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...when you have foliage this good looking?
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Craving some Chocolate?
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Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' has dark green-purple foliage and has buds just about to open into white flower clusters which, by the way, makes it the perfect time to plant some!
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Oakleaf Hydrangea
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Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Texture, texture, texture (plus creamy flowers and fall color!)
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Cabbage, Kale and... Lobelia?
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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
Newtown:
Monday - Friday
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday
7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Watertown:
Monday - Friday
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday
7:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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Echinacea 'Tomato Soup'
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The Bulbs are Here!
We just received our first shipment of spring bulbs! These arrived Wednesday afternoon and already we've seen some head out the door! Once the weather turns cooler and the soil temperatures begin to drop it becomes the perfect time to plant them. They'll push roots this fall, wait out the winter, emerge and bloom in spring, gather energy through their foliage, go dormant during the summer, produce more roots through the fall and continue their cycle hopefully for years to come! As you can see, it's important to let their leaves die back naturally after they bloom to make as much food as possible for the coming spring.
Choose from Allium, Crocus, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Tulips plus Glory-of-the-Snow, Grape Hyacinths, Snowdrops and others. These here are a few that caught our eye:
-Crocus 'Cream Beauty' and 'Blue Pearl' -both species Crocus, among the first to welcome winter's end. -Muscari 'Valerie Finnis', sky-blue Grape Hyacinth - a nice change of pace! -Narcissus 'Delnashaugh' For all you Narcissus geeks, this Division IV beauty has an interesting double flower with white petals and apricot center segments.
So stop by soon for your best choices - and don't forget the Bulb-tone!
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Silky Dogwood
Do you have a wet area where you're having trouble getting anything to survive? This will! Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) is heavily used for wetland remediation as well as providing wind breaks on larger estate and farm land. Named for the silky hairs on the undersides of the leaves, it has a mature growth habit of up to 10' and also makes a deciduous screen that flowers in spring. It has white flower clusters in spring, green fruit maturing to blue in fall and for winter interest the young branches turn reddish purple. They naturalize better than some of the more commonly used Redtwigs (Cornus alba or C. sericea). It is host to the Spring Azure Butterfly and birds are attracted to the berries. The bark was even once used as tobacco!
PC Grown locally right here!
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A nuisance, but not usually any threat
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Fall Webworm
Here's a native pest that's not quite as bad as it looks - Fall Web Worm. They commonly use Birch, Cherry and Crabapples as the host plant, though this group was found on Winterberry (Ilex verticillata). Small infestations are easy to overlook but every few years there are larger outbreaks of them making us take notice.
The eggs are laid on the underside of the leaves and after they hatch, the larvae spin a gray web starting at the branch tips. This encloses them as they feed. They do not leave this web to feed on different plants like other Tent Caterpillars do.
The damage done to the host plant is mostly aesthetic and isn't usually harmful. The best way to deal with them is to simply cut them out and dispose of off site.
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Houses and houses full of Andromeda at Meadowbrook, our container yard, and in Newtown.
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We grow Japanese Andromeda. A lot of Japanese Andromeda. In fact, you can currently choose from 9 varieties (P. japonica and hybrids):
Brower's Beauty, Compacta, Cavatine, Dorothy Wycoff, Flaming Silver, 'Mountain Fire, Snow Drift and Spring Snow.
They are the go-to plant for shade tolerance and deer resistance, not to mention winter interest being a broadleaf evergreen. The fall flower buds look great all winter then open early spring into clusters of white panicles. Then that interest is extended with fresh, sometimes reddish, new spring growth.
Next time try 'Spring Snow' for a change - a compact habit with pink buds that open white. One of Barb's favorites!
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Incoming: Specialty Evergreens!
A truck load of specialty evergreens came in this week - just in time to spruce up for fall and winter interest! More than 20 selections were unloaded including Spreading Japanese Plum Yew (Cephalotaxus h. 'Prostrata'), Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparia obtusa 'Kosteri', 'Nana Gracilis', 'Verdoni'), Dwarf Blue Spruce (Picea pungens 'Sester's Dwarf') plus others!
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Molinia capillaris 'Sky Racer'
This Tall Purple Moor Grass sends up an inflorescence on a straight stem high above the green blades producing a billowy purplish haze. Planted in a sunny perennial border they will add some nice, late season interest.
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Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'
Jeff took this awesome shot over at Meadowbrook where our container material is grown. There are many houses filled with Mopheads, Panicle, Oakleaf and Smoothleaf Hydrangeas - Taken care of everday by Peter's fantastic crew of three: Victor, Miguel and Cesar.
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Have A Great Weekend!
As always, we appreciate your business!
Sincerely,
Chuck & Darryl Newman |
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