Crop 251 June 1 to 7 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 The whole idea of my web site is for you to be able to examine what we have for sale before having to drive to the plant sale location at 40 Voorheesville Ave in Voorheesville, NY 12186. This issue is the first week of the Rose Sale. Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail. Last edited 06/03/2011
Lots of people just show up to smell the flowers their grandparents loved. Most of the Old garden roses that I have were introduced between 1100 and 1856. But I have Hybrid Rugosa Roses, Rambler Roses and modern Roses that are disease resistant as well. We dont spray with fungicide so if a plant is disease susceptible it will probably show it. When you click on a picture it opens a larger image and you will be able to see the variety name and the size pot the plant is in the adress line of your browser.
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1. Subscribers receive a list of plants blooming at the plant sale included in the email that has the link to this picture-newsletter. The pictures here include some of those plants and knowing the pot size you can determine the price. 45 gallon isn't usually sold. 25 gallon is $100, 15 gallon is $50, 7 gallon is $30.
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2. I usually have a picture of the rose sale 7 gallon pots included somewhere here with the garage in the background. If there aren't any flowers showing they aren't for sale yet but if there are lots of flowers it might be time to show up. I overwrite this picture frequently as plants start to bloom.
6. Subscribers receive a link to the current web page. Lists of plants that are flowering and therefore for sale are included with references to the pictures. Above would be 6 right and 6 left.
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Smart people buy plants in bloom and we at the flowering shrub farm are open only when plants that we grow are flowering.
Potential customers subscribe to my free picture-newsletter where they can see pictures of our plants growing in the fields or available at the plant sale.
Subscribers receive a list of the plants currently blooming and additional captions for these pictures in an email twice in May and four times in June (the rest of the year its once a month).
When they see something they like they come buy it. More on subscribing at the bottom of this page.
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Those plants that have not bloomed by the end of June will be cut back in July and the cuttings rooted to provide additional own root inventory in a couple years.
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During the plant sale I take pictures of many of the plants I am selling and overwrite older pictures on this page. If you see something you like just come buy it in bloom.
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While I am waiting for customers to arrive I pot lilac cuttings into three gallon pots then cut them back, then replace those removed from the field for the plant sale. I place the three gallon lilacs in a trailer to be hauled out into the fields. Note the label on each with the variety name, the year they were planted and crop number. In four or five years we will be selling them too.
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The name of a plant pictured should be in the address line of your browser when you click the picture for an enlarged image.
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We will sell rose of sharon when it blooms usually sometime in late June to July.
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Cuttings of Lilacs are transplanted from two inch pots into 3 gallon pots. Once the plants have grown enough to overshadow the pot to help prevent weeds and cool the soil, they are moved from the staging area to row A, B, C, D, E, or F in the upper field. In 2011 we emptied Row C and started to fill it again from the staging area. In 2012 we will probably do both Row B and D.
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In the staging area plants are quite small. They are grown close together while we train them to have mutiple stems. Underneath is weed mat whereas in Rows A through D we usually use newspaper.
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About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve
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
Potential Customers subscribe. Each month I send them the latest email link, information as to what is blooming and sometimes an update telling them when I am open.
I often include a list of the plants for sale that are blooming as of that date.
When they see something they like they come buy it in bloom.
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.