Crop 254 June 15 to June 21 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 Taken June 22 through June 30 of flowers, fruit, fall foliage, propagation, planting, repotting, nursery maintenence, local color and more 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 newsletter at bottom).

Last Edited June 28, 2010 at around 10:34 AM by andyvancleve.

The apartments are rented out but the porch is where I take refuge when it rains, sitting on the porch, talking to customers and drinking coffee (00628signinfront055_062810.jpg).

Coreopsis in bloom. I carry a dozen different perennials and biennials in 3 gallon pots that are there primarily to attract beneficial insects. Sometimes I may sell them for $10 a piece but we dont have any extra at this time (00628acrossfront062810.jpg). In the background you can see customers drinking coffee at Stewarts next door (you can find me doing that often too).

Where I am training Belgian Fence and Horizontal T Espalier (00628espalier008_062810.jpg). I grow many plants for the small garden. A Rose or Apple tree trained to trellis fits the small garden much better than a shrub or tree. As I am training these plants to be sold, they are in pots and because their roots cant be allowed to freeze in winter, the pots have to be surrounded with mulch in winter. My solution uses a raised bed, with three rows of pots surrounded by mulch. In the center row are plants being trained onto the wires (3 foot tall posts, every 6 feet, wires 15 inches apart, a 1 inch diameter watering line attached post to post on top). The outer rows have plants that can be removed easily when I need to tie branches to the trellis. Because I want to be able to slip these pots back into the mulch easily I use another empty pot (socket pot) to keep the hole open and slip the potted plant in and out as needed. This is called the pot-in-pot method of growing (June Newsletter). I sell finished espalier trained fruit trees or roses for $50 in a 15 gallon pot.

11173 label & Picture 'American Pillar'

11186 Label & Picture 'Alfred de Dalmas'

A potential customer was looking for 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' and I only have one or two at this time. They wanted to see how big and so above is how I usually respond. 11547 Label, Picture & Shrub of 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' Hybrid Rugosa Rose.

A fifty year old 'New Dawn' originally trained onto a chainlink fence, only thing is where's the fence? (00625chainlinkrose005_062610.jpg). What a way to keep people out of your yard. Even a truck would find this fence heavy going and even if you have bolt cutters to cut through the chain link, who will brave these thorns.

'Primrose' Lilac (growingcrop162).

These cuttings were so mixed together I decided not to try and unmix them (growingcrop070.jpg). 'Paul Thirion' is a red purple while 'Rochester' is a single white. When they flower we will sort out which is crop 70 and which is crop 90 (Rochester).

Crispa Spiraea (growingcrop071.jpg).

My instructions for a customer of mine planting a rose I sold them. I add to this page frequently so if you want to plant a rose you might want to see if there is anything there you can use.

10101 label & Picture 141 'Lichkonigin Lucia' zone 5, 4 feet tall, recurrent 10-085, 10-101, 11-170, 11-171

I take a picture of the labels while holding a pink label with the date the picture is being taken next to them. Indicates that I had it in stock as of that date. If the plant is flowering I take that picture at the same time saving the label picture as 10101label.jpg and the flower close up as 10101picture.jpg If there is no flower picture I post the last 10101picture.jpg next to the new label picture.

10547 Label & Picture 'Henry Kelsey' 174 'Henry Kelsey' Hybrid Kordesii Rose, Explorer Rose introduced in 1984. (Zones 2 thru 10, 8 feet x 6 feet) shade tolerant, moderately fragrant flowers bloom late spring and throughout summer. ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 181, zones 2-10, DR-1/0), (had in 2009 10-545, 10-546, 10-547, 10-548, 10-549,).

10576 Belle Poitevine in a 45 gallon pot we are using to take cuttings from. 008) 'BELLE_POITEVINE' Hybrid Rugosa Rose, introduced around 1894 (zones 4 thru 8, 4 feet x 4 feet) fragrant blooms, several times for us throughout summer when regularly dead headed and fertilized, yellow fall foliage. (In 2009 had 10-575, 10-576, 10-577, 10-578, 10-579).

10582 'William Lobb' 66) 'WILLIAM LOBB' 'OLD VELVET MOSS' , (1855), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:183), 'Duchesse d'Istrie', 'Old Velvet Moss', Introduced by Laffay of France. Semi-double scented flowers that are a mix of purple, magenta, grey and pink. 8x5 feet. (In 2009 had 10-580, 10-581, 10-582, 10-583, 10-584,).

10593 'Leverkusen' 140 leverkusen, Hybrid Kordesii Rose introduced in 1954 (zones 4 thru 10, 8'x8'), shade tolerant, fragrant flowers bloom for us throughout summer, ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 184, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Classic Roses" Beales, sh:224), (In 2008 had; 10-220, 10-590, 10-592, 10-593, 10-594,)

10594 'Leverkusen' 140 leverkusen, Hybrid Kordesii Rose introduced in 1954 (zones 4 thru 10, 8'x8'), shade tolerant, fragrant flowers bloom for us throughout summer, ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 184, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Classic Roses" Beales, sh:224), (In 2008 had; 10-220, 10-590, 10-592, 10-593, 10-594,)

10621 Label & Picture 'Belle de Crecy' 181 'Belle de Crecy', Hybrid gallica rose (zones 4 thru 8, 5 feet x 3 feet ), strongly fragrant, it blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer, (In 2008 had; 10-620, 10-621, 10-622, 10-623,)

10675 Label & Picture 'Ispahan' 31) 'ISPAHAN' Old Damask Rose, 'Ispahan', 'Isfahan', 'Pompon des Princes', 'Rose d'Isfahan' Damask Rose introduced before 1832, (zones 3 thru 9, 4'x4'), strongly fragrant it blooms for us in late spring to early summer. ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 48, zone 5 (-13f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 120, zones 3-8), (Cruse, 48), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fl:186), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, page 44, zones 5-9), ("Landscaping with Antique Roses" Druitt & Shoup, page 132, zone 3, non-recurrent). (In 2008 had; 10-671, 10-672, 10-673, 10-674, 10-675,)

11037 Label & Picture 'New Dawn' in a 45 gallon pot we use for propagation so its not for sale even if there were someone who wanted it at $150. 40) 'NEW DAWN'. 'New Dawn' Climbing wichuranna rambler Rose introduced in 1930 the recurrent sport of 'Dr W Van Fleet' ( a non-recurrent wichuranna rambler that would sometimes grow to 35 feet by 45 feet). Zones 5 thru 10, 8 feet x 10 feet or can be stretched on a trellis to 10 feet x 25 feet (which if compared to its parent makes it a dwarf?) moderately fragrant flowers bloom in late spring and throughout summer. ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 131, zone4 (to -22f)), ("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 138, zones 5-9), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 214, zones 5-10), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 187, zones 4-10, DR-1/0), ("Climbing Roses of The World" Quest-Ritson, plate 124), ("Beautiful American Rose Gardens" Dorra, 26), ("Designing With Roses" Lord, 52, 64), ("Classic Roses" Beales, 60), (In 2007 we had; 10-535, 10-536, 10-537, 10-538, 10-539, 10-794G1, 10-800G1, 10-799G1, 10-941G1, 10-942G1, 10-943G1, 10-944G1, 10-945G1, 10-946G1, 11-037).

11052 Label & Picture 'William Baffin' 65) Explorer Rose 'William Baffin', Kordesii Hybrid Rose zone 2, 10 feet tall, recurrent, pink, (In 2007 had; 10-161, 10-162, 10-163, 10-164, 10-239, 11-052).

11164 Label & Picture 'Furstin Von Pless' 100) FURSTIN VON PLESS Hybrid Rugosa Rose, (In 2009 had; 11-164, 11-165,).

11170 Label & Picture 'Lichtkonigin Lucia' Note the blackspot in this picture. I think I will plant this in a 45 gallon pot and see which is stronger. The disease or 'Lichtkonigin Lucia'.

11260 Label & Picture 'William Baffin' 65) Explorer Rose 'William Baffin', Kordesii Hybrid Rose zone 2, 10 feet tall, recurrent, pink, (In 2007 had; 10-161, 10-162, 10-163, 10-164, 10-239, 11-052, 11-260).

11541 Label & Picture 'Champlain' 013) 'CHAMPLAIN' Explorer, Explorer Rose introduced around 1982 grows to 3 feet and is hardy to zones 3 thru 9, it blooms all summer when regularly fertilized and dead headed. (In 2005 had; 10-177sold063007, 10-197, 10-198, 10-202, 10-248,).

11547 Label & Picture 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' 25) 'FRU DAGMAR HASTRUP' Hybrid Rugosa Rose, zone 3, 3 feet tall, recurrent (In 2010 had 11-547, ).

11559 Label & Picture 'Prairie Princess' I have two of these in 15 gallon pots I am using to take cuttings from.

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.

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.

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.