Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY 12186
I grow plants that are locally HARDY, DISEASE RESISTANT, VIGOROUS and FRAGRANT to sell during our RETAIL PLANT SALE or by APPOINTMENT. If I can't grow it LOW MAINTENANCE I Dont Sell It! But I am testing more plants all the time while continuing to grow and sell only the ones that are easy to grow. We grow LILACS, OLD GARDEN ROSES, RUGOSA ROSES, CLIMBING ROSES, RAMBLER ROSES, PINXTERBLOOM AZALEAS, SPIRAEA, BLUEBERRY BUSHES and ESPALIER TRAINED TREES. Sizes are 7 gallon for $30, 15 gallon for $50 and 25 gallon for $100 (mostly we have 7 gallon size). Particularly for the small garden we sell trained fruit trees that are tall and wide but not very deep including apple trees, cherry trees, etc. In July and August I am busy propagating plants from semi-mature cuttings. You can still make an appointment by sending an EMAIL. I change my web pages frequently so you should reload each one in case your computer has it cached. Last edited July 22, 2010.
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ALL PICTURE NEWSLETTER
People track what I am doing and what new plants I may have for sale by checking my newsletter. I add new pictures of each crop of plants we grow to sell retail, closeups of flowers or fruit on plants for sale, and pictures out front like above, to the picture-newsletter almost every day. Click on this month below to see what the nursery and plants look like. Click other months to see what they looked like then.
January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December
If I cant grow it LOW MAINTENANCE I Dont Sell It! But I am testing more plants all the time while continuing to grow and sell only the ones that are easy to grow. This year I am testing; 'Seven Sisters' Rambler Rose, Trier Rambler Rose, Tausendschon Rambler Rose, 'Williams Double Yellow' Shrub Rose. If they dont survive the winter outdoors we wont be selling them.
I sell lots of plants for the small garden. I am constantly training roses, apple trees, blueberry bushes and more onto trellis because they take up less room.
We sell Lilacs and Roses that are in bloom or have previously bloomed (proving to me at least that its the right color).
Besides, smart people buy plants in bloom.
So the best time to buy lilacs is in May and the best time to buy roses is in June (or you can trust my labels and come when they aren't in bloom).
For Espalier come any time because they dont have to be blooming.
If you aren't sure when to come follow the newsletter.
In July and August I am busy propagating plants from semi-mature cuttings. You can still make an appointment by sending an EMAIL.
My inventory is accomplished by showing two pictures side by side of each plant. One of the labels (above left) including the yellow inventory label showing its number "11502" in this case, the white variety label showing the variety in large letters easily read in a low resolution picture, the other white label shows how its being trained, the orange label has the price (but in this case its backwords so you cant read it), and finally the pink date label shows todays date that the picture was taken on. The other picture may show the plant or a close up of the flower. Doing inventory this way allows my customers to figure out if I still have it in stock just by seeing the pictures.
OUR MICRO NURSERY AT 40 VOORHEESVILLE AVE, VOORHEESVILLE, NY 12186
Albany County is within Zone 5 but surrounded by Zone 4. We grow our plants outdoors without fungicide in several locations around Voorheesville, then bring them to 40 Voorheesville Ave after they start blooming. Plants that aren't tolerant of local conditions die within the several years that we grow them before they become available for sale. Much of my year has to be spent propagating plants so I am available to sell plants only from May 15 to July 4; 10 AM to 2 PM or by appointment. To make an appointment leave a message on the answering machine at (518) 765-2574 or Email me. Be sure to leave your phone number so I can call you back. My cell phone number is posted on signs among our plants so that when you need me you can call me from wherever I have wandered off to (Is he in the greenhouse? Maybe having coffee at Stewarts next door? Perhaps he is having lunch across the street at the Voorheesville Diner?).
SMART PEOPLE BUY PLANTS IN BLOOM
So watch the Pictures in my Newsletter to know when the plant you want is in bloom and then come and buy it. Most of the plants we have are not available by anyone else around here, so if you want them you'll have to get them from us. As plants are sold I remove the yellow inventory label, staple the orange price label to it and stick it in my pocket. Later, I remove the inventory picture from my web site so that pictures of that individual plant blank out throughout my web site. If you bought a plant from me and inadvertantly walked off with the yellow label please send it to me.
CATALOGS OF WHAT I AM PROPAGATING & GROWING
Alba, Gallica, Damask, Centifolia, Portland or Wild and disease resistant Modern Roses that share many of the qualities of the old roses Rugosa, Kordesii, Moyesii, Ramblers & Climbers. you can Email me and ask if I have any left.
American Azalea catalog Native Pinxterbloom Azalea (R. nudiflorum), Swamp Azalea (R. viscosum) in a 3 gallon pot for $30.
Blueberry bush catalog Blueberry bushes (Vaccineum corymbosum) that are named selections of Native highbush blueberry bushes. One Blue Ray, one Blue Jay and one Blue Crop grown together in a 3 gallon pot and trained as a single plant with full cross pollination.
Espalier catalog Apple tree's and Pear trees that have been started as espalier and pictures of mature Belgian Fence, Living Fence and Fans.
Peony catalog Peonies, Paeonia; I grow old herbaceous perennial peonies into gradually larger and larger pots. I only devide the real monster sized ones and then grow them to monster size. 3 gallon pot size.
Spiraea catalog Were growing Candle light Spiraea or Spiraea bumalda 'Candle light'
email me or leave a message at (518) 765-2574. To become a customer you should sign up for the picture-newsletter to be notified what & when plants are for sale (read below).
We dont usually sell plants until they begin to flower. So customers have to know when plants are in bloom.
They subscribe to the newsletter and when plants start blooming I post pictures of the flowers, add comments and send a link to the page. A couple weeks later I add a link from my index page. So those who subscribe get earlier information. Later in the year I include pictures of fruit and fall foliage. When we're transplanting or doing other nursery maintenence tasks, I photograph those things for a newsletter as well.
CROPS BEING STARTED IN SPRING 2010
50 151) 'BLUECROP' Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush blueberry Blueberry bushes being planted 3 to a pot, each pot of 3 for sale at $30.
200 'PINXTERBLOOM' Azalea being planted 3 to a pot, each pot of 3 for sale at $30.
Several Rambler Roses and one Old Garden Rose that will be potted and I'll take cuttings from them in July. 56) 'SEVEN SISTERS' Old multiflora Rambler Rose , 119) Trier , 120) Tausendschon , 170 'Williams Double Yellow'
Lilacs to be field grown until they flower includes; 81) 'DARK NIGHT' , #74 'LAVENDER LADY' , #72 'NADEZHDA' , 113) 'POCAHONTAS' , #73 'PURPLE GLORY' , 110) ROYALTY LILAC
And of course there are a bunch of plants being brought in from the fields that bloomed last year that will be for sale this year just watch the newsletter in May and June of 2010.
Pictures of each crop we are growing and an outline of how we operate.
Whenever I create a page I place a link to it below in alphabetical order (this is more for me than for you). There's all kinds of stuff here that I may not have updated in a long time.
Deer protection for arborvitae
Use this picture of the D & H Railroad tracks in Voorheesville as Wallpaper.
Generally the USDA hardiness zones for the area around Albany, NY are; in Albany itself there seems to be a micro-climatic region of zone 5b (-15 to -10 F), surrounded by zone 5A (-20 to -15 F), Just North of Albany in Saratoga it seems to be zone 4b (-25 to -20 F), Down in NYC is zone 6A (-10 to -5 F) and 6b (-5 to 0 F), Manhatten seems to be zone 7a (0 to 5 F). There is a link below in the red section to The US National Arboretum Zone Map.
Alphabetized links below
AMERICAN SPECIES AZALEA & RHODODENDRON Rhododendrons, native rhododendron species, Rhododendrons A to Z, Pinxterbloom Azalea,
BLUEBERRY or VACCINEUM Native blueberry or Vaccineum corymbosum,
CALENDAR Local Garden Calendar
ESPALIER espalier, own root antique apples, growing page
HEATHS AND HEATHERS or CALLUNA Heaths and Heathers, Hedge Pictures
LILACS Lilacs, Shelterbelts, Hedges, Lilac Walks and Privacy barriers, Lilacs A to Z, Lilac hybridizers and their introductions Lilac in field pictures from newsletter
NEWSLETTER Local Garden Newsletter Local Garden Newsletter
ROSES Roses, Old Roses Roses A to H, Roses I to M Roses N to Z , large roses in a simple fashion Scottish
ROSE OF SHARON or HIBISCUS Rose of Sharon or Hibiscus syriacus,
Restaurant Giovanni's
SERVICEBERRY or AMELANCHIER Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry or shadblow,
SPIRAEA Spiraea,
ARBORVITAE arborvitae,
VIBURNUM Viburnum
OTHER Shade tolerant plants including roses and rhododendrons Zone 3 or hardier Zone 4 or hardier Zone 5 or hardier
What zone are you? Try the US National Arboretum Zone Map.
Links that are of particular interest to my extended family probably include; my father and vancleve. And a little unusual check out sayings. There is also a picture of Dad on my daytrip page.
Allinks Apple Applebuy Arborbuy Arborvitae buying Arnold Arboretum August to September Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm Alexander Mackenzie Rose page apple and cherry http://www.floweringshrubfarm.com/avirtual.htm
Beatles Blueberries We Grow Buying Rhododendrons Buying Roses Best Link page Big & Fat cars
Calendar Choosing Classic Roses Climbing Roses Contacts Chrysanthemums, Card and Contact page.
Daytrip Deer Designing Your Own Garden A key to finding diagrams in books that help you with pruning and training. diary garden design
Edible Edible Gardening Espalier espalier edible, Email me electronic watercolor
Forest Gardening French Lilacs fruit trees and vegetables,
Garden George Landis Arboretum Grafting Growing garden design, & Grafting
Hardy to Zone 3 or colder Hardy to Zone 4 or colder Hardy to zone 5 or colder Hibiscus Home
Index Insects Intro Introduction to our Retail Plant Store Insects,
June to July July to August Journal
Labels LILACS Lilacbuy Lilacs A to Z Lilac pictures List Local Garden Newsletter with pictures. lilac
May to June Minekill State Park Mums The Word My Father Mums The Word,
New Resident Newsletter Notes on Rose Pruning
Picture Links Pinxterbloom Plantbuy PLANTING Plant it Porch Design Propagate Propagation Pruning Pruning Roses plantit. Propagation, List of Portland Roses on 032808, pictures propagation.
Questions and Comments Quick Links
Railroad Crossings Reproduction RESEARCH Rhododendrons Rhododendron buying Rose Article ROSES Rosebuy Rose buying Rose: Classic and their hybrids Rose Pictures Rose Pruning Roses of zone 3 or cold hardier only Rugosa Roses rhododendrons, roses, Reproduction , Roses, Rose Guide Roses A to H, Roses I to M Roses N to Z or Lilacs A to Z Rambling
Saratoga Battlefield Sayings Self Design Shadbuy Shelter Belt Site Selection Soil Spiraea Starting Sustain Syringa site, soil , Scottish ,
Things Mom Said When Mad 'Tis The Season Test Page Talking Transplanting
Van Cleve Family Vegetable Gardening Volcano
Zone 3 or hardier Zone 4 or hardier Zone 5 or hardier
roses , lilacs , native azaleas , pinkster azalea , native blueberry bushes , spiraea , apple tree espalier ,
My main home page from which you will find a link to a catalog from which there are links to pictures is at www.floweringshrubfarm.com An introduction to my growing methods (I am a grower) is at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/growing.htm We sell plants during the plant sale at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/intro.htm We do a little mail order at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/mail.htm andyvancleve
Letter to our customers.
andyvancleve
Purple flowering plants , yellow flowering plants
Inventory pages
ROSE INVENTORY PAGES edited 2010
inv#012 or Rose inventory #12 11176 to 11199plant sale
INV013 Rose inventory#13 11352 to 14000
LILAC INVENTORY BELOW
INVENTORY#12 Lilacs at plant sale May 4, 2010
INV#13 for May 11, 2010 Lilacs Sensation & Krasavitsa moskvy
INV#14 for May 12, 2010 #11450 to #11467 Purple or Pink Lilacs in the field
INV#16 inventory pictures taken July 13, 2010 of Lilacs, Hybrid Rugosa Magnifica and Espalier.
INV#15 for May 2010 Inventory of Espalier Trained Trees
INV0016 Inventory #16 of roses flowering in 2010
You can also go to each of my main catalogs where I publish pictures (taken from the newsletter) that are updated each month of each crop of plants I am growing for retail sale; LILACS, ROSES, AZALEAS, SPIRAEA, NATIVE PLANTS, BLUEBERRY BUSHES and ESPALIER TRAINED TREES
NATIVE AZALEAS including Pinxterbloom, Swamp and Flame (check for pictures of what you want) ,
ESPALIER TRAINED; TREES & EDIBLE FRUIT PLANTS
PICTURES OF PLANTS GROWING NATIVE PLANTS,
ALL PICTURE NEWSLETTER
People track what I am doing and what new plants I may have for sale by checking my newsletter. I add new pictures of flowers, fruit and foliage of the plants we grow to the picture-newsletter almost every week. Click on this month below to see what the nursery and plants look like. Click other months to see what they looked like then. You can also go to each of my main catalogs where I publish pictures (taken from the newsletter) that are updated each month of each crop of plants; LILACS, ROSES, AZALEAS, SPIRAEA, NATIVE PLANTS, BLUEBERRY BUSHES and ESPALIER TRAINED TREES
January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December
A description with pictures of what we grow and how we operate our business.
RECENTLY UPDATED
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/climbing.htm updated 7/4/10
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/espalier.htm updated 7/4/10
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/white.htm updated 7/4/10
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/crop244.htm updated 7/5/10
inv#012 or Rose inventory #12 11176 to 11199 updated 7/5/10
INV#013 Rose inventory #13 11352 to 14000 updated 7/5/10
Growing page updated 7/6/10
Big & Fat cars updated July 10, 2010
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/oldrose.htm 7/22/10
INVENTORY PICTURES OF ROSES in the order that I added them to the plant sale, updated a couple times a year and deleted within a month of being sold.
INV#014 Rose inventory #14 last updated 7/11/10
INV#013 Rose inventory #13 updated 7/5/10 Hansa, Mme Plantier, Tuscany Superb,
inv#012 or Rose inventory #12 updated 7/5/10 Nevada, Four Seasons, Leda, Great Maidens Blush, Alba maxima, Alfred de Dalmas, Apothecarys rose, Duchess of Portland, Kazanlik, alba semi plena, Harisons Yellow,
inv#011 or Rose inventory #11 updated 7/8/10 kazanlik, henri martin, francois juranville, rosarium uetersen, furstin von pless, rugelda, Mrs Anthony waterer, Lichtkonigin Lucia, American Pillar, Ferdinand Pichard,
inv010 or Rose inventory #10 updated 7/8/10 Ispahan, Harisons Yellow, Albertine, Mme Hardy, Rosa mundi, Complicata, Tuscany Superb, La Belle Sultane, Conte de Chambord, Hybrid Musk
inv009 or Rose inventory #9 updated 7/9/10 celeste alba, felicite parmentier, rosa centifolia, belle de crecy, alberic barbier, stanwell perpetual, celsiana damask, konigin von danemark,
inv008 or Rose inventory #8 updated 7/9/10 Anais segales, Rotesmeer, Belle Poitevine, William Lobb, Rosarium Uetersen, Leverkusen, Hippolyte, Celeste Alba,
inv007 or Rose inventory #7 updated 7/8/10 Pauls Himalayan musk, New Dawn, Delicata, Henry Kelsey, Roseraie de l'Hay, prairie princess,
Milne Reunion Pictures from July 24, 2010 #2
Milne Reunion Pictures from July 24, 2010 #1