Crop 319 of Picture Newsletter by andyvancleve of www.floweringshrubfarm.com I take pictures in my nursery all year of the shrub, flower, fruit, fall foliage of the plants along with maintenence and then post them in my newsletter sometimes with comments. The file name of each picture (above each picture) includes the date it was taken the name of the plant what part was photographed (fruit, flower etc.) and sometimes the inventory number if available. Sometimes clicking the picture will take you to another page with more information. Potential customers subscribe in order to be notified when the plants they are interested in are in bloom.

031709lilactransplanting0007.jpg Curt was transplanting 'Andenken an Ludwig Spaeth' into 7 gallon pots today. Here you see him removing weeds from the exposed root ball having cut the 3 gallon pot off.

031709lilactransplanting0016.jpg Now he adds some sandy topsoil so the top of the roots is an inch below the rim of the new seven gallon pot.

031709lilactransplanting0018.jpg Having filled around the rootball so the stems are as close to a central position as possible.

031709lilactransplanting0007.jpg Finally they are grouped together where its easy to water them until they can be loaded on a trailer to carry them to the plant sale location.

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