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Specimen Paperbarks |
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Just in - some beautiful Specimen Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum) 7-8" caliper with very nice exfoliation- smaller sizes also available! |
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One small hole in the plastic - One giant step toward's warmer weather! |
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The Big? Dig | |
The guys are busy with road improvements here in Newtown - Goal: less puddling in the container houses - happier plants, drier feet! |
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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
7:00 am - 5:30 pm
(Watertown till 4:30)
Saturday
7:00 am - 2:00 pm |
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Need hedging material - How about some California Privet or Lynwood Gold Forsythia! FYI - B&B Privet will be in short supply this year...plan ahead! |
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Trails on the ground got you wondering?
Most likely - it's voles!
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This trail leads right to some low growing Juniper |
Trails like these are easily spotted once the snow cover has melted and if you don't already know, it's a sure sign that voles have been hard at work eating tender roots, bark and other vegetation including some bulbs. Any type of cover like leaves and snow allow these small rodents to go unnoticed until you find obvious signs of damage like girdled trunks and severed root systems.
So what's the best way to deal with these pests? Proper sanitation including cleaning away leaf litter and grass clippings is the best preventative but you may also want to use some bait like Repellex Mole and Vole Control if you notice an increase in activity.
So, pain in the neck? Yes! Controllable, absolutely! Read Cornell's article it's full of detailed information!
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Customer Spotlight
Candide Contractors, LLC
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A beautiful mix of H. macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty', 'Endless Summer' and H. arborescens 'Annabelle' |
Company Name: Candide Contractors, LLC
Site: Greenwich
Project: Residential
Objective: Colorful shrub border
Plants used: Hydrangeas
Comments:
Here is a Hydrangea garden planted last spring in Greenwich.
We used a mix of Nikkos, Endless Summer and All Summers Beauty with an accent border of Annabelles! How about that for a cutting garden...Hydrangeas for months!
Thanks Elizabeth!
It's awesome for us to see our plants in action! Feel like showing off? Send us some pics and a brief description and we'll share it here! Please send it to info@planterschoice.com with Customer Spotlight in the subject line.
Thanks! Everyone's looking forward to seeing your hard work! |
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Perennial Production
Watertown's Yard is Growing!
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The beginning of the new production area in Watertown. |
The production area in Watertown has plans to move across to the other side of the pond. The guys have cleared roughly 4 acres which will become the new production area plus act as the growing/holding area until the plants are ready to be moved over to the sales yard or shipped down to Newtown.
The clearing and grading is done, now it's time for gravel, lots and lots of gravel!
Once production is moved a much-needed larger space will be created for the sales yard! Woohoo! Though it won't be ready next week, it is cool to watch the progress! |
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Container Production
Red Twig Dogwood
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Red Twig Dogwoods heading over to Meadowbrook |
Peter's crew has been busy the last few weeks potting up bareroot material like these Red Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Baileyi'). They were just potted into 6 gallon containers and will be ready for sale this fall - just in time to plant for winter interest! Of course we do have a ready supply in 3 and 6 gallon containers right now.
This hardy native is obviously great for winter interest but they also are a good choice for wet areas and rain gardens. They make an awesome impact when planted in large groups.
Look for other shrub dogwood like Silky Dogwood (C. amomum) and Yellow Twig 'Bud's Yellow' and 'Ivory Halo' both ready in June (C. alba). |
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Check out the lesser known Dove Tree, Persian Ironwood and Franklinia! Also the specialty evergreens are beginning to come in!
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| Deciduous Trees & Shrubs | | | Acer griseum | Paperbark Maple | | Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood', 'Emperor One', 'Mikawa Yatsubusa', 'Ryusen' (Weeper), 'Sango Kaku' (Coral Bark), 'Shishigashira' (Lion's Head), 'Skeeter's Broom' | Japanese Maple varieties | | Acer saccharum 'Legacy' | Legacy Sugar Maple | | Amelanchier canadensis 'Autumn Brilliance', 'Rainbow Pillar' | Serviceberry | | Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry | | Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Heronswood Globe' | Katsura | | Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy', 'Lavender Twist' | Forest Pansy Redbud | | Cornus kousa 'Elizabeth Lustgarten', 'Wolf's Eye' | Kousa Dogwood | | Davidia involucrata 'Sonoma' | Dove Tree | | Enkianthus campanulatus | Red-veined Enkianthus | | Franklinia alatamaha | Franklin Tree | | Ligustrum ovalifolium | California Privet | | Magnolia x soulangiana 'Verbanica' (slightly later blooming form) | Saucer Magnolia | | Myrica pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry | | Nyssa | Black Gum | | Parrotia persica | Persian Ironwood | | Platanus acerifolia | London Plane Tree | | Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' | Autumn Cherry | | Quercus palustris | Pin Oak | | Stewartia pseudocamellia | Japanese Stewartia | | Styrax japonicus 'Carillon' | Japanese Snowbell | | Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' | Japanese Tree Lilac | | Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' | Little-leaf Linden | | T. tomentosa 'Sterling' | Sterling Linden | | Viburnum burkwoodii, carlesii, dilatatum, prunifolium | Viburnum varieites |
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| Evergreens | | | Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' | Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar | | Chamaecyparis nootkaensis 'Pendula' | Weeping Alaskan Cedar | | Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' (Pom Pom) 'Sun Gold' | Threadleaf False Cypress | | Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' | Tanyosho Pine | | Pinus mugo | Mugo Pine | | Taxus x media 'Hatfield', 'Hicksii' | Upright Yews | | Thuja 'Green Giant' 8-10' | Western Arborvitae |
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Have A Great Weekend!
As always, we appreciate your business!
Sincerely,
Chuck & Darryl Newman |
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