Crop 315 August 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 of AUGUST training of apple trees to espalier, flowers on roses, fruit on old and hybrid rugosa roses, propagation 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 (with the most recent additions added at the top) before I start another similar page the following month (more about the newsletter at bottom).

The barn (behind the main house) where I have my office beyond the red door and where our company equipment is kept when not in use (00827barn.jpg). Click for a larger picture.

Looking back toward the barn front (00827barnfront.jpg). Click for a larger picture.

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(00827winesap.jpg). Click for a larger picture.

A. I place lilacs in smaller pots between the roses in larger pots so the wilting of the lilac will remind me to water before the roses start to wilt (00801indicator.jpg). The lilacs bounce right back from wilting but most other plants may yellow or even defoliate after wilting.

B. This Harisons Yellow is one of my "Mother Plants" from which I take cuttings in July (00801motherplant.jpg).

C. Cuttings I took in July (00801propagation.jpg). After 6 weeks any that still have green leaves have probably rooted. Each one has a pink date label attached to the side of the pot. When it reaches 6 weeks I'll open the bag, fertilize with 20-50-20 and reclose for a couple more weeks. Then I'll remove the bag and place it outdoors in the shade of tall trees for a while.

I will update this picture of cuttings taken each month with a date in the picture (datedpropagationpic.jpg).

D. I keep my previously rooted cuttings in protected locations for a year before re-potting (00801rootedcuttings.jpg).

growingcrop025.jpg Fru Dagmar Hastrup. Click to check the date and count how many we had in stock onthat date.

The barn where we keep many of our growing supplies and supplies light when we are working at night, on August 17 (00817michellepaintsbarn.jpg). Click for a larger image.

E. On the trellis we are training espalier on we run the wires along side the post so its height is easily adjustable (00801trellis.jpg0.

F. A sprinkler line clamped along the top of the posts allows me to easily water while keeping the posts at a ridgid distance from one another (00801trellissprinkler.jpg).

G. This Dwarf Newtown Pippin Has been pulled from those being trained to Belgian Fence and placed by itself for training to Horizontal T. The branch on the left has attained its full 3 foot length and has therefore been lowered to the horizontal while the right arm still has another foot to go so we've left it at fourty five degrees (00801horizontalt.jpg).

Curt reorganized these plants in the staging area (00809staginglilacs.jpg). Click for a larger version.

One part of the staging area where crop # 73 'Purple Glory' Lilac can be studied as of August 9, 2010 (00809growingcrop073.jpg). Click it for a large image that you can scroll around inside of. Curt pruned them yesterday. They will remain in the staging area until the foliage overshadows the container; suppressing weeds and cooling the soil. At that point they will be moved out under the drip line in the background and upper field.

H. Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. Number 72 is 'Nadezhda'. Showing new growth after being pruned in July 2010 (growingcrop072.jpg). Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have. When you see them flower they may be for sale a year later when they flower again.

I. August 1, 2010 'Purple Glory' lilacs showing new growth after being pruned in July 2010 (growingcrop073.jpg). Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. Once Lilacs start to bloom I stop overwriting the picture until I run out of flowering plants. Go to my LILACBUY page to check those that we are currently selling (have previously bloomed). www.floweringshrubfarm.com/lilacbuy.htm Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have. When you see them flower they may be for sale a year later when they flower again.

J. August 1, 2010 Pinxterbloom Azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides level of growth (growingcrop075.jpg). Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have.

Agincourt beauty growing crop078.jpg Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have. When you see them flower they may be for sale a year later when they flower again.

K. August 1, 2010 'Dark Night' Lilac level of growth (growingcrop081.jpg). Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have. When you see them flower they may be for sale a year later when they flower again.

FK Smith growingcrop83.jpg

'President Poincaire' Lilac growingcrop089.jpg

'Sarah Sands' Lilac growingcrop091.jpg

L. August 1, 2010 Vaccineum corymbosum, Highbush blueberry, 'Bluecrop' level of growth (growingcrop151.jpg). Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have.

Primrose lilac growingcrop162.jpg Click picture for a better image so you can see the date and count how many we have. When you see them flower they may be for sale a year later when they flower again.

M. August 1, 2010 Each crop of plants we grow is overwritten every month. Check the date on the sign. All the Roses (growingroses.jpg).

N. July 31, 2010: Training Apple trees to Belgian Fence (00731belgianfence.jpg). We tie each chosen branch to a bamboo cane to keep it straight. Then we train two branches to a V shape for Belgian fence tieing the bamboo canes onto the wires. If a third stem forms we train it straight up to someday be further trained to Horizontal T. These trees are mostly Semi-Dwarf Newtown Pippin. In the background are Flowering Crab Apples being trained to Belgian Fence as a flowering privacy barrier.

O. Curt tieing an arm of this apple tree to a cane (00731tieingespalier.jpg). Next year I will be training Bartlet Pear, Liberty Apples and Stayman Winesap Apples. I am partially paralyzed which affects my manual dexterity. So I take the pictures and direct Curt in what he's doing. Then he takes what he has learned home to train his own plants. If you want to do this sometime just let me know.

Pictures of Propagation of New Plants.

When I stick the cuttings I attach a date-label to the pot. Whenever I take a picture I attach another temporarily to show the date the picture was taken. Click each picture to open a larger one where you can see the variety name printed on the original date label or to examine the cuttings. Semi-mature cuttings are stuck in July and August, Hardwood cuttings are taken in September through December. Any cutting that remains green six weeks after being stuck has probably rooted. At the bottom is a picture of this years cuttings all together arranged from the earliest to the latest left to right. Whenever I take a picture I remove its bag and afterwards put it back on again usually replacing the bag with a new one. I use my white labels to close the bag. I will fertilize my cuttings after 6 or eight weeks with 10-50-10 probably. I dont divide the cuttings until next year a year after they were originally taken as cuttings.

If these pictures dont open click here!

Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Belle Poitevine' (propagat008.jpg).

Centifolia Rose 'Fantin Latour' (propagat023.jpg).

Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Roseraie de l'Hay' (propagat051.jpg).

Hybrid Rugosa Rose 'Scabrosa' (propagat055.jpg).

Gallica Rose 'La Belle Sultane' (propagat158.jpg).

All propagated plants from this year in 3 gallon pots (propagatall.jpg).

10525fatherhugofruit081609 Hip on a Father Hugo's Rose or Rosa hugonis.

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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.