The Home page for Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY 12186 as of November 1, 2008. We grow heirloom plants (mostly roses from before the American Civil War, Classic Lilacs, Blueberry bushes and Native Azaleas) that are locally hardy, disease resistant and fragrant; to sell during our Retail Plant Sale, Mail Order or by appointment. We grow them BIG and wont sell them until they have bloomed verifying the variety. We have a few more modern plants that either share those characteristics (locally hardy, disease resistant, fragrant) or are well known making them ideal for use in comparison pictures.
Left to Right below; 3 of the purple lilacs we grow (Sarah Sands, Sensation & Monge), Lilac 'Ludwig Spaeth' (1880) in front of sign, 'Konigin Von Danemark' (1826) Alba Rose, 'Four Seasons' (<1600) Autumn Damask Rose, 'Tuscany Superb' (1837) Gallica Rose, 'Ispahan' (<1832) Damask Rose. We grow many more than this but you'll have to check the plant catalogs below.
Many more pictures in the catalogs below.
Rose catalog Old Roses introduced before the Civil War (Alba, Gallica, Damask, Centifolia, Portland or Wild) and disease resistant Modern Roses introduced after the Civil War (Rugosa, Kordesii, Moyesii, Ramblers, Climbers and more). We grow them into 7 gallon pots, 15 gallon pots and 45 gallon pots (I also have rooted cuttings you can sometimes buy).
Lilac catalog Classic Lilacs (with purple, magenta, violet, lavender, pink, blue or white flowers) introduced between 1880 and 1972. We grow them into 7 gallon pots, 15 gallon pots and 45 gallon pots.
Blueberry bush catalog Blueberry bushes (Vaccineum corymbosum) that are named selections of Native highbush blueberry bushes. From 1 gallon to 3 gallon size.
Peony catalog Peonies, Paeonia; I grow old herbaceous perennial peonies into gradually larger and larger pots. I only devide the real monster sized ones and then grow them to monster size. 2 gallon pot size and larger.
Rhododendron catalog Native Pinxterbloom Azalea (R. nudiflorum), Swamp Azalea (R. viscosum) and Rosebay Rhododendron (R. maximum).
Espalier catalog Apple tree's and Pear trees that have been started as espalier and pictures of mature Belgian Fence, Living Fence and Fans.
The growing page page is a description of what we do and when we do it with links to larger pictures. Click each of the thumbnails (or the link next to it) in my web site for a larger picture!
The Picture-Newsletter is several things. Pictures with captions of the plants we sell showing; flower, fruit, fall foliage and more linked from the individual inventory number in each catalog. 400 kilobyte to 1 megabyte sized blowups of those pictures with captions. Individual pictures with captions revealing cultural information. Pictures with captions of us doing chores in the nursery (this includes family and friends; Don from LA, Rich from Alabama, and me locally). there's a couple hundred pages. Changed whenever I have the time.
Plantbuy is a page listing all our plants and more by order of crop number.
I dont sell plants until they have flowered verifying the variety and flower color. Many people email me or leave a message on the answering machine at 518-765-2917 to let me know when they are coming or to ask about a particular variety. I can call back to answer any questions. Others just drop in during the plant sale. I've posted my cell phone number on the barn door to call when you arrive (I maybe in the Greenhouse, out back or next door picking up coffee) but I'll usually be back in less than 15 minutes. Click here for one of my Lists of plants arranged by flower color, hardiness etc.
Our plant sale is at 40 Voorheesville Ave in Voorheesville, NY 12186 Questions? Email me No internet access? Leave your phone number for me to call back at 518-765-2917
We specialize in plants that are locally hardy, disease resistant, fragrant & old fashioned. Our Flowering Shrub Farm is a Retail micro-nursery. Everything (except the smallest rooted cuttings) are grown locally in two locations outdoors. The Plant sale location at 40 Voorheesville Ave, Voorheesville, NY is less than an acre where we have the plant sale and propagation facilities. Everything else including around three thousand lilacs, several thousand Roses and several hundred Native Azaleas, Rhododendrons or blueberry bushes are being grown outdoors on less than 5 acres. Plants to be sold in the plant sale are moved to 40 Voorheesville Ave in May. My Rosebuy page is where I describe each rose we grow in my words. It also allows me a place to comment on how they grow locally.
Most recently edited page; List of Portland Roses on 032808,
I'm always adding generic pages upon which I show pictures of plant for sale. The generic page shows a watercolor version of the flower, fruit, shrub and numbered label that will be replaced with regular pictures when I take them. Then I link the page to an inventory number in a catalog. As of August 16, 2008 I'm up to page 370. www.floweringshrubfarm.com/crop370.htm
Below this line is a mish mash of links that allow me to go places you probably dont want to go!
I dont mind if you use these pictures as long as you leave them unedited. So feel free to use them in your postcards, as screensavers etc. as long as they are unedited and give credit to me as the source.
Look up pictures of Roses or Lilacs in books.
The following links are to pages that review the content of Rose Books directly by Rose Name. During Winter (when we have less work to do in our nursery) I look up in books that I have been able to obtain through the Library Loan System ; roses and lilacs, then in parenthesis, following the name, show the book title, author and page number on which a photo of that rose or lilac may be found (I also show how hardy the plant is according to each author recognizing it maybe hearsay).
I believe that the internet is not always the best way to find rose information. There are just to many sources and no way of prioritizing a list on a search engine other than by advertising dollars or pure chance (I have proved this again and again by doing searches only to find the nursery with the plant not listed).
I believe that the most important contribution a Rose book can make is to show pictures of the rose and how it is being used by the author in landscaping. Its important to acknowledge the reputation of hardiness these plants have without giving that reputation undue emphasis as it may be hearsay.
I also take notes that might persuade you or me, one way or the other; to purchase or pass it by (zone, disease resistance, comments on growth habit or vigor). Pictures of Roses or Lilacs we grow in our nursery also have links from this page.
Roses A to H, Roses I to M Roses N to Z or Lilacs A to Z
Below this line is the confusing stuff. Links to pages I'm trying to redo.
Generally the USDA hardiness zones for the area around Albany, NY are; in Albany itself there seems to be a micro-climatic region of zone 5b (-15 to -10 F), surrounded by zone 5A (-20 to -15 F), Just North of Albany in Saratoga it seems to be zone 4b (-25 to -20 F), Down in NYC is zone 6A (-10 to -5 F) and 6b (-5 to 0 F), Manhatten seems to be zone 7a (0 to 5 F). There is a link below in the red section to The US National Arboretum Zone Map.
Click here if you want my Best Link page where professional nurserymen, plant collectors and hybridists have written to me a paragraph with links to their own sites or sites they think provide the best information. This is my version of asking for an autograph and it gives these people the opportunity to sell themselves a bit.
AMERICAN SPECIES AZALEA & RHODODENDRON Rhododendrons, native rhododendron species, Rhododendrons A to Z, Pinxterbloom Azalea,
BLUEBERRY or VACCINEUM Native blueberry or Vaccineum corymbosum,
CALENDAR Local Garden Calendar
ESPALIER espalier, own root antique apples, growing page
HEATHS AND HEATHERS or CALLUNA Heaths and Heathers,
LILACS Lilacs, Shelterbelts, Hedges, Lilac Walks and Privacy barriers, Lilacs A to Z, Lilac hybridizers and their introductions
NEWSLETTER Local Garden Newsletter Local Garden Newsletter
ROSES Roses, Old Roses Roses A to H, Roses I to M Roses N to Z , large roses in a simple fashion.
ROSE OF SHARON or HIBISCUS Rose of Sharon or Hibiscus syriacus,
SERVICEBERRY or AMELANCHIER Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry or shadblow,
SPIRAEA Spiraea,
ARBORVITAE arborvitae,
VIBURNUM Viburnum
OTHER Shade tolerant plants including roses and rhododendrons Zone 3 or hardier Zone 4 or hardier Zone 5 or hardier
What zone are you? Try the US National Arboretum Zone Map.
Feel free to download my pictures. If you publish them refer to me, Andrew Van Cleve and my web site; www.capital.net/com/azaleahs as the source of the pictures in a foot note as you would in any publication. A magazine will usually send me a free copy (Magazines contact me via email concerning providing the picture in 300 dpi on a special page for download).
Links that are of particular interest to my extended family probably include; my father and vancleve. And a little unusual check out sayings. There is also a picture of Dad on my daytrip page.
Allinks Apple Applebuy Arborbuy Arborvitae buying Arnold Arboretum August to September Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm Alexander Mackenzie Rose page apple and cherry
Beatles Blueberries We Grow Buying Rhododendrons Buying Roses
Calendar Choosing Classic Roses Climbing Roses Contacts Chrysanthemums,
Daytrip Deer Designing Your Own Garden A key to finding diagrams in books that help you with pruning and training. diary garden design
Edible Edible Gardening Espalier espalier edible,
Forest Gardening French Lilacs fruit trees and vegetables,
Garden George Landis Arboretum Grafting Growing garden design, & Grafting
Hardy to Zone 3 or colder Hardy to Zone 4 or colder Hardy to zone 5 or colder Hibiscus
Index Insects Intro Introduction to our Retail Plant Store Insects,
Labels LILACS Lilacbuy Lilacs A to Z Lilac pictures List Local Garden Newsletter with pictures. lilac
May to June Minekill State Park Mums The Word My Father Mums The Word,
New Resident Newsletter Notes on Rose Pruning
Picture Links Pinxterbloom Plantbuy PLANTING Plant it Porch Design Propagate Propagation Pruning Pruning Roses plantit. Propagation,
Questions and Comments sent to me via email with answers.
Railroad Crossings Reproduction RESEARCH Rhododendrons Rhododendron buying Rose Article ROSES Rosebuy Rose buying Rose: Classic and their hybrids Rose Pictures Rose Pruning Roses of zone 3 or cold hardier only Rugosa Roses rhododendrons, roses, Reproduction , Roses, Rose Guide
Saratoga Battlefield Sayings Self Design Shadbuy Shelter Belt Site Selection Soil Spiraea Starting Sustain Syringa site, soil
Things Mom Said When Mad 'Tis The Season Test Page
Van Cleve Family Vegetable Gardening Volcano
Zone 3 or hardier Zone 4 or hardier Zone 5 or hardier
My main home page from which you will find a link to a catalog from which there are links to pictures is at www.floweringshrubfarm.com An introduction to my growing methods (I am a grower) is at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/growing.htm We sell plants during the plant sale at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/intro.htm We do a little mail order at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/mail.htm andyvancleve
Letter to our customers.
We sell retail during our plant sale traditional Old Roses introduced before 1856 (before hybrid tea roses were introduced) that are hardy, disease resistant and fragrant along with select varieties of modern roses that share those qualities. We are growing Species Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Pinxterbloom Azalea, Flame Azalea and Rosebay Rhododendron currently) that have proven so hard to find locally in recent years. They are hardy, fragrant and have proven easier to grow than many modern hybrids. We also grow; lilacs, blueberry bushes (Vaccineum corymbosum), Serviceberry, Spiraea and Peonies to sell in our plant sale when they begin to bloom. We can be difficult if you wish to buy plants that haven't previously bloomed or aren't currently blooming therefore verifying the variety. We don't use fungicide so you can see what you will get as far as disease resistance. We grow other heirloom plants as well. Our list of plants we grow has grown so large that it is no longer feasible to print an actual list. I suggest you go to my web site above and choose the catalog of plants with links to color pictures you are interested in.
Old Roses introduced before 1856, modern roses that share the qualities mentioned above. Species Azaleas and Rhododendrons (Pinxterbloom Azalea, Flame Azalea and Rosebay Rhododendron currently) that have proven so hard to find locally in recent years. They are hardy, fragrant and have proven easier to grow than many modern hybrids. We also grow; lilacs, blueberry bushes (Vaccineum corymbosum), Serviceberry, Spiraea and Peonies. We can be difficult if you wish to buy plants that haven't previously bloomed or aren't currently blooming therefore verifying the variety. We dont use fungicide so you can see what you will get as far as disease resistance. We grow other heirloom plants as well.
Talking about the plants I grow with people in local restaurants. Would you like to join me? My electronic art by andyvancleve.
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My electronic watercolors click here.