivars, Taxodium distichum 'Novum Pendulum' displays low hanging weeping branches whereas 'Lindsey's Skyward' holds its branches stiff and tight to the trunk. This deciduous conifer's bare winter silhouette adds a unique element to the landscape. xxx
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