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Three-season Bottlebrush Buckeye
Growing quality plants from seed can be very easy or extremely difficult. Always up for a challenge, Peter decided to give Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye) a try last fall. Fruits collected from one of Chuck's mature plants were planted in crates, over-wintered then brought up a few weeks ago into the old P-1 near the office in Newtown. He's had very good germination for these seeds so far. They'll stay in the crates until fall then transplanted into 1 gallon containers. Read on
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News from Watertown
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Roger with some beautiful freshly dug Japanese Maples!
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We've had a nice start to the incoming material here in Watertown including these beautiful cutleaf Japanese Maples! Acer palmatum 'Red Select' and 'Viridis' are seen here. They'll make nice additions near patios or front entryways since they have interest pretty much all year long. Read On
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Finally something Blooming - Witchhazels!
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Hamamelis vernalis (at left) and H. x 'Arnold's Promise' (right)
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If we had a shrub of the week, this week's winner would be the Witchhazels. Both Arnold's Promise and the Vernal Witchhazels are blooming in the B&B shrub block - their fragrance whipping around in the March wind. Most of you are familiar with the interesting flower structure, the spicy scent and the fall color, but it's their early bloom time and easy care that makes them worth considering for the landscape. Perfect for a variety of situations - along walkways or driveways, in mixed borders, in foundation plantings, in the woodland mimicking their natural habitat - they will not disappoint!
We currently have our PC Grown 3 and 10 gallon plus some fresh B&B as seen here. Check out all our varieties on pg. 30 of the new catalog! |
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In this week: Large specimen trees including a pair of beautiful Princeton Elms, interesting Viburnum cultivars and some large, yellow-blooming Butterfly Magnolias!
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| Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' | Crimson King Maple | | Acer rubrum 'October Glory' 6-7" | Red/Swamp Maple, large specimen - limited | | Acer saccharum 'Legacy' 5-6", 6-7" | Sugar Maple, large specimens, limited | | Amelanchier canadensis clump | Serviceberry | | Cercis canadensis 'Lavender Twist', 'Ruby Falls' | Eastern Redbud | | Cornus florida including 'Cherokee Princess' | Flowering Dogwood | | Cornus mas | Cornelian Cherry | | Corylus avelana 'Contorta' | Harry Lauder's Walking Stick | | Gingko biloba 'Princeton Sentry' | Gingko | | Gleditsia triacanthos 'Skyline', 6-7" | Skyline Locust, large specimen, limited | | Hamamelis vernalis | Vernal Witchhazel | | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold's Promise' | Witchhazel | | Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' | Panicle Hydrangea | | Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' | Oakleaf Hydrangea | | Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' | Winterberry | | Koelreuteria paniculata | Golden Raintree, limited | | Liquidambar styraciflua incl. 'Slender Silhouette' | Sweetgum | | Magnolia including 'Ann', 'Butterfly' | Magnolia | | Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star' | Star Magnolia | | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia | | Nyssa sylvatica | Black Gum | | Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood | | Prunus cerasifera 'Krauter's Vesuvius' | Purpleleaf Plum | | Prunus including 'Akebono', 'Kwanzan', 'Okame', 'Yoshino' | Flowering Cherry | | Quercus rubra | Red Oak | | Styrax japonica | Japanese Snowbell | | Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' | Japanese Tree Lilac | | Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' | Greenspire Linden | | Ulmus americana 'Princeton' 7-8" | Princeton Elm, large specimen, limited | | Viburnum including 'Allegheny', 'Chicago Lustre', 'Cree', 'Eskimo', 'Mary Milton', Shasta' plus V. trilobum 'Red Wings' | Viburnum varieties |
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