Crop 254 June 22 to June 30 Issue of Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June week #1 June week #2 June week #3 June last few days 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 4th week of the Rose Sale. Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail. Last edited 06/30/2011
Front of house on left with sign and less expensive roses (in smaller pots) for sale in back yard on right. Click the picture on the right and examine it closely. When there are lots of roses flowering it may be time to come to the plant sale (I will overwrite this picture frequently, look for a pink label with the date on it in the picture). Below are pictures of the individual varieties.
The number on the green dot shows how many of this variety I have for sale in a seven gallon pot for $30 as of the date on the sign, a yellow dot would be in a 15 gallon pot for $50, and a red or orange dot would be a 25 gallon for $100. Most of our plants are in 7 gallon pots.
All our plants are disease resistant!
Many are extremely hardy though we have several being tested for local hardiness that have always been thought to be not hardy.
Most of our roses are old garden roses introduced before the Civil War.
A bunch of our Roses are the really big climbers and Ramblers.
Some one like Peter Beales, Tony Lord, David Austin or other renowned rosarian thinks its a good rose we will probably try it (as long as its disease resistant).
Each time someone purchases a plant I remove the green dot, stick another on and write the new number in stock on the dot.
I overwrite the picture of the sign often so potential customers can see the most current number.
Occasionally a customer will email me a request for further availability information. My reaction is usually to overwrite the sign picture with a that days sign picture and send them a link.
2. Sorry for the bad printing on the signs. My right hand shakes badly and I have no wrist on the right. The number on the green dot shows how many of this variety I have for sale in a seven gallon pot for $30 as of the date on the sign, a yellow dot would be in a 15 gallon pot for $50. I plan to have these signs printed by someone who prints better at some time in the future. Each variety has its own crop number and a picture of the sign is saved using that number.
The number on the green dot shows how many were in stock as of that date.
If I get down to only one in stock I may opt to keep it so I can propagate more.
No green dot? No plants for sale yet. We only sell plants in bloom or that have previously bloomed.
3. The plants in the background are those mentioned on the sign so any flowers you see will be of that variety too.
We only sell those in bloom or that have previously bloomed. So, I may have a bunch of plants and yet only have one or two for sale.
The flower will be shown held in my hand so you have an idea how big it is.
When plants flower I take a picture of the flower and then try to improve the picture later with successive overwrites.
No colored dot with a number on it? None in bloom yet or in other words, none for sale.
5. Subscribers will 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.
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.
My greenhouse was crushed by snow last winter so from now on I will be sending cuttings out to
Appalachian Nurseries
1724 Clayhill Rd.
Chambersburg, PA 17202
Check out what we do and when we do it at;
www.floweringshrubfarm.com/growing.htm
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 week #1 June week #2 June week #3 June last few days 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.
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.