Crop 239 May 6 to 16 Issue of 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 Taken in May; #1 In Front Of The Plant Sale, #2 Close up of the Flower on Each Plant Now on Sale, #3 The Crops in the Field that we will Sell When they are Ready & #4 Cuttings taken last Year 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). Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail.
#1 IN FRONT OF THE PLANT SALE
Because the lilacs are in bloom two to three weeks early I am opening this weekend to sell them (00504front005_050410.jpg). Click for larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 4, 2010
There are many lilacs in 7 gallon for $30 and 15 gallon for $60 (00504front008_050410.jpg). Click for larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 4, 2010
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On the left are Old Garden Roses, Rambler Roses and a few disease resistant modern roses trained onto a chain link fence (00504hedge020_050410.jpg). Click for larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 4, 2010
INV#13 for May 11, 2010 Lilacs Sensation & Krasavitsa moskvy
INV#14 for May 12, 2010 #11450 to #11467 Purple or Pink Lilacs in the field
INV#15 for May 12, 2010 Inventory of Espalier Trained Trees
#2 CLOSE UP PICTURES OF THE FLOWER ON EACH PLANT NOW ON SALE AT THE PLANT SALE
Inventory pictures have a date label in the picture. We dont sell Lilacs or Roses until they Flower.
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above is 11069picture.jpg 'Ludwig Spaeth'
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#3 THE CROPS IN THE FIELD THAT WE WILL SELL WHEN THEY ARE READY
Roses and Lilacs are not sold until they flower. Espalier, Azaleas and blueberry bushes might be sold at any time as long as they are well rooted.
Aucubaefolia Lilac in the field (00507cropaucubae015_050710.jpg). PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
When they flower in the field I label them with a numbered inventory label and take a closeup picture of the flower saving it in my computer using that inventory number. The following March (2011) we will transplant these labeled plants into 7 gallon pots and bring them to the plant sale to be sold the following May and June. Click picture for a larger image.
Donald Wyman Lilac in the field (00507cropdonwyman007_050710.jpg) Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
Edward J Gardner Lilac in the field (00507cropejgardner030_050710.jpg). Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
Krasavitsa moskvy Lilac in the field (00507cropkm025_050710.jpg). Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
Miss Canada Lilac (00507cropmisscanada020_050710.jpg). Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
President Poincaire Lilac in the field (00507cropprespoin001_050710.jpg). Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
Sarah Sands Lilac in the field (00507cropsarasands004_050710.jpg). Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 7, 2010.
Sensation Lilac (cropsensation010) PICTURE TAKEN May 4, 2010
R. periclymenoides (or R. nudiflorum) Pinxterbloom Azalea crop from seed (00506croppinxter039_pm050610.jpg). 3 in each 7 gallon pot, each pot for sale at $30. Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010.
Apple tree crop being trained to espalier (00506cropespalier018_pm050610.jpg). I am training 'Snow drift' flowering crabapple to Belgian Fence and New Town Pippin to both Horizontal T and other forms. They can be purchased in a 7 gallon pot for $30. These crop pictures allow my customers to check the stage of growth for the crop they are interested in, then see if I plan to sell it before they drive three hundred miles to the sale. Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010.
Own root roses that wont be available for sale until they flower (00506cropownroot042_pm050610.jpg). I take cuttings every year from old garden roses grafted onto Rosa multiflora. Watch during the June newsletter for inventory pictures of own root and grafted roses for sale. Inventory pictures of lilacs are constantly being added to this page. Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010.
Purple Glory Lilacs rooted cuttings that will be grown in a staging area until the roots fill the pot (00506stage007_050610.jpg). Afterward they will be transferred to the field where they will grow until they flower. We dont sell Lilacs until they have flowered.
'Bluecrop blueberry bushes that will be grown in a staging area like this one until their roots fill the pot (00506stage013_050610.jpg). Then they will be cut back and transferred to the plant sale for sale in these pots for $15 maybe.
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN May 6, 2010
In the field (00506bluesingleclose036_050610.jpg). We will pull some of these for the plant sale next year 2011. PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010. Click on the picture to open a larger version with more detail.
This is the blue single crop (00506cropbluesingle028_050610.jpg). PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010. Click on the picture to open a larger version with more detail.
Edward J Gardner French Lilac crop in upper field some to be pulled next march for the 2011 plant sale (00506cropejgard021_050610.jpg). PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010. Click on the picture to open a larger version with more detail.
Lilacs growing in upper field (00506croprow041_050610.jpg). PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010. Click on the picture to open a larger version with more detail.
Lilacs growing in the upper field (00506croprow050_050610.jpg). PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010. Click on the picture to open a larger version with more detail.
This picture is from a display lilac in a 45 gallon pot that weighs around 900 pounds not for sale (00504darknight145_050410.jpg). We have many growing in the fields that wont be for sale until they flower and I'll show inventory pictures of them in my newsletter at that time. Note the darker blue-purple color on the inner petal. I am growing several blue-purples of similar darkness though some years they are darker than others. They usually appear darker in cooler weather. Click for larger image.
'Pocahontas' Lilac being added to the crop (00504croppoca044_050410.jpg). I add some to each crop of lilacs so they dont all "ripen" at the same time. As always we dont sell lilacs until they flower. Click for larger image.
50 'Purple Glory' Lilacs being added to the field staging area (00504croppurple206_050410.jpg). To the right are some 'Darknight' also being added (labeled with a "D"). After they are fertilized and watered for the first time I place a geodisc on each to keep weed growth to a minimum. Click for larger image.
#4 CUTTINGS TAKEN LAST YEAR
Hardwood cuttings from November that have rooted (00506cuttingsrooted050_050610.jpg). They will be grown together for a year and then divided into their own pots to join the own root crop. When they flower I'll cut them back, label them and put them out for sale. Click picture for a larger image. PICTURE TAKEN May 6, 2010.
Hardwood cuttings from 'Fantin Latour' taken October 2009 (00506cuttingsrooted062_050610.jpg).
Hardwood cuttings from 'Apothecary's Rose' taken last October (00506cuttingsrooted059_050610.jpg).
PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR DUE FOR DELETION
Click this picture of our Edward J Gardner Lilacs in the field for closeups of the flowers on individual plants in this crop to be at the plant sale in 2011 (00503cropejgard159_050310.jpg).
Click the picture above to see just how pretty this flower is on 'Forest Kresser Smith' (11067forrestkressersmith279_051609). PICTURES TAKEN May 16, 2009
above is 11089picture.jpg 'Ludwig Spaeth'
above is 11072picture.jpg 'Ludwig Spaeth' SOLD MAY 2009
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Above is 11131picture.jpg 'Ludwig Spaeth'
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN May 14, 2009
Once it flowers each plant is labeled with a yellow, individually numbered, inventory label. As pictures are taken, they will be saved in the web site using that number.
This 'Edward J Gardner' French lilac picture is saved as 11318edwardgardner051409. 051409 is the date the picture was taken.
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN May 10, 2009
On the left is 'Monge' and on the right is 'Aucubaefolia' (00510rowofaucubaefolia051009.jpg). I try to show each crop of lilacs in its row each month in the newsletter.
We are labeling those in flower with inventory labels and taking closeup pictures of the flower, then saving the picture using the inventory number (00510rowofejgardner051009.jpg). This row is of 'Edward J Gandner' French Lilac.
In March of 2009 we emptied the row on the left that was formerly occupied with a hundred 'Ludwig Spaeth' Lilacs (00510rowsoflilacsempty051009.jpg).
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN May 8, 2009
Lilac 'Forrest Kresser Smith' on May 8 (00005forestsmith050809)
In front of the house at 40 Voorheesville Ave (00005frontofhouse050809).
Small pots containing the lilacs 'Paul Thirion' and 'Rochester'. Next spring we'll pot them into 3 gallon pots, fertilize with manure and put in the upper field (00005paulthirion050809).
BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN May 6, 2009
Apple trees blooming (00005appleorchard050609).
I'll continue to add the best inventory pictures (not pictures of the label though) from may over the next few days. When your photographing thousands of lilacs and their labels to identify them, more than a few will end up off color or out of focus. To check all the inventory pictures out you can go to www.floweringshrubfarm.com/label02.htm to start.
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.