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Japanese Forest Grass
'Aureola'
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Star Magnolias are brightening up the Magnolia blocks right now. Look at M. stellata (seen above), 'Royal Star', and the hybrids 'Dr. Merrill' and 'Leonard Messell'. All early, many-petaled flowers with sweet yellow centers. Beautiful in the afternoon light! |
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Planting bareroot Fall Fiesta Sugar Maples at our Woodbury Farm |
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NEWTOWN
140 Huntingtown Road
Newtown, CT 06470
tel. 203-426-4037
fax. 203-426-8057
WATERTOWN
496 Bunker Hill Road
Watertown, CT 06795
tel. 860-945-6588
fax. 860-945-9282
GENERAL QUESTIONS
info@planterschoice.com
SPRING HOURS
Monday - Saturday
7am - 4:30 pm |
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PJM 'Elite Rhododendron |
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Impatient for Impatiens!
Downy Mildew Puts the Kibosh on this Annual
If you haven't heard, bedding Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) will be hard to find and best avoided this year. A fungus-like bad guy called Plasmopara obducens is at the root of the scarcity. The good news is New Guinea Impatiens remains unaffected so far, and we'll be getting in a variety of alternatives for your shady sites this year. Early signs of Downy mildew are a yellowing, mottling or stippling of the leaves, often mistaken for a need for fertilizer. Soon the whole plant becomes stunted and then it melts away before your very eyes. Its near lifeless stems look like all the slugs in the neighborhood had a party. Sadly, conditions that are normally perfect for a healthy plant are even more perfect for this fungus wannabe. To wean your customers successfully from their Impatiens addiction, start with proper site assessment. Diagnose their shade. You know the drill. Is the site a cave-like, north-facing, maple-enshrouded horror? Then consider our mood-brightening selection of Coleuses. If the site isn't quite so ink-black, check out our colorful Proven Winner Nonstop Begonias ®. 2013 should be a fun year of habit breaking! Keep your eyes on the Weekly Picks NOW section for the arrival of annuals. Thanks Janet! |
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Plants to Know
Carex pennsylvanica
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There's always someone asking about no-mow lawns at some point during the season and this may be one alternative to consider for a shady spot. Growing about 6-8", this clump forming grass flowers early spring (seen here), will tolerate drought, is deer resistant and is one of our native Carex. It will spread by underground rhizomes eventually forming nice mounds. It's semi-evergreen and is best cut back late winter. It will survive in full sun if there is consistent moisture.
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News from Watertown
Planting, digging, planting, digging...
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Duane and his crew have been digging shade trees and planting bareroot stock this week. Seen above are the beautiful white-barked Himalayan Birch ( Betula var. jacquemonti ) in several larger sizes (10/12', 12-14', 14-16'). Also out of the ground this week are Autumn Blaze, Autumn Flame, Green Mountain, October Glory, Sun Valley and Fall Fiesta Maples! Arrrrriiibaaaa!!!!
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Weekly Special
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Japanese Forest Grass
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' 1 gallon
10+ 10% off
20+ 15% off
Brighten your shade gardens with this Golden Forest Grass. Combine with blue Hostas like 'Blue Cadet' or any of the purple Heucheras. Used in sweeps they make a bold statement, forming a nice groundcover that catches the eye from a distance. Our best selling shade grass, bar none. Plant in moist soil in part shade. Spreads about 2 feet. They are very easy to cut back in early spring before new growth gets too high.
Continued Special
Pink Weeping Cherries 5"+, 25% off |
Perennial HOT Picks!
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Hens and Chicks - perfect for those small spots along walkways and stone walls in full sun |
Looking good and in good supply Iberis sempervirens 'Alexander's White'
Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' (Little Blue Stem)
Sempervivum tectorum calcareum (Hens and Chicks)
Stachys byzantina 'Countess Helen Von Stein Zeppelin' (Lamb's Ear)
Epidmedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' Lilac Fairy |
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In This Week - Beautiful Beech, Rose-of-Sharon, Japanese maples and more!
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Fagus sylvatica 'Rohani' |
| Deciduous Trees & Shrubs | | | Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood', 'Burgundy Lace', 'Butterfly', 'Emperor 1' | Japanese Maples | | Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain' | Green Mountain Sugar Maple 5-6" | | Carpinus bet. 'Fastigiata', 'Pendula' | Weeping European Hornbeam | | Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Japanese Katsura | | Fagus sylvatica 'Dawycki', 'Purple Dawycki', 'Purple Fountain', 'Purpurea Pendula', 'Red Obelisk', 'Rohanii' | European Beech cultivars | | Hibiscus syriacus 'Lucy', 'White Chiffon' | Rose-of-Sharon | | Prunus laurocerasus var. schipkaensis | Schip Laurel 5/6' | | Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' | Autumn Cherry | | Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' | Green Pillar Oak | | Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | | Styrax japonica | Japanese Snowbell | | Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' | Little-leaf Linden | | Tilia tomentosa 'Sterling' | Sterling Linden | | Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii' | Camperdown Elm | | Viburnum 'Alleghany' | Viburnum hybrid | | Viburnum p.t. 'Summer Snowflake' | Summer Snowflake Viburnum | | Viburnum pragaense | Prague Viburnum |
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| Ornamental and Broadleaf Evergreens | | | Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' | Korean Fir | | Buxus semp 'Graham Blandy' | Boxwood | | Chamaecyparis noot. 'Pendula' | Weeping Alaskan Cedar | | Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans', 'Yoshino' | Japanese Cedar | | Juniperus chin. 'Blue Point', 'Hetzi Columnaris', 'Mountbatten', 'Robusta Green', 'Torulosa' | Junipers (upright cultivars) B&B | | Picea abies 'Little Gem' | Dwarf Norway Spruce | | Picea mariana 'Aureovariegata' | Variegated Black Spruce | | Picea pungens 'Bakeri' | Colorado Blue Spruce cultivar | | Picea pungens 'R.H. Montgomery' | Dwarf Blue Spruce | | Pinus flexis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' | Limber Pine | | Pinus parviflora 'Bergmani', 'Gimborn's Ideal' | Japanese White Pine cultivars | | Pinus sylvestris 'Glauca Nana' standard | Dwarf Scotch Pine | | Pinus thunbergii Tthunderhead' | Thunderhead Pine | | Rhododendron 'English Roseum' | Rhododendron B&B 3/4', 4/5' | | Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendula' | Weeping Giant Sequoia | | Taxus x media 'Hicksii' | Hicks Upright Yew | | Thuja occidentalis 'George Peabody' | George Peabody Arborvitae |
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Screening Evergreens | | | Abies concolor | Concolor Fir | | Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis' | Hinoki Cypress | | Picea omorika | Serbian Spruce | | Picea om. 'Pendula' | Weeping Serbian Spruce | | Picea pungens | Colorado Spruce | | Pinus nigra | Austrian Pine | | Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine | | Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra' | Dark American Aborvitae | | Thuja plicata 'Green Giant' | Western Arborvitae |
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Happy Earth Day 2013!
As always, we appreciate your business!
Chuck and Darryl Newman
Planters' Choice Nursery |
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