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Pictures of DECEMBER, fruit, colored or autumn foliage, propagation and more at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. www.floweringshrubfarm.com
Similar to a slide show, I add more comments, pictures and hyperlinks frequently throughout the month (with the most recent additions added at the top) before I start another similar page the following month. Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail. 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. More explanation at the bottom of this page.
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN DECEMBER 12, 2008
Belgian Fence espalier of apples I designed for a friend in 1991. Takes about an hour a year of pruning to maintain it. Every other tree is a cross pollinator of the one on either side. 121208belgianfence.jpg
Looking at the 45 gallon pots from one side of the house (train passing in background). When plants become to large for even a fifteen gallon pot I place them in a 45 gallon pot out front. I take cuttings from these every July and sell one for around a $100 once in a blue moon. 121208bigpots.jpg
Front of the house at 40 Voorheesville Ave where we have the plant sale from May 15 to July 4. When plants become to large for even a fifteen gallon pot I place them in a 45 gallon pot out front. I take cuttings from these every July and sell one for around a $100 once in a blue moon. 121208housefront.jpg
A look down along the D & H Railroad line in Voorheesville, looking west. 121208railroadtrack.jpg
This group of plants in my mothers garden consists of a Rosebay Rhododendron on the right in back with the big leaves it flowers late june to early july. Rhododendron carolineanum is in the middle and blooms in may right after the flame azalea that twines through it Rhododendron calendulaceum. On the far left is one of several ironclads we have. 121208rosebay.jpg
I take pictures in my nursery all year of the shrub, flower, fruit, fall foliage of the plants along with us doing chores and then post them in my newsletter. Each newsletter is presented similar to a slide show (clicking on the picture opens a larger version then click the back arrow, scroll down to the next and click that one). At the beginning of each month I'll 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. About half way through the month I'll link the page to the month shown on my home page. Many of the pictures will be 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 will overwrite the picture in a crop page for that variety alone. 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. Subscribers also send me an email after they purchased a plant telling me what they got and in exchange for subscribing and sending that email may receive some warranty protection.
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.