Crop 203 Crop Pictures

Pictures taken of plants of the same variety gathered together and photographed so its easy to see how many of that variety were in stock as of the date on the picture. Many are photographed in January because its easy to see how many stems there are against the snow., at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. www.floweringshrubfarm.com

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BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN January 7, 2010

January is a good time to take pictures of an entire crop of Lilacs because you can count how many there are in stock and see how many stems there are on each without and foliage getting in the way. This is 'Ludwig Spaeth' and we have it in 7 gallon for $30 and 15 gallon for $60 (00107cropludwigspaeth001_010710.jpg).

More 'Ludwig Spaeth' (00107cropludwigspaeth007_010710.jpg). We had 96 'Ludwig Spaeth' last spring and sold maybe a third of them.

Some more 'Ludwig Spaeth' all in 15 gallons at $60 each (00107cropludwigspaeth013_010710.jpg).

BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN January 6, 2010

As we dont sell plants until they flower and these 'Dark Night' lilacs dont flower until around five feet tall you can see we wont be selling these this year (00110cropdarknight004_010610.jpg).

The ones that have yellow labels in their upper branches flowered in May 2009 so they will be dug in March 2010 and for sale at the plant sale May 15, 2010 for $30. If they have fewer than three stems they'll be cut back while they are in active growth (00110cropkrasavitsamoskvy015_010610.jpg).

These 'Monge' are tall enough to flower but haven't yet (00110cropmonge009_010610.jpg).

These 'President Poincaire' Lilacs have a couple more years of growing before they will be for sale (00110croppresidentpoincaire016_010610.jpg).

At the beginning of each month I start an issue in one of several hundred past newsletter pages and send a link to my subscribers. Every several days I'll add more pictures, comments and links to other pages. After a week or two I link the page to the month shown on my home page.

Pictures of flowers are often of the inventory type with the date the picture was taken within the picture. Each inventory picture is saved using a file name that starts with the inventory number of the actual plant either for sale or in the garden for propagation, ending with the date. Simply by saving the picture without the date I can overwrite the picture in a crop page for that variety alone.

Most of the plants have more than one season of interest. So I try to take pictures of the plants we grow when they are blooming but also in fall with decorative foliage or fruit and in winter when covered with ice and snow.

Potential Customers subscribe and I send a link to them from the latest picture-newsletter. When they see something they like they come buy it in bloom. I like to hear your comments so please email me and subscribe if you haven't already. Those who dont subscribe will have to wait for the most recent pictures until part way through each month but can still enjoy last year at this time.

IN WINTER I AT LEAST TRY TO SHOW LILACS IN THE FIELD, ROSES IN STORAGE, PLANTS IN 45 GALLON POTS OUTDOORS AND THE INSIDE OF THE COLD FRAME WHERE I OVERWINTER BABY OWN ROOT PLANTS AND NEW ROOTED CUTTINGS.

We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.