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***ALERT***
Woodchips Needed in Both Yards! |
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Need a spot to dump your load of wood chips? Come on over to Newtown or Watertown's Sales Yards - we'll be happy to take them! Please call the office to give us a heads up.
Newtown 203-426-4037
Watertown 860-945-6588
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Try Something New -
Brass Buttons!
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Look for a new groundcover later this season - Platt's Black Leptinella (a.k.a Brass Buttons) Dark, low-growing ferny foliage for full sun areas. Yellow flowers June-July. You should check it out! |
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NEWTOWN
140 Huntingtown Road
Newtown, CT 06470
Office 203-426-4037
Sales 203-304-6020
fax. 203-426-8057
WATERTOWN
496 Bunker Hill Road
Watertown, CT 06795
Office 860-945-6588
Sales 860-631-5145
fax. 860-945-9282
QUOTES
Newtown - Ross Proctor
Watertown - Liz Bette
HOURS
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Starting March 17th
Monday - Friday
7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Starting March 22nd
Saturday
7:00 am - 2:00 pm |
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Full greenhouse of newly potted shrubs
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Everyone Ready for Spring Flowering Trees?
Because here they come!
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Freshly landed Ornamental Plums |
Despite the freezing cold temperatures we saw earlier this week, SPRING ...IS...COMING! So are the trucks! We've received close to a thousand trees so far and that's only the beginning. The guys have been busy unloading, lining them out and mulching them in. Deciduous trees are always the first to come arriving in tight bud giving you sufficient time to offer your customers the much needed spring color they'll be craving!
So what has arrived you ask? You can scroll down to see the specifics but here is a quick list of what's come in so far: Serviceberry, Redbud, Dogwood, Magnolias, Cherries, Flowering Pears, Ornamental Plums, Pin Oaks and Tree Lilacs.
Some of the highlights from this week are the following:
Sweetbay Magnolias (Magnolia virginiana) Sought after for their lustrous dark green leaves, graceful habit and sweet fragrance. The biggest plus is - they're native! You'll find them growing along streams and wetlands from Massachusetts to Florida and west to Texas! Plant in moist to wet soil in partial shade, and in the northern range protect from wind. Sweetbay Magnolia make a great small specimen or patio tree growing to about 18' high. An evergreen in the south, up north here they are semi-evergreen to deciduous.
China Snow Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata var. pekinensis) this is a very useful tree for smaller residential landscapes, flowering screens, single specimen or even as a corner anchor to a residential foundation. Here's why: It will grow to about 20' with an upright spreading habit, has cream-white flowers in June (earlier than S. reticulata) and some outstanding deep amber-red exfoliating bark making it a fantastic choice for the winter garden. Though your phone may not be ringing off the hook just yet, it will be soon! Stop in and take a look at what has landed so far and get geared up for SPRING - we can't wait to see you! |
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A New Face in the Greenhouse
...and another plant geek!
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Dan loves what he does! |
My name is Dan Demers, and I am new to the Planters' Choice team. I am leading the Propagation Department. I have over 10 years of experience in propagation, mostly with woody ornamentals and I am a self-proclaimed plant geek! My favorite plants are Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood), Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree) and Viburnum 'Pragense' (Prague Viburnum).
Right now in the greenhouses we are sticking herbaceous perennial cuttings for the next growing season. Some varieties we are working on are Salvia, Delosperma, Monarda, and Gaura. We are also doing some seeding, mostly on Rudbeckia and Echinacea.
Cuttings are when we take a clipping off a plant, treat it in a rooting hormone, stick the cutting in a propagation media, and place that flat under a mist system. We mist the plant cuttings based on the environmental conditions and plant type. The mist is generally more frequent when the cutting is first stuck, then slowly over time, it is reduced as the cutting roots and is able to take up water by itself through the newly produced root system. Interesting to know, the water is not used to water the soil, it is used more to cool the foliage and stop the plant from desiccating and wilting.
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The Times They Are A Changin'
New hours and some additional phone numbers
HOURS
Weekday Hours: This year we're trying something new - staying open until 5:30 pm on Weekdays! By offering these extended hours you can get a jump start on the next day! And don't forget we open at 7:00 am starting March 17th!
Saturday Hours: We will be open 7 am-2:00 pm starting March 22nd. Please note that we will no longer be here for full days on Saturdays.
PHONE NUMBERS
Now you can contact the Sales Department directly with your availability questions and with questions regarding the deliveries headed to your job sites - an additional number for each location. We've also added a dedicated line for sod inquiries and orders plus a line for Espaņol! (We no longer have the CT 800 number)
Newtown Sales & Outgoing Deliveries: 203-304-6020
Watertown Sales & Outgoing Deliveries: 860-631-5145
Sod Inquiries and Orders: 203-304-6022
Espaņol: 203-304-6027
You'll find all our numbers in the column at the left under Contact Us and on the first page in the catalog. Don't worry if you already have the main number committed to memory - we will happily transfer you over!
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Incoming This Week - lots and lots of spring flowering trees!
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Unloading Purple Leaf Plum in Newtown |
| Deciduous Trees & Shrubs | | | Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' | Red Maple | | Amelanchier canadensis 'Rainbow Pillar' | Serviceberry | | Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' | European Hornbeam | | Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy', 'Lavender Twist' | Eastern Redbud | | Cornus florida 'Cherokee Brave', 'Cherokee Chief', 'Cherokee Princess', 'Cloud 9', 'Rubra' | Flowering Dogwood | | Cornus kousa | Kousa Dogwood, single and multi-stem | | Cornus x 'Aurora', 'Stellar Pink' | Hybrid Dogwood | | Magnolia stellata | Star Magnolia | | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia | | Magnolia x 'Jane', x soulangiana | Saucer Magnolia and Hybrids | | Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire' | Black Gum | | Prunus cerasifera 'Krauter Vesuvius', 'Thundercloud' | Purple Leaf Plum | | Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan' | Kwanzan Cherry | | Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' | Autumn Flowering Cherry | | Prunus x yedoensis | Yoshino Cherry | | Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford', 'Cleveland Select' | Callery Pear | | Syringa reticullata 'China Snow', 'Ivory Silk' | Ivory Silk Lilac | | Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' | Little-leaf Linden | | Ulmus americana 'Princeton' | American Elm | | Viburnum carlesii, maresii, juddii | Viburnum B&B |
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Have a Great Weekend...
(and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead on Sunday!) |
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As always, we appreciate your business!
Sincerely,
Chuck & Darryl Newman |
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