Crop 244 July Issue of Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; 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
Pictures in JULY of each crop of plants we grow to sell retail, closeups of flowers or fruit on plants for sale, and pictures out front at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. www.floweringshrubfarm.com
Every few days throughout each month, I add several more pictures, comments and links before I start another similar page the following month (more about the all picture newsletter at bottom). I am adding new pictures to the current picture newsletter almost every day so you should reload the page each time in case your computer has it cached. Last Edited July 17, 2010 at around 4:22 PM
July 11 picture of the front of Azalea House you can see several flowers from the Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Mrs Anthony Waterer' and the variegated foliage of the Lilac 'Aucubaefolia'.(00711leftfront.jpg).
From the right side you can see Rose of Sharon and Butterfly bushes coming into bloom (00711rightfront.jpg). We dont currently have any to sell.
In mid-july the old garden roses have mostly stopped blooming but we can still see a moss rose or two and the Hybrid Rugosas (00711backyardroses.jpg).
Apple trees being trained to Belgian Fence being watered fifteen at a time (00717rowespalier.jpg).
Belgian Fence trained apple trees in training (00717espalier.jpg). Some of these will be trained to "Step Over" in the fall.
Kurt pruning the baby lilacs so they will develop multiple stems (00717prunelilac.jpg). Today he did 'Purple Glory' and 'Nadezda'.
11093 Ludwig Spaeth in stock as of the left hand picture (I will add these to the inventory at the bottom of my home page).
11104 Ludwig Spaeth in stock as of the left hand picture.
11547 Fru Dagmar Hastrup Hybrid Rugosa Rose in stock as of the left hand picture.
11549 Fru Dagmar Hastrup Hybrid Rugosa Rose in stock as of the left hand picture.
11550 Fru Dagmar Hastrup Hybrid Rugosa Rose in stock as of the left hand picture.
11551 Sir Thomas Lipton Hybrid Rugosa Rose in stock as of the left hand picture.
We are training various trees to Belgian Fence, Step Over and Horizontal T that will be sold during the plant sale one day (00703espalier_lowerfield.jpg). We train trees primarily for fruit production in smaller gardens. If you have a side yard that is limited in size an espalier of fruit trees may be ideal to produce privacy and fruit. You can build your trellis as tall as you want but I like the feeling of being in my own little Vinyard. My trellis has posts every six feet and wires at 15 inches above the graft and 30 inches above the graft. In spring of the first year I cut the trees to just above the lowest wire. By mid summer I will have two of the resulting branches tied onto four foot long bamboo canes that are in turn tied in a V shape to the highest wire (other branches are removed). This is a Belgian Fence. In late summer, some of the branches will be untied from the top wire and lowered down so they can be tied to the lowest wire. This is a Step Over. Next Spring some of the step overs will be allowed to produce an upright stem that will be cut at the top wire. The resulting growth will be trained from the top wire even higher to belgian fence then later lowered and tied to the top wire. This is Horizontal T. I will be spur training in the second year for flowers and fruit. Those I dont sell will start producing fruit in the third year and I'll have lots of apples.
A standard tree cant even begin to compete with the quantity of fruit (nor the quality) when they are trained to espalier. It is much simpler to train and prune espalier trained trees. The only drawback is that they must remain on a trellis permanently unless you train to one of the upright cordon systems only.
Like its human counterpart the female of the species japanese beetle is attracted to the flower. By removing the flowers for several weeks in July we can often get a better flush of flowers in August with fewer beetles (00702beetlejapanese070210.jpg). The rose is the Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Schneekoppe' (notice the pale lavender color).
Nadezhda Lilac in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop072.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site. When you subscribe to my newsletter and tell me one or two of the plants you are most interested in buying, it adds weight to that variety when I am deciding to buy it, propagate it and grow it.
Three of the rose inventories I am working on.
inv#012 or Rose inventory #12 11176 to 11199
INV#013 Rose inventory #13 11352 to 14000
I should be able to do an inventory every year either when I put them in storage or when I take them out.
Purple Glory Lilac in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop073.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site.
Agincourt Beauty Lilac in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop078.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site.
Dark Night Lilac in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop081.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site.
President Poincaire Lilac in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop089.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site.
Bluecrop Blueberry Bushes in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop151.jpg). We may start to sell these next year for $10 a piece.
Candle Light Spiraea in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop156.jpg). These are for sale at the right price, make an offer.
Primrose Lilac (the yellow Lilac) in July at the flowering shrub farm (growingcrop162.jpg). We wont sell them until they flower but you can watch them grow on our web site.
10-592 Label & Shrub picture 'Leverkusen' Climbing Rose 45 gallon pot. I was asked why I label these as $150 if I dont plan to sell them. I sell plants in 7 gallon for $30, 15 gallon for $60, 25 gallon for $100. Plants in 45 gallon are not sold unless the price is really good and it must be over $150.
11037 Label, Flower & Shrub picture 'New Dawn' in 45 gallon.
11169 Label & Flower of 'Mrs Anthony Waterer' in 15 gallon
11183 Label & Shrub pictures of Rosa alba maxima in 15 gallon.
About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve
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.
At the end of the month I save the page as the crop page for that month.
So I might create the newsletter in Crop 315 but at the end of the month save it as the January Newsletter Crop 263.
So if you subscribe you get to see the pictures the day they were taken and if you dont you get to see them up to 30 days later.
If you subscribe and mention varieties you are most interested in buying I may add those varieties to a purchase order and I am more likely to propagate them for next year. Email me
Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December
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.
A picture will usually start with the inventory number on that particular plant (10-295), then the part I am photographing (flower, fruit, fall, shrub), the date is usually in the picture so I dont need to add that and its easy to over write (10295flower.jpg).
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 this months pictures until the beginning of next month but can still enjoy last year at this time.
IN WINTER I AT LEAST TRY TO SHOW LILACS IN THE FIELD (lilacrow), the BELGIAN FENCE next door (belgianfence), ROSES IN STORAGE (storage), PLANTS IN 45 GALLON POTS OUTDOORS AND THE INSIDE OF THE COLD FRAME (coldframe) WHERE I OVERWINTER BABY OWN ROOT PLANTS AND NEW ROOTED CUTTINGS.
January and February are usually pictures of dormant plants and the affects of weather. March and April I start to add pictures of us planting and transplanting and new growth. May, June and July most plants will bloom showing subscribers what could be for sale during the plant sale, also shown are pictures of crops in the field, mail order and lots more. July through December I am taking cuttings to make new plants. August we have lots of pictures of fruit on roses etc. October fall foliage.
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.
When a customer says they want to subscribe I send the following in an email.
Each month I take pictures around the nursery adding a few pictures, links and comments every few days. Clicking on the picture will often open a larger picture and you can save it as wallpaper if you want or forward the link to someone you think is interested. Several schools with landscaping courses follow the newsletter because you get to see the flower, fruit, fall foliage and more at different times.
When you see something you like come buy it in bloom.